Most of a near-capacity crowd had given up on Tuesday night's South Alabama-Southern Miss baseball game as the marathon contest reached the later innings.
Those who left early missed a whale of a comeback by the Jaguars.
No. 17 South Alabama scored three runs in the sixth and four in the eighth to overcome a five-run deficit and beat No. 13 Southern Miss 10-9 before a crowd that once numbered 3,472 at Stanky Field. The Jaguars allowed 13 hits, issued nine walks and committed three errors, but somehow managed to deal the Golden Eagles their first loss of the season in a game that lasted 4 hours, 6 minutes.