Hayden White
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6
West Florida UWF 21-9
16
Winner Delta State DSU 20-7
West Florida UWF
21-9
6
Final
16
Delta State DSU
20-7
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
West Florida UWF 0 3 0 2 0 1 0 6 10 4
Delta State DSU 3 2 6 0 3 1 1 16 14 2

W: Minton, Dalton (5-1) L: Rossi, Tony (4-3)

Game Recap: Baseball | | Fred Sington

White’s Three Home Runs Lift Statesmen Past UWF

CLEVELAND, Miss. – Hayden White hit three home runs and had five RBIs to lead No. 2/6 Delta State University baseball team (20-7, 12-5 GSC) to a 16-6 run-rule win over No. 12/23 the University of West Florida (21-9, 13-12 GSC) on Sunday at Harvey Stadium-Ferriss Field.
 
Delta State belted four home runs on the day, three by White and one by Jake Barlow. White's third home run of the day was a leadoff solo home run to end the game in the seventh due to the NCAA 10-run rule.
 
The Madison, Miss., native is the first Statesmen to hit three home runs in a game since Devin Goodwin against Pace University on March 9, 2009. Zach Shannon was the last Statesmen with a fiveRBIs day against Southern Arkansas on March 27, 2018.
 
 
THE BASICS
FINAL:  #2/6 Delta State 16 | #12/23 West Florida 6 (7 inn.)
Date/Time: Sat., March 24, 2019 | Start: 1 p.m.
Location: Harvey Stadium-Ferriss Field
Records: Statesmen 20-7, 12-5 GSC | West Florida 21-9, 13-2 GSC
Series: DSU leads series 34-30

HOW IT HAPPENED
  • The Statesmen scored three in the first to take a 3-0 lead. David Herrington led off with a single and later scored on a throwing error. Patrick Hodges followed with an RBI single up the middle and Weber Herbison walked with the bases loaded.
  • UWF tied the game in the top of the second. Issac Philips, Matthew Estrada and Trevor Payne had RBI singles.
  • The Statesmen answered with two runs in the bottom of the second to take a 5-3 lead. Russell drew a one-out walk to set up a Barlow two-run home run.
  • Delta State put up six runs in the third to build the lead to 11-5. White led off with a solo home run to center and David Herrington followed with a two-RBI single. A run scored when Barlow reached on an infield single and Hodges drove in two more runs with a single up the middle.
  • Matt Sullivan cut the DSU lead to 11-5 with a two-run home run to left in the fourth.
  • White stretched the Statesmen lead to 14-5 with a three-run home run in the fifth.
  • Sullivan hit a solo home run to left field in the sixth to cut UWF's deficit to 14-6.
  • The Statesmen scored a run in the sixth and one in the seventh to end the game. David Herrington was hit by a pitch to start the inning and scored on a Barlow single to center in the sixth and White hit a solo home run to left in the seventh.
ON THE MOUND
  • Dalton Minton (5-1) yielded six runs on 10 hits with two strikeouts against three walks to earn the win on the mound.
  • UWF starter Tony Rossi (4-3) lasted just two innings, giving up six runs, three earned, on four this with two strikeouts and four walks to take the loss.
  • Cole Morgan did not allow a run or a hit in one inning of relief.
NOTEABLES
  • White is the first Statesmen to hit three home runs in a game since Devin Goodwin against Pace University on March 9, 2009.
  • White went 2-for-4 with three runs scored, three home runs and five RBIs. Zach Shannon was the last Statesmen with a five-RBI day on March 27, 2018.
  • Barlow, who finished the day 3-for-5 with four RBIs, belted his team-leading seventh home run in the second inning.
  • Hodges had two hits and three RBIs in his second career start and Herrington was 2-for-4 with three runs scored and two RBIs.
  • Sargent finished 2-for-2 with a run scored.
  • West Florida captured the three-game GSC series 2-1.
  • Matt Sullivan went 2-for-4 with a home run and three RBIs to lead the Argo's offensively.
 
UP NEXT
  • No. 2 Delta State hosts No. 9 Southern Arkansas University on Wednesday at 5 p.m.
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