CLEVELAND, Miss. – Senior Tre Hobbs struck out a career-high 13 batters to lead No. 7 Delta State University (37-11) to a 9-2 win over Alabama Huntsville (22-26) in game four of the 2017 Gulf South Conference Baseball Tournament on Saturday at Harvey Stadium-Ferriss Field.

Final Score:  No. 7 Delta State 9| Alabama Huntsville 2
Date/Time: Sat., May 6, 2017 | Start 8:29 p.m. | TOG 2:57
Location: Cleveland, Miss, | Harvey Stadium-Ferriss Field
Records:  Statesmen 38-11 | Chargers 22-26
Series: Delta State leads the series 46-18-1
 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• The Statesmen scored a pair of runs in the bottom of the second to build a 2-0 lead. Zack Shannon and Clay Casey drew walks to start the inning. A Juwan Burney single to right scored Shannon and Casey came home on a Josh Russell single to left.
• Ben Rhodes reached on a fielder's choice and would score on a Trey Mathis single to right to cut the DSU lead to 2-1 in the top of the fourth.
• The Statesmen added a run to the lead in the bottom sixth to make the score 3-1. Brian Lane and Shannon walk and Burney was hit by a pitch to load the bases with one out. A Russell sac-fly to center field scored Shannon.
• The Green-and-White pushed the lead to 5-1 with a two-run seventh. Emil Ellis doubled and scored on a Lane double with two outs and Lane came home on a throwing error.
• Four runs crossed the plate the bottom of the eighth to extend the Statesmen lead to 9-1. The first run scored on a throwing error followed by a Justin Nussbaum had an RBI double and RBI singles by Shannon and Ellis.
• An A.J. Walden solo home run in the ninth cut the Statesmen lead to 9-2.

ON THE MOUND

• Hobbs (7-4) tossed his sixth complete game of the season, giving up two runs and scattering eight hits with 13 strikeouts against one walk in nine innings pitched.
• Will Myers (6-4) gave up five runs, four earned with five strikeouts, and five walks in 6.2 innings of work as the UAH pitcher of record.

NOTEABLES

• Hobbs struck out a career-high 13 hitters, three strikeouts shy of the single-game school record.
• The Statesmen improved to 24-3 when scoring first.
• The Green-and-White captured their 12^th straight win overall and fourth straight win the GSC Tournament action over the Chargers.
• The Statesmen have won their last five GSC Tournament games.
• Shannon's eighth inning RBI single extended his hitting streak to 13 games while extending his consecutive games reached base streak to 43.
• Casey walked and scored in the second to extend his reached base streak to 33 games.
• Hobbs notched his 14^th complete game of his career.
• Ellis went 2-for-5 with two runs scored and an RBI followed by Burney, who was 2-for-3 with a run scored and an RBI to lead the Statesmen nine hit attack.
• Popovich, Lane, Shannon, Russell and Nussbaum collected hits for the Statesmen.

UP NEXT                                          
 

• Delta State continues play in the 2017 GSC Baseball No. 5 seed University on Sunday at 5 p.m.