ROME, Ga,  -- Will Robertson roped three doubles and collected five RBIs to lead Delta State University (25-11, 17-5 GSC) to a 10-6 win over Shorter University (13-23, 6-17 GSC) in the nightcap of a doubleheader on Saturday at the Ledbetter Baseball Complex. Shorter claimed a 5-3 win in game one.
 
 
GAME INFORMATION 
Scores: GAME 1: Hawks 5, Statesmen 3 | GAME 2: Statesmen 10 | Hawks 6
Records: No. 18/11 Delta State (25-11, 17-6 GSC) | Shorter University (13-23, 6-17 GSC)
Location/Stadium: Rome, Ga. | Ledbetter Baseball Complex
Game 1: 10:59 a.m. | 2:53 | Game 2: 3:30 pm | 2:33
Weather: 52 degrees, Sunny, NNW 16 mph wind

HOW IT HAPPENED (GAME 1)

• Shorter took a 1-0 lead in the third inning. Dustin Lawson struck out swinging but reached on a wild pitch before scoring on a Jerry Liang single.
• Erick Santiago singled and scored on a Will Robertson RBI single to tie the game 1-1 in the fifth.
• Shorter answered with three runs in the bottom of the fifth, highlighted by a Raul Cortes' 2-RBI double home. The centerfielder then scored on a wild pitch to cap the 3-run frame. 
• Brandon Cummins doubled and scored on a Giambrone double in the seventh to cut the SU lead to 4-2.
• Patrick Sanderson led off the bottom of the seventh with a solo home run to extend the Shorter lead out to 5-2.
• Robertson doubled to left field allowing Santiago to score in the ninth to trim the deficit to 5-3.
• Shorter pitcher Tyler Cates entered the game to outs and recorded a strikeout with the bases loaded to close the game and record his first save for the Hawks.
• SU's Jacob Ramos (4-2) worked 6.2 innings allowing two runs on five hits with four strikeouts to earn the win.
• Justin Vincent (4-2) gave up four runs on three hits with five strikeouts as the pitcher of record for the Statesmen.

 
HOW IT HAPPENED (GAME 2)

• The Statesmen scored two runs in the first and four runs in the second to take an early 6-0 lead. Robertson reached on an error and a run crossed the plate when Colton Welch drew a bases loaded walk in the first. Robertson had a two-run double and Ethan Gill hit a two-run home run in the second.
• The Hawks cut the lead to 6-4 with three runs in the third and one in the fourth. Lawson highlighted the fourth with a solo home run.
• A Robertson RBI double scored Cummins in the fourth and Santiago belted a solo home run in the fifth to extend the DSU lead to 8-4.
• After SU cut the lead to 8-5, Robertson doubled home Cummins and Robertson scored when Ben Pickard reached on a fielders choice to push the lead to 10-5 in the sixth.
• Greg Gladden's sac-fly cut the DSU lead to 10-6 in the seventh before Tre Hobbs recorded a strikeout and a ground out to finish the game.
• Hobbs (9-10) recorded eight strikeouts while yielding six runs, four earned, on eight hits for the Statesmen.
• SU starter Jacob Famer (2-6) suffered the game two loss, allowing six runs, five earned, on five hits with two strikeouts.

 
BEYOND THE BOX SCORES

• The Statesmen had a four-game winning streak and a 10-game GSC winning streak snapped in game one.
• Robertson went 5-for-9 with seven RBIs in the doubleheader that included going 3-for-4 with five RBIs in game two. Robertson has 24 RBIs in the last seven games.
• DSU batters were hit by a pitch four times in the doubleheader pushing their season total 64, third in the GSC and sixth nationally.
• Robertson's three doubles in game two was one shy of the DSU single game record held by Marcus Van Every (four at Nicholls State, 2001).
• Delta State improved to 5-1 after losing game one of a series.
• The Statesmen have scored 76 runs over their last seven games.
• Hobbs recorded his league leading ninth win and seventh complete game this season.
• Delta State Head Coach Mike Kinnison now has 835 career victories after the game two win over Shorter.

UP NEXT
Delta State and Shorter wrap up the three-game GSC series on Sunday at 12 p.m. (CDT) on Sunday.