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Elisabetta Zengaro
5
Delta State DSU 19-3
6
Winner Mississippi Valley MVBB 4-16
Delta State DSU
19-3
5
Final
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Mississippi Valley MVBB
4-16
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 R H E
Delta State DSU 0 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 5 9 4
Mississippi Valley MVBB 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 1 6 9 5

W: Jeremiah Barr (1-2) L: Lott , Jason (0-1)

Game Recap: Baseball | | Fred Sington

Statesmen Fall In 10 Innings To MVSU, 6-5

ITTA BENA, Miss. – Wendell Rieves delivered an RBI double in the 10th inning to lift Mississippi Valley State (4-16) to a 6-5 walk off win over No. 1/2 Delta State (19-4) on Wednesday at the MVSU Baseball Field. 

Score: Mississippi Valley State 6 | #1/2 Delta State 5 (10)
Date/Time: Wed., March 21, 2018 | Start: 3:01 p.m. | TOG: 3:39
Location: Itta Bena, Miss. | MVSU Baseball Field
Records: Statesmen: 19-4 | Delta Devils 4-16
Series: Statesmen are 86-16-1 vs. MVSU
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
  • The Statesmen got on the board in third inning when Darek Sargent reached on a fielder's choice and later scored when Popovich also reached on a fielder's choice.
  • Delta State added two runs to its total in the fourth. Zack Shannon singled and scored on a Clay Casey single and Casey scored on a failed pickoff attempt to make the score 3-0.
  • Delta State scored a run in the fifth and sixth innings to push the advantage to 5-0. Popovich led off the fifth with a single and came home on a fielding error by the MVSU shortstop. Juwan Burney walked and scored on Bradley Sanford's single to right in the sixth.
  • MVSU cut the DSU lead to 5-3 with a run in the sixth and two runs in the seventh. A Marshall Parrish sac-fly plated the first run for MVSU in the sixth. Aaron Barkley had an RBI single and then scored on an error to trim the lead in the seventh.
  • Two runs crossed in the eighth to tie the game 5-5. Kanaikai Gaughen was hit by a pitch and scored on a Quavante McGregory squeeze bunt, and Jancarlos Aponte reached on an error and scored on a Willie Johnson RBI single.
  • MVSU loaded the bases in the bottom of the ninth but reliever Melvin Frazier got a pair of strikeouts sandwiched around a ground out to send the game to extra innings.
  • Willie Johnson walked and then scored on a Wendell Reives double to right center to end the game in the last of the 10th inning. 
 
ON THE MOUND
  • Seth Hougusen started and gave the Statesmen five scoreless innings, scattering two hits with seven strikeouts against four walks.
  • Tyler Walton allowed three runs, two earned, on four hits with two strikeouts in two innings of relief.
  • Melvin Frazier struck out while yielding two runs on two hits in two innings pitched.
  • Jason Lott (0-1) allowed a run on one hit with a walk in the 10th to take the loss for the Statesmen.
  • Barkley (2-0) gave up one hits with four strikeouts in two scoreless innings pitched to pick up the win for the MVSU.
 
NOTABLES
  • Delta State fell to 2-1 in extra innings games this season.
  • Shannon finished 2-for-4 with double and a run scored to extend his hitting streak to 16 games and his reached base streak to 22 games.
  • Ellis' base hit in the fifth inning extended his hitting streak to 11 games.
  • Lane singled in the top of the ninth to extend his hitting streak to seven games and his reached base streak to 23 games.
  • Statesmen pitchers combined for 12 strikeouts to record back-to-back games with double-figure strikeouts for first time this season.
 
UP NEXT
Delta State hosts Shorter University for a three-game Gulf South Conference series this weekend at Harvey Stadium-Ferriss Field. The series starts with a doubleheader on Saturday with a 2 p.m. followed by a single game on Sunday at 2 p.m.
 
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