MOBILE, Ala. – The Spring Hill College (SHC) baseball team suffered a 9-7 non-conference loss to the University of Mobile (UM) Rams at historic Stan Galle Field on Wednesday night.
 
The Rams (36-11) jumped out to a 7-0 lead after 5½ innings of play, but the Badgers rallied with three runs in the 6^th inning and three more in the 7^th inning to slice the deficit to just one run headed to the 8^th inning.
 
Mobile responded to the challenge in the 9^th inning as first baseman Christian Snow smashed a leadoff homer out of left field and third baseman Gunner Hendrix mashed a run-scoring double into deep right-center field. Hendrix would also provide the heroics with his glove in the bottom of the stanza when he corralled a ball destined for the hole between third and short with the tying runs at second and third bases and two outs then made a solid throw across the diamond to end the game.
 
SHC left fielder Luke Wall extended his hitting streak to 18 games with a 2-for-5 night while right fielder Grayson Williams had three hits including a double. Center fielder Justin Collier had a double and a triple with two RBIs as second baseman Brandon Donoghue came off the bench to punch two singles with four RBIs.
 
For Mobile, center fielder Corey Wheaton had a single and a triple for one RBI while Cody Campo (5-2) earned the win in six innings with seven hits allowed, no walks and one strikeout. Hunter Avery picked up his fourth save of 2018 in 2/3 of an inning with no hits and a walk.
 
Steven Saucier (1-1) took the loss in two innings with one hit, three walks and one strikeout.
 
The Badgers (21-16, 12-1 SIAC West) next host the Kentucky State University (KSU) Thorobreds (17-16, 7-5 SIAC West) in a three-game conference series beginning with a single game on Friday at 6 p.m. at historic Stan Galle Field followed on Saturday with a doubleheader at noon.