MOBILE, Ala. --
Riley Sanderson pitched six shutout innings and
Kyle Hubbuch hit a grand slam to lead the University of North Alabama to a 7-4 road win over Spring Hill Sunday.
The win gives UNA a 5-2 overall record entering a Tuesday road game against Lemoyne-Owen in Memphis.
The game was scoreless in the top of the fifth inning when
Jess Smith drew a leadoff walk and later went to third on a
Kyle Crabtree double.
Conner Kiser fouled out but
Kevin Hall was intentionally walked to load the bases with two outs. Hubbuch then hammered a 2-0 pitch over the rightfield fence for a 4-0 UNA lead.
UNA extended its lead to 7-0 with three more runs in the seventh inning. Kiser got a leadoff single and moved to third when
Kevin Hall reached on an error. Kiser then scored on a Hubbuch sacrifice fly to make it 5-0. Hall scored on a wild pitch to make it 6-0. The last run came when
Dylan Calhoun walked, stole second and scored on a
Taylor Hayes RBI-double.
Sanderson (2-0) allowed no runs on just two hits over six innings with no walks and seven strikeouts.
Dylan Stewart then pitched two innings of relief and allowed a run on two hits before giving way to
Blake Talley in the ninth. Talley gave up three unearned runs on two hits and a walk in his one inning of work.
The Lions out-hit the Badgers 9-6 in the win, led by Crabtree with two.
Spring Hill is now 4-3 overall.