CLEVELAND, Miss. – Jacob Swiney had three RBIs including the game winner in the eighth inning to lead No. 12 Delta State University (33-14, 22-9 GSC) to a 3-2 win over Mississippi College (16-29, 6-24 GSC) on Saturday at Harvey Stadium-Ferriss Field. Will Robertson went 3-for-4, and Ben Pickard was 3-for-3 to lead Delta State's 13-hit attack.
           
GAME INFORMATION 
Score: Statesmen 3 Choctaws 2
Records: No. 12 Delta State (33-14, 22-9 GSC) | Mississippi College (16-28, 6-23 GSC)
Location/Stadium: Cleveland, Miss. | Harvey Stadium – Ferriss Field
Attendance/Start Time/Time of Game: 567/6:00 p.m./2:20
Weather: 75 degrees, Sunny, ESE 8 mph wind

HOW IT HAPPENED

• Ethan Gill doubled and scored when Jacob Swiney reached on a fielder's choice to give the Statesmen a 1-0 lead in the second.
• The Choctaws tied the game in the fourth on Casey Echols' RBI single.
• Delta State took a 2-1 lead in the sixth. Ben Pickard doubled and scored on a Swiney single.
• Will Elliot tied the game at 2-2 in the top of the seventh with a solo home run to left field.
• The Statesmen regained the lead, 3-2, in the bottom of the eighth. Trent Giambrone led off with a single followed by a Robertson single. Gill's sacrifice bunt moved Giambrone and Robertson to second and third, respectively. Pickard was intentionally walked before Giambrone scored on a Swiney ground out.
• Dalton Moats (9-3) struck out two and allowed one hit before getting a ground out to close the game for the Statesmen in the ninth. The junior struck out nine and allowed two runs on seven hits with no walks in the complete-game win.
• Austin Watts (1-2) suffered the loss in relief of starter Jake Fraze for the Choctaws. Watts allowed one run on two hits in an inning of work.

 
BEYOND THE BOX SCORES

• The Statesmen had 13 hits which marked 30 games with double-digit hits this season. Robertson went 3-for-4, and Pickard was 3-for-3 to lead Delta State's 13-hit attack.
• DSU improved to 25-6 when scoring first.
• Moats has struck out nine or more batters in six of his last eight games.
• The complete game by Moats was his fifth of the season and the 16^th for the Statesmen pitching staff.
• Swiney's three RBIs was his 11^th multi-RBI game and eighth two-RBI game this season.
• Robertson collected three hits for the ninth time this season.
• Delta State leads the all-time series with the Choctaws 105-28-1.
• Statesmen Head Coach Mike Kinnison has 843 career wins after the win.

UP NEXT
Delta State and Mississippi College will close the series with a doubleheader on Sunday, May 1 at 1 p.m. Fourteen seniors will be recognized for Senior Day prior to game one.