TrentGiambrone_BB_022716
Elisabetta Zengaro
17
Winner Lee University LEE 6-5
13
Delta State Univ. DSU 7-5
Winner
Lee University LEE
6-5
17
Final
13
Delta State Univ. DSU
7-5
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Lee University LEE 1 3 5 0 5 0 0 2 1 17 22 1
Delta State Univ. DSU 0 0 1 2 5 2 3 0 0 13 16 2

W: Justin Alleman (2-1) L: Moats, Dalton (1-2) S: Christian Bokich (1)

4
Lee University LEE 6-6
9
Winner Delta State Univ. DSU 8-5
Lee University LEE
6-6
4
Final
9
Delta State Univ. DSU
8-5
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Lee University LEE 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 4 6 0
Delta State Univ. DSU 1 1 0 5 1 1 X 9 13 1

W: Hobbs, Tre (4-0) L: Art Vidrio (1-2)

Game Recap: Baseball | | Caroline George

DSU Baseball Takes One of Two From Lee in Doubleheader

CLEVELAND, Mississippi – Trent Giambrone led Delta State University baseball to a split against Lee University on Saturday, falling 17-13 in game one before claiming the nightcap 9-4. The junior second baseman went 6-for-10 from the plate, including three homeruns in game one and seven total RBIs.
 
GAME INFORMATION 
Score: (GM1) Flames 17, Statesmen 13 | (GM2) Statesmen 9, Flames 4
Records: Delta State (8-5, 3-2 GSC), Lee University (6-6, 1-4 GSC)
Location/Stadium: Cleveland, Miss. | Harvey Stadium – Ferriss Field
Attendance/Start Time/Time of Game: 625 | 12:15 p.m./3:26 | 4:12 p.m./2:21
Weather: 57 degrees, Sunny, SW 9 mph wind

HOW IT HAPPENED
GAME ONE
  • Lee struck first early in the top of the first inning when Ben Holland connected on his sixth home run of the season, giving the Flames the 1-0 edge.
  • In their next at-bat, the Flames extended their lead to 4-0 with three runs on five hits. Another five runs were plated on three hits and a DSU error in the top of the third, for Lee to go up 9-0.
  • Brandon Cummins tripled in the bottom of the third and later came around to score on a wild pitch, scoring DSU's first run and notching the score at 9-1 in favor of Lee.
  • Ben Pickard and Colton Welch each homered in the bottom of the second to make the score 9-3.
  • Five more Lee runs came across to score in the top of the fifth giving the Flames a 14-3 lead.
  • In the bottom of the fifth, Trent Giambrone led off with a solo home run. Later in the inning, Welch homered for the second time in the game, this time with the bases loaded for ta grand slam. The second consecutive two-home run inning cut the deficit from 11 to six, notching the score at 14-8 Lee.
  • Giambrone and Pickard joined Welch with a multi-home run game in the bottom of the sixth, both solo shots, to make the score 14-10.
  • It was Giambrone again who came through with his third home run of the game in three consecutive innings, scoring Cummins and Erick Santiago. The Statesmen clawed back within one, 14-13, in the bottom of the seventh.
  • Lee scored three runs on five hits in its last two at-bats to go back up 17-13 in the top of the ninth.
  • Delta State went three up, three down in the bottom of the ninth to drop game one 17-13.
     
GAME TWO
  • Delta State took its first lead of the day, 1-0, in its first at-bat when Will Robertson singled through the hole at second base, scoring Brandon Cummins.
  • Jacob Swiney led off the bottom of the second with his first triple of the season and later scored on a wild pitch, extending DSU lead to 2-0.
  • Lee's Ben Holland homered for the third time of the day and eighth of the season in the top of the third to cut the deficit in half, 2-1.
  • The Flames threatened in the top of the fourth scoring two runs on two hits, taking the 3-2 edge.
  • Erick Santiago doubled and Cummins and Giambrone singled in a five-run, five-hit fourth inning to give the Statesmen a 7-3 advantage.
  • In the bottom of the fifth, Matt Barrett's groundout to second scored Swiney and Ethan Gill hit a sacrifice fly to score Luke Stanley in the sixth, notching the score at 9-4.
  • Lee tacked on one more run in the top of the seventh, but Robertson's diving catch in left field ended the threat and the game. DSU bounced back for the 9-4 victory in game two.

BEYOND THE BOXSCORES
  • The Statesmen trailed by as many as 11 runs early on and fought back within one before falling by four. Delta State gave up a season-high 22 hits to the Flames.
  • Three Statesmen, Giambrone, Pickard and Welch, combined for seven homeruns, one shy of tying the school record for homers in a game. Each Statesmen recorded career highs in homeruns: Giambrone (3), Pickard (2), and Welch (2).
  • Giambrone tied his career-high RBIs (5) and hits (4). Welch recorded a career-high five RBIs, including his first career grand slam.
  • A 5-foot-11 senior, Giambrone ended the day going 6-for-10 from the plate with seven RBIs.
  • The Statesmen entered the series against the Flames with 10 homeruns on the season and finished game one with seven.
  • Junior Tre Hobbs (4-0) has pitched two straight complete games, giving up four earned runs on six hits and striking out seven in his win against Lee.
 
UP NEXT
  • Delta State will wrap up the series with Lee University on Sunday, Feb. 28 with a single game at 2 p.m.
 
 
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