Mitchell Cody is congratulated coming off the field
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Valdosta State VSU 28-18
6
Winner Alabama-Huntsville UAH 35-10-1
Valdosta State VSU
28-18
4
Final
6
Alabama-Huntsville UAH
35-10-1
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Valdosta State VSU 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 4 7 3
Alabama-Huntsville UAH 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 2 X 6 10 0

W: Luke Mould (5-2) L: Glorius, Austin (2-3)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Baseball Falls 6-4 to Alabama-Huntsville in GSC Tournament

LIVINGSTON, Ala. – Alabama-Huntsville scored a pair of runs in the bottom of the eighth inning to defeat Valdosta State 6-4 in the first game of the 2015 Gulf South Conference Tournament Saturday afternoon.
 
Pitching dominated the first five innings of the game as Valdosta State managed just two hits and Alabama-Huntsville had four, two of which came in the first inning. The Chargers had the best chance to score during the first five innings as they also had a batter reach via an error in the first and had the bases loaded with no outs, before Cody struck out the next three batters.
 
Valdosta State (28-18) opened the scoring in the top of the sixth inning with a pair of two-out run-scoring singles. Michael Gouge walked with one out in the sixth before Hayden Jones collected a single. After a Bryant Hayman fly out, Kevin Cruz singled to right to score Gouge from second and Jayk Graham sent a ball up the middle for a base hit that plated Jones to make it 2-0 Blazers.
 
Alabama-Huntsville (36-9-1) responded with four runs in the bottom of the sixth to take a two-run lead. Chandler Brock was hit by a pitch to open the frame before A.J. Walden was hit by a pitch. Colton Simbeck followed with his 15th home run of the season to put the Chargers in front. Brandon Lawing followed with a base hit and moved to second on a sacrifice bunt before scoring on an error to give UAH a 4-2 advantage.
 
Mike Reed drew VSU back to within a run in the top of the eighth as he hit his second homer of the year while Gouge evened the game at 4-4 as he followed with his 12th roundtripper of the season, a shot to straight away center.
 
The Chargers immediately regained the lead as Lawing and Trey Mathis opened the bottom of the eighth with singles. Following a sacrifice bunt, Ben Rhodes doubled to score Lawing and Mathis scored on an error by leftfielder Ryan Smith for the game's final runs.
 
Cody struck out a career-best 12 batters and allowed seven hits and four runs, three earned, in a no decision. Austin Glorius surrendered three hits and two runs in the eight to fall to 2-3.
 
Valdosta State advances to Sunday's elimination game against the loser of Saturday's Delta State versus West Alabama game. First pitch will be 1:00 p.m. Eastern.
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