Hayden White
3
Delta State DSU 6-3, 1-2 GSC
10
Winner UAH UAH 5-4, 2-1 GSC
Delta State DSU
6-3, 1-2 GSC
3
Final
10
UAH UAH
5-4, 2-1 GSC
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Delta State DSU 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 3 6 0
UAH UAH 0 3 0 0 6 0 0 1 X 10 8 1

W: Cody Morrow (1-0) L: Rutledge, Jackson (1-2)

Game Recap: Baseball | | Fred Sington

Diamond Statesmen Drop Series Finale to UAH

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. -- The Delta State University baseball team could not overcome Alabama Huntsville's six-run fifth inning in a 10-3 loss at Charger Park on Sunday. The Chargers led 3-1 before the six-run fifth stretched the lead to 10-1.

Delta State scored two runs in the top of the ninth on a Hayden White two-run single closed the scoring on the afternoon.

THE BASICS:
FINAL: Alabama-Huntsville 10 | #9/11 Delta State 3
DATE/TIME: Sun., Feb. 16 | Start: 1:00 p.m. | TOG: 2:55 
LOCATION: Charger Park | Huntsville, Ala.
RECORDS: Statesmen 6-3 (1-2 GSC) | Chargers (5-4, 2-1 GSC)
SERIES: Delta State leads the series 47-23-1

HOW IT HAPPENED
  • The Chargers scored three runs in the second to take a 3-0 lead. Wes Anderson doubled to left field to score Malave Bettinger and Zach Duvall hit a two-run home run.
  • Darek Sargent hit his second home run of the weekend to cut the deficit to 3-1 in the top of the fifth.
  • UAH took a 10-1 lead in the bottom of the fifth. John Trousdale had a two-RBI double and Bettinger belted a grand slam.
  • Hayden White singled home Jared Cramer and Chad Ragland in the top of the ninth to make the score 10-3.  
 
ON THE MOUND
  • Starter Jackson Rutledge (1-2) gave up six runs on three hits with seven strikeouts in 4.0 inning of work as the pitcher of record for the Statesmen.
  • Patrick Hodges tossed 2.2 scoreless innings with three strikeouts in relief of Rutledge.
  • Cody Morrow (1-0) worked 2.1 innings in relief of starter Harper Case to earn the win.
 
NOTABLES:
  • White finished the day 2-for-3 with two RBI for the Statesmen.
  • Sargent's solo home run in the third was his second of the series.
  • Landon Roberts, Chad Ragland and Jared Cramer each collected hits for the Statesmen.
  • The series loss snapped the Statesmen's string of three straight opening GSC series wins.
  • Bettinger went 2-for-3 with a grand slam to lead the Chargers.  
UP NEXT:

The Statesmen return to the diamond against Mississippi Valley State on Wed., Feb. 19 in Itta Bena, Miss.  
 
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