ROME, Ga, --
Dalton Moats recorded 10 strikeouts over seven innings to help Delta State University (26-11, 18-5 GSC) claim a 9-0 series clinching win over Shorter University (13-24, 6-18 GSC) on Sunday at the Ledbetter Baseball Complex.
Ben Pickard (3) and
Colton Welch (2) combined for five RBIs to lead the Statesmen offensively.
GAME INFORMATION
Score: Statesmen 9 | Hawks 0
Records: No. 18/11 Delta State (26-11, 18-6 GSC) | Shorter University (13-24, 6-18 GSC)
Location/Stadium: Rome, Ga. | Ledbetter Baseball Complex
25| 1:00 p.m. | 3:08
Weather: 53 degrees, Sunny, ESE 10 mph wind
HOW IT HAPPENED
- The Statesmen pushed three runs across in the first to take a 3-0. Trent Giambrone doubled and scored on an Ethan Gill sac-fly and Ben Pickard and Colton Welch followed Gill with RBI singles in the first.
- Two runs crossed in the third inning to extend the lead to 5-0. A Welch sac-fly and a Santiago RBI single produced fourth inning runs.
- The Statesmen added four runs in the ninth to push extend the lead to 9-0. Pickard had a two-run single and two runs crossed the plate on a ground out and a hit by a pitch with the base loaded.
- Pickard went 2-for-4 with three RBIs while Santiago and Giambrone had two hits apiece to lead the Statesmen 12-hit attack.
- Dalton Moats (6-2) earned the win for the Statesmen, recording 10 strikeouts and scattering five hits over seven scoreless innings of work.
- Shorter's Mason Long (0-2) took the loss, allowing five runs on seven hits with a strikeout in 2.1 innings.
- Corey Beard worked a scoreless eighth with a strikeout and Jake Brumfield struck out the side in the ninth to seal the win.
BEYOND THE BOX SCORES
- Delta State improved 9-0 in game three of GSC series and 9-1 overall game threes.
- Moats 10 strikeouts marked the fifth time in his last six starts the lefty has registered nine or more strikeouts.
- Ethan Gill has reached base in 20 straight games while Welch extended his hitting streak to 13 games.
- The three RBIs by Pickard marked his eighth three RBI performance and his 11th multi-RBI game.
- Welch notch his fifth multi-RBI game and third game with two RBIs.
- The Statesmen have outscored opponents 49-11 in the first inning.
- The Green-and-White improved to 19-5 when scoring first and 7-2 when scoring six or more runs in a game.
- The Statesmen have scored 85 runs over their last eight games.
- Delta State Head Coach Mike Kinnison earned career win number 836.
UP NEXT
Delta State hosts Mississippi Valley State on Tuesday at 6 p.m. at Harvey Stadium-Ferriss Field.
