Melvin Frazier
Hays Collins
2
Arkansas-Monicello UAM 26-11
8
Winner Delta State DSU 31-10
Arkansas-Monicello UAM
26-11
2
Final
8
Delta State DSU
31-10
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Arkansas-Monicello UAM 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 6 0
Delta State DSU 0 2 0 0 0 2 2 2 X 8 9 0

W: Frazier, Melvin (6-3) L: Connor Wilkerson (0-4)

Game Recap: Baseball | | Fred Sington

Frazier Tosses Statesmen Past UAM, 8-2

CLEVELAND, Miss. – Melvin Frazier had nine strikeouts in seven innings pitched to help the 16th ranked Delta State University baseball team (31-10, 18-8 GSC) claim an 8-2 win over No. 13 University of Arkansas Monticello (26-11) on Tuesday, April 16 at Harvey Stadium-Ferriss Field.
 
Frazier yielded two runs on three hits and was three strikeouts shy of his season-high 12 to notch his sixth win of the season
 
Matt Majeur hit a two-run home run to give the Statesmen a 4-2 lead in the sixth while DSU added two runs in the seventh and eighth to pull away for the win.
 
THE BASICS
FINAL: #24/17 Delta State 8 | Arkansas Monticello 2
Date/Time: Tues., April 16, 2019 | Start: 6:03 p.m.
Location: Harvey Stadium-Ferriss Field
Records: Statesmen 31-10, 18-8 GSC | Boll Weevils 26-11, 24-5 GAC
Series: DSU leads series 83-9

HOW IT HAPPENED
  • Arkansas-Monticello scored a run second to take a 1-0 lead. Dylan Borman was hit by a pitch and later scored from third on a Brodie Threet ground out.
  • Delta State scored two runs in the bottom of the second to take a 2-1 lead. CJ Estave singled and scored when Bradley Sanford was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded. Majeur was hit by a pitch and scored on a Brett Young single.
  • The Boll Weevils tied the game 2-2 in the top of the fifth. John Mauldin walked and scored on a Jordan Johnson double.
  • Delta State took a 4-2 lead in the sixth. Estave singled with two outs and scored on a Majeur home run to left.
  • Two runs crossed the plate in the seventh to give the Statesmen a 6-2 lead. Young walked and came home on a Darek Sargent single and David Herrington singled and scored on a Barlow infield single.
  • Delta State added two runs to increase the lead to 8-2 in the eighth. Hayden White was hit by a pitch and scored on a Herbison double and Herbison later scored on a Young RBI ground out.
  • Tyler Walton and TJ Childree worked a scoreless eighth and ninth inning to close the game for the Statesmen
ON THE MOUND
  • Frazier (6-3) struck out nine while allowing two runs on three hits to earn the win.
  • Connor Wilkerson (0-4) gave up six runs on seven hits with five strikeouts and two walks as the pitcher of record for the Boll Weevils.
  • Walton gave up a hit and had a strikeout in a scoreless inning of relief.
  • Childree yielded two hits in a scoreless ninth.

NOTEABLES
  • Majeur finished 2-for-3 with his fifth home run of the season and two RBIs while Estave went 2-for-3 with two runs scored.
  • Sargent, Barlow and Sanford each had RBIs for the Statesmen.
  • Johnson and Rayna each went 2-for-4 to lead UAM at the plate.
  • The Statesmen finished the season 12-1 against schools from the Great American Conference, including 2-0 against UAM.

UP NEXT
  • The Statesmen return to the diamond against Mississippi Valley State University on Tues., March 23 at 3 p.m. in Itta Bena, Miss.
 
 
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