Chad Ragland CBU 1
1
Christian Brothers CBU 2-10
16
Winner Delta State DSU 9-3
Christian Brothers CBU
2-10
1
Final
16
Delta State DSU
9-3
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Christian Brothers CBU 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 3
Delta State DSU 2 1 2 6 4 1 X 16 14 0

W: Rutledge, Jackson (2-2) L: J. Baldelli (1-2)

1
Christian Brothers CBU 2-11
3
Winner Delta State DSU 10-3
Christian Brothers CBU
2-11
1
Final
3
Delta State DSU
10-3
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Christian Brothers CBU 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 1
Delta State DSU 1 0 0 2 0 0 X 3 5 0

W: Brune, Cooper (2-0) L: Nick Myers (0-3) S: Propst, Tanner (2)

Game Recap: Baseball | | Fred Sington

Statesmen Sweep Doubleheader And Series From CBU

CLEVELAND, Miss. -- Chad Ragland went 5-for-7 with three RBI and Cooper Brune tied a season-high with nine strikeouts to help lead the Delta State University baseball team (10-3, 4-2 GSC) to a doubleheader sweep of Christian Brothers University (2-11, 0-6 GSC) at Harvey Stadium-Ferriss Field on Saturday. 

Ragland finished the doubleheader 5-for-7 with a double, three RBI and two runs scored and was 8-for-11 with four RBI for the series. The Jacksonville, Fla., native went 3-for-4 with a double and one RBI in game one and was 2-for-3 with two RBI in game two.
 
Jackson Rutledge (2-2) tossed five shutout innings with four strikeouts and no walks to register the game one win.
 
THE BASICS:
GM 1 FINAL: 11 Delta State 16 | Christian Brothers 1 (7 inn.)
GM 2 FINAL: 11 Delta State 3 | Christian Brothers 1
DATE/TIME: Sat., Feb. 22 | GM 1 Start: 1:57 p.m. | TOG 2:25 | GM 2 Start 4:58 pm | TOG: 1:57
LOCATION: Harvey Stadium-Ferriss Field | Cleveland, Miss.
RECORDS: Statesmen 10-3 (4-2 GSC) | Bucs (2-11, 0-6 GSC)
SERIES: Delta State leads the series 96-11

HOW IT HAPPENED | GM 1
  • Delta State scored two runs the first inning for a 2-0 lead. Chad Ragland singled and Hayden White doubled to start the inning. Ragland scored when Wolferding reached on an error and White scored on a Wyatt Pratt single to left field.
  • Darek Sargent walked and scored on a Jared Cramer single through the middle in the second.
  • Myles Christian belted a two-run home run to push the Statesmen's lead to 5-0 in the third.
  • Delta State added six runs in the fourth to build an 11-0 lead. Jake Barlow belted a three-run home run with Wolferding and Wyatt Pratt aboard to make the score 8-0. Two runs came home on two wild pitches and a run scored on a White sacrifice-fly.
  • Four runs crossed the plate to grow the lead to 15-1 in the fifth. Kevin Granger had a two-run double followed by a Darek Sargent sac-fly and a Ragland RBI double.
  • Reed Roberts doubled and scored on a Devin Fox single to right center to make the score 16-0 in the sixth.
  • Ben Brocato singled and scored on a JD Goodspeed sac-fly in the top of the seventh for CBU's lone run of game one.  
ON THE MOUND | GM 1
  • Rutledge (2-2) tossed five shutout innings with four strikeouts against no walks to register the win.
  • Trey Jones had two strikeouts in a scoreless inning of work.
  • Charlie Darnall struck out one while allowing one run on a hit in the seventh.
  • Jonathan Baldelli (1-2) gave up nine runs on nine hits with a strikeout and four walks to take the loss for CBU.
HOW IT HAPPENED | GM 2
  • Ragland singled and scored on a Wolferding double to stake the Statesmen to a 1-0 lead in the first.
  • The Bucs put the tying run on second and third in the second inning only to see Brune strikeout Goodspeed to end the frame.
  • Delta State increased the lead to 3-0 on a Ragland bases-loaded single with Barlow and Christian on the base paths.
  • CBU loaded the bases in the fifth only as Brune struck out Keagan Voss and Cameron Kroeger to end the threat.
  • Luke Wewers hit a solo home run to lead off the seventh and trim the DSU lead to 3-1. CBU had the tying runs at first and second with two outs but Tanner Propst coaxed a ground out to end the game.
 ON THE MOUND | GM 2
  • Brune tied his season-high with nine strikeouts while yielding one over six scoreless innings as the winning pitcher.
  • Nick Myers gave up three runs on five hits with eight strikeouts as the pitcher of record for the Bucs.
NOTABLES:
  • Reed Roberts' double in the sixth inning was his first career hit as a Statesmen.
  • Ragland finished the doubleheader 5-for-7 with a double, three RBI and two runs scored and was 8-for-11 with four RBI for the series. The Jacksonville, Fla., native went 3-for-4 with a double and one RBI in game one and was 2-for-3 with two RBI in game two.
  • Pratt was 3-for-3 with two runs scored and one RBI.
  • Myles Christian's two-run home run and Barlow's three-run home run were the duo's second of the season for both.
 
UP NEXT:

The Statesmen travel to Henderson State for a single midweek game on Tuesday, Feb. 25 at 6 p.m.   
 
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