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2
UAH UAH 31-19
7
Winner Delta State Univ. DSU 35-15
UAH UAH
31-19
2
Final
7
Delta State Univ. DSU
35-15
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
UAH UAH 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 11 1
Delta State Univ. DSU 1 1 0 0 3 0 2 0 X 7 17 0

W: Moats, Dalton (10-3) L: Wilson Adams (10-3)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Statesmen Advance Past Chargers, 7-2

PENSACOLA, Fla.  – Trent Giambrone had four hits and two RBIs and lead No. 15 Delta State University (35-15) to a 7-2 win over the University of Alabama Huntsville (31-19) in the first round of the GSC Tournament on Saturday at Jim Spooner Field.
 
 GAME INFORMATION 
Score:  No. 2 Seed Statesmen 7, No. 5 Seed Chargers 3
Records: No. 15 Delta State (35-15) | Alabama Huntsville (31-19)
Location | Stadium: Pensacola, Fla. | Jim Spooner Field: 11:08 a.m. | 2:57 | 327
Weather: 78 degrees, Sunny, N 8 mph wind

HOW IT HAPPENED
  • Trent Giambrone singled and scored on a Ben Pickard single to right, which put the Statesmen in front 1-0 in the first.
  • The Chargers tied the game at one on a Tanner Gardner RBI single in the second.
  • Colton Welch launch a solo home run in the second to give the Statesmen a 2-1 lead. The long ball was Welch's seventh this season.
  • Delta State pushed the lead to 5-1 in the fifth, when Giambrone launched a two-run home run to left and Jacob Swiney drove in a run with a single.
  • The Statesmen loaded the bases in the sixth only to see reliever Logan Crook get fly out and a strikeout to end the threat.
  • Dalton Moats got a strikeout and a fly out to work the Statesmen out of a bases loaded jam in the seventh.
  • Welch and Cummins delivered RBI singles in the seventh to make the score 7-1.
  • UAH cut the DSU lead to 7-2 in the ninth on an AJ Walden single.
  • Moats (10-3) yielded one run on two hits with four strikeouts through seven innings to earn the win.
  • Jacob Howell had five strikeouts while allowing one run on three hits over the final two innings for DSU.
  • Starter Wilson Adams (10-3) gave up five runs on 12 hits, in six innings, with four strikeouts. 
  • Giambrone finished 4-for-5 with two RBIs while Cummins, Gill, Pickard, Swiney and Welch had two hits each to lead the Statesmen at the plate.
 
BEYOND THE BOX SCORE
  • Moats finished the game with four strikeouts to become the first pitcher since Josh Branstetter (104) in 2012 to record 100 strikeouts.
  • DSU pounded out 17 hits in the game, recording double digit hits for the 32nd time in 50 games this season.
  • Giambrone's fifth inning home run was his ninth, tying for the team lead with Ben Pickard. Giambrone went 4-for-5 for his third four-hit and 23rd multi-hit game.
  • The Statesmen earned their seventh straight win over the Chargers, improving to  38-20-1 overall and 9-4 in the GSC Tournament.
  • Delta State head coach Mike Kinnison now has 845 career victories.
 


UP NEXT
Delta State advance play the winner of No. 3 West Alabama/No. 4 West Georgia winner in the second round on Sunday at 7 p.m. (CDT).
 
 
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