LIVINGSTON, Ala. – The 10^th-ranked University of West Alabama baseball team extended its win streak to six, as the Tigers (13-3) blasted in-state foe Stillman 12-0 at Tartt Field on Wednesday afternoon.

UWA jumped out to a 5-0 lead in the first two innings play, including a four-run, first at bat. The first run came as Jeremy Finney scored on a double play that erased Jake DeRoy and Clint Moody. Todd Rea followed with a single to left field to score Dahlberg for the first two runs. One batter later, Nick Wheeler doubled to score Matt Busbee and Rea in the four run inning. Moody crossed the dish as the only run in the second inning, scoring on a DeRoy single to left field.

Kevin Deese led off the three-run, fourth inning with a home run to left center, extending the lead to 6-0. DeRoy and Moody closed out the inning, scoring on a Rea double to left center.

Back-to-back, two-run innings in the seventh and eighth closed out the scoring in the contest. In the seventh inning, Brian Simone and Jeremy Dorrance totaled the two runs, as Simone scored on a single by Dallas Rogers and Dorrance crossed the plate on an error by the shortstop. In the eighth, Phillip Merryman and Chris Ransburgh each reached home on bases loaded, hit batsmen.

Josh Varner (3-0) threw five innings in the win, allowing four hits with eight strikeouts. Cole Thornton, Patrick Sorrells, Brian Burgess and Clint Smith all pitched one inning in the outing. Robert Duckworth (0-1) received the loss with four inning of action, allowing eight runs on 10 hits.

West Alabama returns to action on Saturday, March 1, as the Tigers host #4 Delta State in a doubleheader. The double dip is part of the three-game, weekend series against the Statesmen. First pitch Saturday is scheduled for 2 p.m.