STATESBORO, Ga. - South Alabama used a four-run third inning to salvage a game in the Sun Belt Conference series with host Georgia Southern on Sunday, winning 8-0 at Eagle Park in Statesboro.

The Jaguars (15-13, 3-2 SBC) took the final game after Georgia Southern (19-8, 4-2 SBC) won both games of yesterday's doubleheader by identical 5-1 scores. The series win is the second straight for Georgia Southern beginning league play this year, and the Eagles will next be in action on Wednesday, stepping out of conference to visit No. 10-ranked Georgia in a 6 p.m. contest in Athens.

"Still happy by getting the series win in the Sun Belt this weekend," Georgia Southern Head Coach Kim Dean said. "South Alabama is an excellent team, and we've got to learn how to compete better on the second day of the weekend series. We'll work from this moving ahead and we look forward to the challenge of Wednesday's game against a nationally-ranked Georgia team."

South Alabama pushed across an unearned run in the first as Kaleigh Todd lead off the game with a double, moved to third on a passed ball, then scored on a suicide squeeze by Kristian Foster. The Jaguars then broke the game open in the third with a two-run double from Brittani Reid, along with an RBI single from Foster and an RBI double from Haleigh Lowe.

Georgia Southern did not get a hit off of Jaguar starter Devin Brown (11-7) until Mekhia Freeman singled to lead off the fourth inning. The Eagles got just two more hits off of Brown in the contest.

Brown struck out seven for the shutout win, while Eagle starter Rylee Waldrep (8-3) took the loss, giving up six hits and five runs - four earned - in 2 2/3 innings of work, striking out one.