VALDOSTA, Ga. – Tanner Rainey hit a three-run home run and Gandy Stubblefield pitched seven shutout innings to lead West Alabama to a 7-0 Gulf South Conference baseball victory over Valdosta State Sunday at Billy Grant Field.
 
The victory was UWA's fourth straight and completed the three-game weekend sweep of the Blazers. The Tigers improved to 15-8 overall, 9-5 in GSC play. Valdosta State lost its fifth straight and fell to 13-10 and 7-7.
 
"I like the way we are playing right now. This is the way I knew we could play all along if we would stay committed through nine innings," UWA head coach Gary Rundles said. "Gandy Stubblefield got ground balls when he needed them to keep Valdosta State off the board."
 
Stubblefield (1-2) scattered eight hits, walked one and struck out five on the way to his first win at UWA after transferring from Texas A&M. The right-hander from Lufkin, Texas pitched out of two bases-loaded jams with less than two outs. Donnie Elliot and Rainey worked scoreless eighth and ninth innings to preserve the shutout. VSU starter Austin Glorius (1-2) took the loss.
 
West Alabama scored three runs in the third inning on just one hit, a two-run single from Jack Cockrum. Glorius walked three and hit a batter in the frame. Rainey's three-run blast was the big hit in a four-run sixth for the Tigers.
 
Mitch Holgate had a pair of hits to pace a nine-hit West Alabama attack. The Tigers rapped out 38 hits in the three-game series against the Blazers. Valdosta State also collected nine hits, but the GSC's leading hitting team could not manage a run.
 
West Alabama continues a four-game road swing on Wednesday, traveling to historic Rickwood Field in Birmingham, Ala., to face Miles. First pitch is scheduled for noon.