CLEVELAND, Miss. -- Roberts walk-off single in the bottom of the seventh inning lifted No. 11 Delta State University (5-1) to a 7-6 win over Lynn University (2-2-1) in the night cap of a doubleheader on Saturday at Harvey Stadium-Ferriss Field.
 
Jake Barlow and Wyatt Pratt combined for three RBI to lead Delta State to a 13-4 in game one.
 
THE BASICS
GAME 1 FINAL: #11 Delta State 13 | Lynn University 4
GAME 2 FINAL: #11 Delta State 7 | Lynn University 6 (7 inn.)
Date/Time: Sun., Feb. 8 | GM 1 Start: 1:00 p.m. | TOG: 3:35 | GM 2 Start: 5:06 p.m. | TOG: 3:04
Location: Harvey Stadium-Ferriss Field | Cleveland, Miss.
Records: Statesmen 5-1 | Fighting Knights 2-3-1
Series: Delta State leads the series 7-2-1

HOW IT HAPPENED | GM 1

• Delta State took 1-0 lead on a Wyatt Pratt RBI single in the first inning.
• The Statesmen took a 7-0 lead in the second. Jake Barlow drove in two runs with a single and later scored on a wild pitch. Darek Sargent walked with the bases loaded, then another run scored on a Wyatt Pratt sacrifice fly to right field.
• Three runs scored on three wild pitches in the third to grow the lead to 10-0.
• Jared Cramer scored on a Barlow sac-fly to right in the fourth to make it 11-0.
• Brandon Kruzinski doubled and scored on a Danny Berg ground out to cut the DSU lead to 11-1 in the fifth.
• The Statesmen made it 12-1 in the sixth when Cramer singled and scored on a CJ Estave sac-fly to centerfield.
• Lynn plated two runs in the seventh to trim the deficit to 12-3 while the Statesmen scored on a Cramer single to make the score 13-3.

ON THE MOUND | GM 1

• DSU starter Jackson Rutledge (1-1) threw 5.0 innings, yielding one run on four hits with six strikeouts to earn the win.
• Jordan Winston (0-1) gave up six runs on four hits to suffer the loss for the Knights.

 
HOW IT HAPPENED | GM 2

• Delta State jumped on the board with three runs in the bottom of the first. Chad Ragland singled and scored on a Barlow double and came home when Wolferding grounded out. Cramer was hit by a pitch and scored on a Hayden White double down the left field line.
• Wolferding scored on a Myles Christian single and Cramer scored when White reached on a fielder's choice to give the Statesmen a 5-0 lead in the third.
• Lynn plated five runs in the sixth to tie the game, 6-6. O'Regan and Joseph Encarnacion each had RBI in the inning.
• Darek Sargent's bloop single to left-center scored Wolferding to put the Statesmen back in front 7-6 moving to the seventh inning.
• The Knights put the tying and go ahead runs on base in the top of the seventh but managed to score one run to tie game 7-7.
• Delta State loaded the bases with one out in the bottom of the seventh to set up Roberts' single that scored pinch-runner Will Myers.

 
ON THE MOUND | GM 2

• Cooper Brune (0-0) struck out nine batters against three walks while allowing one hit over five scoreless innings but did not factor in the decision.
• Tanner Propst (2-0) struck out two in .2 innings of relief to earn the win.
• Jake Buxbaum gave up two runs on four hits with one strikeout and three walks to suffer the loss for the Knights.

NOTABLES 

• Cramer led the Statesmen at the plate, going 4-for-4 with a double and an RBI in game one
• Barlow was 2-for-4 with three RBI and Pratt had a single and two RBI.
• Delta State had 10 hits by 10 different Statesmen in game two.
• White had two RBI while Ragland, Pratt, Wolferding, Cramer, Christian, and Sargent had one RBI apiece.
• Barlow's first-inning RBI double was the lone extra-base hit for the Green-and-White in the nightcap.

UP NEXT
The Statesmen travel to Monticello, Ark., to take on the University of Arkansas-Monticello on Tuesday at 2 p.m.