TUSCALOOSA – Jacksonville State traveled to Tuscaloosa for the second time this season and left with a sweep of the two-game series with an 11-8 win on Tuesday night at Sewell-Thomas Stadium.

The Gamecocks (20-18) came to Sewell-Thomas Stadium on February 28 and left with a 2-1 10-inning decision.  On Tuesday, JSU collected its second win in as many tries over the Crimson Tide (15-26) and have put together back-to-back wins over UA since 2003 and 2004.  It marks the first time since 1980 that Jax State has won consecutive games over the Crimson Tide in a single season.

In a back-and-forth contest in which JSU held leads four different times before overcoming an 8-7 deficit in the seventh with a four-run inning.  In the seventh, JSU scored all four runs with two RBI singles. The three-run cushion would hold up as freshman Corley Woods and redshirt junior Justin Hoyt closed down the Crimson Tide threats over the final three frames.  Hoyt collected his fourth save of the season and 14^th of his career and reached the 100 career strike out mark with a pair of strike outs in the ninth.  Woods and Hoyt were two of six pitchers used by the Gamecocks in the midweek tune up prior to a key Ohio Valley Conference weekend on the road at Eastern Kentucky, beginning on Friday.

The 11 runs were the most Jax State has tacked on the scoreboard in a contest with the Crimson Tide and it collected 16 total hits against five different Crimson Tide pitchers.  JSU had seven players in its line up post multiple hits and were 10-of-20 with two outs in an inning and drove in six total runs with two down in an inning.

Senior outfielder A.J. Reynolds staked the Gamecocks to an early 2-0 lead in the first inning with a two-run home run over the left field wall.  Reynolds was joined by junior Hayden White and freshman Chase Robinson with a pair of RBI each.  White had an RBI single in the fourth and his RBI single in the seventh started a string of four consecutive RBI hits and it evened the contest at 8-8.  Robinson had an RBI to center field in the third and had one of the RBI in the four-run seventh.  Senior Josh Bobo and redshirt freshman Matthew Hammers contributed RBI singles in the JSU seventh.  After being inserted in the fifth, Hammers had a 2-for-3 night at the plate.  Bobo also had two hits and an RBI.

Junior Clayton Daniel led off the contest with a double, scoring on Reynolds' blast.  Daniel finished with a pair of hits along with freshman Andrew Naismith.

Senior Nate Sylvester was the first Gamecock pitcher of the night, making his first career start on the mound.  Sylvester, normally a set up guy late in the contest, was solid in a starting role.  Grant Chandler, Tyler Wilburn also saw time on the mound before Simpson.

The Gamecocks now turn their attention to the key OVC weekend in Richmond, Kentucky against the Colonels of EKU.  The series will get started on Friday at 6 p.m. CST. The series will continue on Saturday at 3 p.m. and will finish up on Sunday at 12 p.m.  All three games will be available on the Gamecock Sports Network.  Friday's series opener will be streamed on the OVC Digital Network.