Cooper_Brune_GSC_Opening_Weekend_2020
Camila Segura Sevillano
2
Delta State DSU 5-2, 0-1 GSC
4
Winner UAH UAH 4-3, 1-0 GSC
Delta State DSU
5-2, 0-1 GSC
2
Final
4
UAH UAH
4-3, 1-0 GSC
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Delta State DSU 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 12 1
UAH UAH 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 X 4 7 0

W: Tyler Self (1-1) L: Riggins, Hunter (1-1) S: Parker Warren (1)

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Winner Delta State DSU 6-2, 1-1 GSC
3
UAH UAH 4-4, 1-1 GSC
Winner
Delta State DSU
6-2, 1-1 GSC
8
Final
3
UAH UAH
4-4, 1-1 GSC
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Delta State DSU 0 0 3 1 4 0 0 8 14 0
UAH UAH 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 6 1

W: Brune, Cooper (1-0) L: Dylan Murphy (1-2)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Diamond Statesmen Split GSC DH With Alabama-Huntsville

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. -- The Delta State University Diamond Statesmen pounded out 14 hits and got seven strong innings from Cooper Brune on the mound en route to an 8-3 win in game two of a doubleheader against the University of Alabama in Huntsville as the two teams split the first day of the series on the opening weekend of Gulf South Conference Play. 

THE BASICS:

GAME 1: Alabama-Huntsville 4 | #9/11 Delta State 2
GAME 2: #9/11 Delta State 8 | Alabama-Huntsville 3 (7 inn.)
DATE/TIME: Sat., Feb. 16 | GM 1 Start: 1:00 p.m. | TOG: 2:22 | GM 2 Start: 3:55 p.m. | TOG: 2:25
LOCATION: Charger Park | Huntsville, Ala.
RECORDS: Statesmen 6-2 (1-1 GSC) | Chargers (4-4, 1-1 GSC)
SERIES: Delta State leads the series 47-22-1

HOW IT HAPPENED | GM 1:
  • Delta State fell behind 2-0 in the third inning as Alabama-Huntsville's Tyler McCown tripled down the right field line to bring in two runs. 
  • UAH made it 3-0 in the same inning on a John Trousdale RBI groundout. 
  • Jared Cramer walked with one out in the fourth and came around to score on a Patrick Hodges RBI single to center to get themselves on the board.
  • The Chargers got the run back in the bottom of the fourth, as Will Acuff singled to score Drake Hollingsworth and make it 4-1.
  • The Statesmen were quiet until the top of the eighth frame, when Darek Sargent hit a line-drive home run to left field to pull DSU within a pair of runs, 4-2.
  • Josh Smeltzer got hit by a pitch in the top of the ninth inning, but UAH's Parker Warren got a strikeout and a flyout to end the game. 
ON THE MOUND | GM 1:
  • DSU starter Hunter Riggins worked 6.2 innings and took the loss. He allowed seven hits and three earned runs, walked three and struck out six. 
  • Wesley Grantham came in for his first action of the season and worked 1.1 scoreless frames. He also had two strikeouts. 
  • Tyler Self went 5.2 innings and allowed just one run on nine hits while striking out three and walking three. 
HOW IT HAPPENED | GM 2:
  • A leadoff single by Garrett Bodine and an RBI single from Trousdale to bring him home made it 1-0 UAH in the bottom of the first inning of game two. 
  • The Statesmen took the lead in the third inning with a three spot. Darek Sargent and Chad Ragland each singled with one out and Hayden White reached on a fielder's choice to load the bases. Jared Cramer then struck out but reached first on a wild pitch to score Sargent and tie the game 1-1. Wyatt Pratt followed with a two-RBI single to make it 3-1.
  • UAH added a run in the home half to pull within a run, 3-2, after three innings. 
  • DSU added another in the fourth. Jake Barlow led off the frame with a double, Will Myers laid down a sac bunt to move him to third, and Sargent's sac fly brought him home as DSU took a 4-2 advantage.
  • The Statesmen added a solo home run from Jared Cramer, his second of the year, a two-RBI single by Myers, and a Chad Ragland RBI single to extend the lead to 8-2 after five innings. 
  • The Chargers added a run in the sixth inning, but Cooper Brune set UAH down in order in the seventh to end the game. 
ON THE MOUND | GM 2:
  • Cooper Brune (1-0) logged a complete game to pickup his first win, tossing seven strong innings and scattering six hits and three runs. He added six strikeouts and did not walk a batter.
NOTABLES:
  • Sargent went 5-for-7 with a solo homer, drove in two runs and scored two runs in the doubleheader.
  • Ragland went 4-for-5 with an RBI and a run in game two.
  • Pratt was a combined 5-for-9 with 2 RBI and a run.
  • Five different Statesmen had multi-hit games between game one and game two, while Pratt and Sargent had multi-hit games in both contests. 
UP NEXT:

The Statesmen close out the series with game three at 1:00 p.m. at Charger Park in Huntsville, Ala. 
 
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