PEARL, Miss. – The University of West Alabama baseball team kept its three-game win streak intact at Trustmark Park, defeating Delta State 8-4 on Wednesday evening. UWA (17-8) extended its win streak to six games, snapping the 10-game win streak of the Statesmen (16-10) in the process.

The Tigers trailed after DSU’s first at-bat, but answered with three runs in the bottom of the first and never fell behind the Statesmen again.

Josh Varner (5-1) picked up the win, throwing 3 2/3 innings in the outing. The Brandon, Miss.-native entered the game with bases loaded in the fourth and erased the next three DSU batters, including two of his three strikeouts to close the side. J. B. Black picked up the save, his second of the season.

Leading 5-4, UWA plated three runs on the board in the sixth inning to take a commanding 8-4 lead. The Tigers received back-to-back singles from Nick Wheeler and Brian Simone, but the Statesmen erased the next two UWA batters. Bryan Mason doubled down the left field line to score Wheeler and Simone. Dallas Rogers followed suit with a double down the same line to score Mason.

DSU tied the game at 3-3 in the top of the second inning, but UWA answered with a run in the bottom of the frame, as Rob Dahlberg singled up the middle to score Rogers. The Tigers added another run on the board in the home half of the third with Douglas Frazier scoring on a bases loaded walk.

West Alabama returns to the diamond on Saturday, March 21, as the Tigers travel to Montevallo, Ala. to face the Falcons. First pitch of the doubleheader is scheduled for 1:00 p.m. The game will be broadcasted on WZNJ 106.5-FM and at athletics.uwa.edu.