CLEARWATER, Fla. (Interstat) — Wichita State outslugged UAB 14-12 on Saturday afternoon at Spectrum Field. The Shockers, who finished 21 hits to UAB’s 15, improved to 28-28, while the Blazers fell to 32-26.

Ethan Gonzalez led Wichita State with a 5-for-6 performance that included a home run and three RBIs. The catcher scored multiple times and delivered a key double in the seventh inning. Brady Hamilton pitched 2⅔ hitless innings with one strikeout for the Shockers.

UAB’s John Paul Head homered twice, going 3 for 5 with two RBIs. Alex Dupuy added a three-run homer in the fourth inning. Andrew Hunt also homered and drove in two runs.

The Blazers built an early 1-0 lead on Head’s first-inning solo shot, but Wichita State answered with two runs in the second. UAB tied it at 4-2 in the bottom half, then pulled ahead 6-5 in the fourth. The Shockers regained control with a seven-run seventh inning highlighted by Gonzalez’s solo homer and RBI double. UAB cut the lead to 13-12 in the seventh, but Wichita State added two runs in the eighth for the final margin.