Elisabetta Zengaro
6
Winner West Florida UWF 28-13
1
Delta State Univ. DSU 28-13
Winner
West Florida UWF
28-13
6
Final
1
Delta State Univ. DSU
28-13
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
West Florida UWF 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 6 11 0
Delta State Univ. DSU 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 2

W: JT Granat (7-3) L: Vincent, Justin (4-3)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Statesmen Fall To UWF In Series Finale, 6-1

CLEVELAND, Miss. – No. 23/17 University of West Florida (27-12, 19-7 GSC) scored six unanswered runs on the way to a 6-1 win over No. 12 Delta State University (28-12, 19-7 GSC) in the series finale on Sunday at Harvey Stadium-Ferriss Field. The Argos claimed the series 2-1 and took over first place in the Gulf South Conference with two series remaining in the season.
                                                             
GAME INFORMATION 
Score: Argonauts 6 | Statesmen 1
Records: No. 12/12 Delta State (28-13, 19-8 GSC), No 23/17 West Florida (28-13, 20-7 GSC)
Location/Stadium: Cleveland, Miss. | Harvey Stadium – Ferriss Field
Attendance/Start Time/Time of Game: 567 | 1:00 p.m. | 2:13
Weather: 75 degrees, Sunny, ESE 15 mph wind

HOW IT HAPPENED
  • The Statesmen got a run in the first to take a 1-0 lead. Brandon Cummins singled and scored on a Will Robertson sac-fly, his 56th RBI of the year.
  • Robert Lopez and Nic Strasser had RBI singles in the second to give UWF a 2-1 lead.
  • West Florida used a three-run seventh to build the lead to 4-1. Jean Figurora tripled and scored on a throwing error. Alex Greene singled in a run and Ledeavon Matthews had a run scoring double.
  • Strasser belted a leadoff solo home run in the ninth to give the Argos a 6-1 lead heading to the bottom of the ninth.
  • Jarrod Petree entered the game with one out in the ninth to record a strikeout and a pop out to close the game
  • Starter Justin Vincent (4-3) was the pitcher of record for the Statesmen. Vincent yielded five runs, one earned, on seven hits with a strikeout over 6.1 innings pitched.
  • UWF starter JT. Granat (7-3) worked 8.1 innings allowing one run on seven hits with six strikeouts and one walk to earn the win.
 
BEYOND THE BOX SCORES
  • The series loss snapped the Statesmen's string of 18 straight GSC home series wins dating back to a series loss to Valdosta State (3.24-25.12).
  • Delta State lost its first GSC series game three, falling to 9-1 and are 9-2 overall in game threes this season.
  • The Statesmen fell to 21-6 when scoring first and 14-4 when scoring the first inning.
  • DSU has outscored opponents 51-13 in the first inning this season.
  • The Statesmen fell to 6-4 in one-run games this season.
  • Delta State leads the overall series 30-28 after the series.

UP NEXT
Delta States hosts Ouachita Baptist University for a doubleheader on Tuesday at 3 p.m.
 
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