TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – The 9^th-ranked University of West Alabama baseball team split a mid-week doubleheader at Stillman on Wednesday afternoon. UWA (33-12) claimed game two 10-1 after falling 10-8 in the opening game.

The Tigers posted 10 unanswered runs following Stillman’s lone run in the bottom of the second inning. The Red and White tied the game at 1-1 when Rob Dahlberg singled up the middle to score Jeremy Finney in the top of the third. UWA added three runs in the top of the fourth. A Finney triple broke the deadlock, as he scored Bryan Mason. Dahlberg followed with his second dinger of the day, sending a 3-1 pitch over the center field fence, scoring Finney. Dahlberg finished the day, going 5-for-9 with six RBI.

UWA added two more runs in the fifth inning and a single spot in the sixth before capping the contest off with another three-run inning in the seventh. Douglas Frazier drove in Brian Simone and Nick Wheeler in the fifth on a double down the left field line. Frazier finished the day with four RBI.

Dom Sapp (2-1) pitched four innings in the win, allowing the only run on four hits with a pair of strikeouts and a walk. Josh Varner pitched two innings in relief, picking up a duo of punch-outs, as Brian Burgess closed out the final inning on the mound with two K’s.

After SC tied the game at 4-4, the Blue and Gold Tigers added a four spot in the fifth inning to take an 8-4 lead. A Brian Simone two-run homerun to left center in the, sixth inning, trimmed the SC lead to 8-6, but Dustin Green answered with a two-run homer in the home half of the inning to put SC back up four runs. The Red and White mounted a rally in the top of the seventh. With two on and no outs, Dallas Rogers singled through the left side to score Sam McCormack and narrow the lead to 10-7. Two batters later and with one away, Kevin Deese drew a bases loaded walk to push Mason across the dish, but the rally stopped there.

J. B. Black (1-1) was saddled with the loss in relief. Black tossed two innings, allowing four runs on four hits with three strikeouts.

West Alabama returns to action on Saturday, Apr. 25, as UWA hosts West Georgia in the final Gulf South Conference series of the season. First pitch of the Saturday doubleheader is scheduled for 4:00 p.m.