CARROLLTON, Ga. – Delta State University (12-9, 6-5 GSC) dropped a Gulf South Conference doubleheader to the University of West Georgia (14-5, 6-5 GSC) by the scores of 8-2 and 4-3 on Friday at Cole Field. The Wolves earned the win in the nightcap on a walk off single by Caleb Lopes in extra innings.
 
GAME INFORMATION 
Score:  GAME 1: Wolves 8 | Statesmen 2 | GAME 2: Wolves 4 | Statesmen 3 (8 inn.)
Records: Delta State (12-9, 6-3 GSC), Wolves (14-5, 6-5 GSC)
Location/Stadium: Carrollton, Ga. | Cole Field
Attendance/Start Time/Time of Game: 197 | 12 p.m./2:22 (GM1) | (GM2) 3:50 p.m. / 2:01
Weather: 75 degrees Cloudy ESE 5 mph wind

HOW IT HAPPENED (GAME 1)

• Brandon Cummins and Trent Giambrone singled to open the first inning but a double play and a pop up ended the early threat.
• Caleb Lopes hit a solo home run and Artemis Kadkhodaian belted a two-run home run to highlight a four-run first to give the Wolves a 4-0 lead.
• West Georgia added a run in the third on a Ben Utley RBI single to make the score 5-0.
• Giambrone belted a solo home run in the sixth and doubled and scored on an Ethan Gill single in the eighth to cut the UWG lead to 5-2.
• The Wolves added three runs in the eighth to push the lead to 8-2. Payton Mann had an RBI triple followed by RBI singles from pinch hitter Cade Marlow and Garrett Hayes.

 
PITCHER OF RECORD (GAME 1)
Win: Justin Vincent (2-1) – 7.1 IP, 13 H, 7 R, 6 ER, 4 K, 0 BB
Loss: Brandon Goldsmith (4-0) – 8.0 IP, 8 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 K, 2 BB
Save: none
 
TEAM LEADERS: DELTA STATE (GAME 1)
Hits: 3 – Trent Giambrone (4-for-4, HR, 2 RBI)
Runs: 2 – Giambrone
RBIs: 1 – Giambrone, Ethan Gill
Doubles: Giambrone, Welch
Triples: none
HRs: Giambrone
 
TEAM LEADERS: WEST GEORGIA (GAME 1)
Hits: 2 Artemis Kadkhodaian (3-for-4, 2 runs),  
Runs: 2 - Kadkhodaian
RBIs: 2 – Kadkhodaian
HRs: 0 – Kadkhodaian, Caleb Lopes
 
HOW IT HAPPENED (GAME 2)

• Jacob Swiney and Matt Barrett delivered RBI singles to help the Statesmen jump to a 2-0 lead in the second inning.
• West Georgia tied the game in the third on an RBI single by Lopes and a Payton Mann solo home run.
• The scored remained tied into the eighth inning. Will Robertson led the inning off with a single and scored on a Colton Welch sac-fly but left two runners in scoring position when the inning ended.
• The Wolves answered with two runs in the bottom of eighth. Ben Utley tied the game on a sac fly with the bases loaded to set up Lopes' walk off single to end the game in extra innings.

 
PITCHER OF RECORD (GAME 2)
Win: Tre Hobbs (5-1) – 7.1 IP, 8 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 4 K, 1 BB
Loss: Matthew Norton – 2.0 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 K, 2 BB
Save: none
 
TEAM LEADERS: DELTA STATE (GAME 2)
Hits: 2 – Cummins (2-for-3), Will Robertson (2-for-4)
Runs: 1 – Robertson, Gill, Swiney
RBIs: 2 – Swiney, Welch, Barrett
Doubles: none
Triples: none
HRs: none
 
TEAM LEADERS: WEST GEORGIA (GAME 2)
Hits: 2– Lopes (2-for-4), Mann (2-for-3)
Runs: 2 - Mann
RBIs: 2 – Lopes
HRs: 1 – Mann
 
 
BEYOND THE BOX SCORES

• Hobbs tossed a career-high 7.1 innings and has thrown six or more innings in his six starts.
• Giambrone's four hits in game one was the fifth time a Statesmen had four hits in a game this season.
• Delta State dropped to 5-1 in game two series after losing the first game.
• Game two marked the Statesmen's first extra inning game this season, falling to 0-1.
• Delta State hit into six double plays on the afternoon, three in each contest.
• The Statesmen left 14 runners on base in the doubleheader, six (four in game two) were in scoring position.
• The Statesmen lead the all-time series with the Wolves 19-7 after Friday's doubleheader.

UP NEXT

• Delta State and West Georgia conclude the three-game series with a single game on Saturday at noon