MOBILE, Ala. – Jaguar right-hander Matt Boswell struck out nine in eight innings to lead the University of South Alabama baseball team to a 7-1 series-opening win over Arkansas State Friday at Eddie Stanky Field.
Boswell (6-3) allowed one run on six hits with nine strikeouts and one walk in eight innings to earn his sixth win of the season. South Alabama (25-19, 11-11 SBC) plated four runs in the bottom of the first inning on a pair of two-run home runs by Will Turner and Hunter Stokes, and added three runs in the bottom of the fifth.