STARKVILLE, Miss. – The University of South Alabama baseball team split a doubleheader Friday at Dudy Noble Field in Starkville, Miss. USA defeated Columbia in game one before falling to Mississippi State in the nightcap.
USA 4, Columbia 1
South Alabama scored three runs in the top of the ninth inning to break a 1-1 tie en route to a 4-1 win over Columbia in game one of Friday's doubleheader.
Brendan Donovan led off the top of the ninth with a single to right field, and advanced to second on a sacrifice bunt by Jared Barnes.