MONTEVALLO, Ala. – The University of Montevallo baseball team snapped a 12-game win-streak with an 8-5 loss to UAH, Sunday.
 
 
Montevallo fell behind early in the Sunday slate and were to come back from a five-run deficit in the seventh.
 
UAH opened the day with a three-run homer in the top of the first inning to jump ahead of UM, 3-0. The Falcons responded in the bottom half of the frame with an RBI single from Reed Latimer that scored Jake Smallwood, making it a 3-1 game.
 
The string of scoring frames continued in the top of the second as UAH added its fourth run of the game on an RBI base hit.
 
The pitching staffs for both sides held the game scoreless over the next three innings. Luke Mitchell stepped to the plate in the bottom of the sixth and delivered a two-run homer to left to trim the deficit to one, 4-3.
 
 Two homers by the Chargers in the ensuing frame pushed the lead back to five, 8-3. Reed Latimer gave the Falcons life in the bottom of the eighth when he hit a two-run bomb to make it an 8-5 game, but it wasn't enough as the Falcons dropped its first GSC contest of the year.
 

GAME ONE INFORMATION
Score: Montevallo 5 | UAH 8
Records: Montevallo 15-2(5-1 GSC) | UAH 8-9 (2-4GSC)
Location: Kermit A. Johnson Field at Bob Riesener Stadium | Montevallo, Alabama. 
 
GAME ONE NOTES 

• Luke Mitchell hit his fourth homer of the week and finished 1-for-4 from the late with a pair of RBI.
• Reed Latimer turned in a 2-for-4 performance from the plate with three RBI.
• Zach Toth shined out of the bullpen as he gave up just three hits in four innings pitched with three strikeouts.
• Montevallo scored five runs on seven hits while UAH totaled eight runs on nine hits.
   

 
UP NEXT: Montevallo will travel to No. 5 Columbus State on Wednesday in a mid-week matchup.