The 25th-ranked University of West Alabama baseball
team improved to 5-1 on the season with a 7-4 victory over Georgia
Southwestern on Sunday afternoon at Hurricane Field. GSW falls to
2-5 on the season with the loss.
The visiting Tigers scored a run in the first inning for the
third straight game. Three consecutive singles with two outs in the
inning gave UWA the 1-0 advantage.
Southwestern answered in the second. Zack Stanton led off
the inning with a single to the right side of the infield and
advanced to second when the UWA starting pitcher Matt Hill was
unable to grab the toss from second baseman Jeremy Finney.
After a Cody Adams ground out to short, Kevin Carroll knocked a
double to left that advanced Stanton to third.
Daniel Stokes picked up his first RBI of the season when he
slapped a single to center field to score Stanton. Miles
Martin connected for a single through the right side of the infield
to give the 'Canes their third consecutive hit and second run
of the inning. Stokes advanced to third on the Martin single
and proceeded to score off a sacrifice fly from Chris Lingham to
round out the GSW scoring.
Kevin Deese broke a 3-3 tie in the top of the fifth for West
Alabama with a single to left field that scored Jeremy Finney and
Douglas Frazier.
The Tigers added another run in the seventh inning and one more
in the ninth.
Matt Hill (2-0) pitched six innings for the Tigers to get the
win. He allowed three runs on eight hits with three strikeouts.
Andrew Whiggum (0-1) took the loss for GSW. Whiggum
pitched five innings, gave up five runs - four earned - and struck
out four. Brandon Reeder allowed a run in three innings of
work and Bud Fuller gave up one run in his inning of action.
Jared Allen went 3-for-3 at the plate for GSW and Miles Martin
went 2-for-4 with an RBI.
The ten hits by the 'Canes ties a season-high.
Southwestern travels to Albany State on Wednesday for a 3:00
p.m. game with the Rams.
