SUN BELT
SOUTH ALABAMA 7, ARKANSAS STATE 1
Arkansas Tate put itself in a four-run hole and never came close to digging out Friday night in Mobile, Ala., at Stanky Field.
South Alabama's Matt Boswell held the Red Wolves without a run through eight innings, striking out nine to carry the Jaguars. ASU (10-30, 5-16 Sun Belt Conference) finally got on the scoreboard in the ninth on Jacob Hager's RBI single but had just four hits up to that point.
South Alabama (25-19, 11-11) battered Red Wolf starter Justin Medlin for 7 runs over 4 1/3 innings, led by cleanup man Hunter Stokes, who went 2 for 4 with 2 RBI, 2 runs and a home run.