GAINESVILLE, Fla. – The University of South Alabama baseball team homered four times in a 7-2 win over second-seeded Miami in Sunday's elimination game of the NCAA Gainesville Regional at Florida Ballpark.

Michael Sandle hit two home runs and drove in three runs, Kaleb DeLaTorre hit one home run and finished with two RBIs, and Richard Sorrenti added a home run and one RBI. The Jags plated four runs in the bottom of the fourth inning before Miami answered with single runs in the fifth and sixth innings. USA added three insurance runs in the bottom of the eighth on home runs by Sandle and DeLaTorre to cap its win, which eliminated the Hurricanes from the NCAA postseason.

JoJo Booker (8-0) earned the win in 5 1/3 innings pitched, and Tyler Samaniego tossed two scoreless innings to record his seventh save of the season. 

NEXT UP
South Alabama (35-21) will return to action Monday when it resumes the NCAA Gainesville Regional final against South Florida at 12:06 p.m. (ET) at Florida Ballpark. The game will resume with the start of the bottom of the fifth inning with the Jags leading USF 4-0 after weather forced regional officials to postpone the game until Monday. 

GAME FACTS
- Miami loaded the bases with two outs in the top of the first inning on three consecutive walks by Yohandy Morales, Adrian Del Castillo and Christian Del Castillo. But Jag right-hander JoJo Booker induced an inning-ending popup to second off the bat of Raymond Gil to escape the jam and preserve a scoreless tie.
- South Alabama took a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the third inning when Richard Sorrenti lifted a 3-2 pitch from UM right-hander Jake Garland over the left field wall for a one-out solo home run. Santi Montiel followed with a double down the left field line before Ethan Wilson delivered a two-out RBI single through the right side of the infield to double the USA lead at 2-0. Michael Sandle then blasted the first pitch he saw from Garland to left field for a 4-0 Jaguar lead.
- Miami cut the USA lead to 4-1 in the top of the fifth inning on a one-out solo home run to left field by Morales.
- The Canes cut the Jag lead in half at 4-2 in the top of the sixth on a one-out solo home run to right-center field Alex Toral. 
- USA pushed its lead to 5-2 in the bottom of the eighth on a solo home run to left-center field by Sandle. Hunter Stokes drew a walk before Kaleb DeLaTorre lifted a 3-1 pitch over the right field wall for the final runs of the game.

NOTES
- Sandle extended his on-base streak to 25 games with a two-run home run to left field in the bottom of the third.
- Cam Tissue extended his on-base streak to eight games with a two-out single in the bottom of the fourth.
- Booker (8-0) allowed two runs on four hits with four strikeouts and five walks in 5 1/3 innings pitched to earn his eighth win of the season.
- Samaniego tossed two scoreless innings, and struck out three with one walk to record his seventh save of the year.
- Six Jaguars hit safely in the game, led by Sandle who went 2-for-4 with two home runs, three RBIs and two runs scored. 
- DeLaTorre finished with one home run, two RBIs and one run scored, and Sorrenti added a home run, one RBI and one run scored.
- The win advanced the Jags to the NCAA Gainesville Regional final, which marks the second time under head coach Mark Calvi that USA has played in a regional final. 
- South Alabama will attempt to advance to an NCAA Super Regional for the first time in program history in the NCAA Gainesville Regional final against South Florida. 
- The win marked the Jags' seventh in their last eight games dating back to the regular-season finale win at Appalachian State.
- USA improved to 6-1 in postseason play dating back to the Sun Belt Conference Championship.