BILOXI, Miss. – Trent Giambrone and Brandon Cummins combined for five hits and four RBIs to lead Delta State University (12-7, 6-3 GSC) to a 5-1 win over William Carey College (15-6) on Wednesday at MGM Park. Giambrone went 3-for-4 with a triple and two RBIs while Cummins 2-for-4 with two RBIs for the Statesmen.
 
GAME INFORMATION 
Score:  Statesmen 5 | Crusaders 1
Records: Delta State (12-7, 6-3 GSC), William Carey (15-6)
Location/Stadium: Biloxi, Miss. | MGM Park
Attendance/Start Time/Time of Game: xxx | 7:05 p.m./0:00
Weather: 68 degrees, Sunny ESE 20 mph wind

HOW IT HAPPENED

• The Statesmen scored two runs in the first and one in the second to take an early 3-0 lead. Trent Giambrone singled home Brandon Cummins and later scored on a Jacob Swiney sac-fly in the first. Cummins singled and scored on a Giambrone triple to highlight the second.

• Delta State added two runs in the seventh. A Cummins single to right got by the right fielder, allowing Erick Santiago and Kyle St. Pierre to score from first and second.
• William Carey pushed its only run of the night across in the bottom of the seventh when Tyler Odom scored on an Adrian Brown RBI single.
• William Carey loaded the bases in the ninth with one out but Statesmen closer Jacob Howell got a pop up to second and a strikeout to close the game.
   

PITCHER OF RECORD
Win: Brumfield (2-1) – 2.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 K, 0 BB
Loss: Colby Whitfield – 1.2 IP, 3 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 1 K, 3 BB
Save: none
 
TEAM LEADERS: DELTA STATE
Hits: 3 – Trent Giambrone (3-for-4, 3B, 2 RBI),
Runs: 2 – Brandon Cummins
RBIs: 2 – Cummins, Giambrone
Doubles: none
Triples: 1 Giambrone
HRs: none
 
TEAM LEADERS: WILLIAM CAREY
Hits: 2 – Tyler Odom (2-for-4, 1 run), Nick Lowe (2-for-4)
Runs: 1 - Odom
RBIs: 1 – Adrian Brown
HRs: 0 – none
 
BEYOND THE BOXSCORES

• Giambrone's three hits marked his 10^th multi-hit game this season.
• Cummins' two hits was his ninth multi-hit outing and extended his hitting streak to nine games.
• Delta State and William Carey have played 117 times previously, with the Statesmen owning a 74-43 edge in the series. This was the first meeting on the diamond between the teams since the 2011, a 7-6 victory by DSU at Ferriss Field on April 5.
• MGM Park is the minor league home of Milwaukee Brewers' Double-A franchise the Biloxi Shuckers.
• Several noteable Statesman baseball alumni from Biloxi were in attendance, including former New York Mets catcher Barry Lyons, All-American Mark Graham, and 2004 NCAA College World Series MVP Bert Pickard.  
• Head Coach Mike Kinnison earned his 822^nd career win.

UP NEXT

• Delta State returns to GSC play against the University of West Georgia this weekend in Carrollton, Ga.  The series begins with a doubleheader on Friday and concludes with a single game on Saturday at 12 p.m. central both days.