Hayden_White_EC_2020
Camila Segura Sevillano
4
Delta State DSU 10-7, 4-5 GSC
6
Winner West Florida UWF 9-6, 7-2 GSC
Delta State DSU
10-7, 4-5 GSC
4
Final
6
West Florida UWF
9-6, 7-2 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 0 0 3 0 1 4 5 2
West Florida UWF 0 2 1 3 0 0 0 0 X 6 5 1

W: Keating, Eric (3-2) L: Rutledge, Jackson (2-3) S: Martens, Anthony (3)

Game Recap: Baseball | | Cody Clark

Late Comeback Bid Falls Short For Diamond Statesmen

PENSACOLA, Fla. -- The Delta State University baseball team scored three runs in the seventh inning and one in ninth, but a comeback bid ultimately came up short as the University of West Florida staved off the Diamond Statesmen 6-4 in game three to sweep the Gulf South Conference weekend series. 
 
THE BASICS:

FINAL: West Florida 6 | #9/23 Delta State 4
DATE/TIME: Sun., March 1 | Start: 1 p.m. | TOG 3:15
LOCATION: Jim Spooner Field | Pensacola, Fla.
RECORDS: Statesmen 10-7 (4-5 GSC) | Argos (9-6, 7-2 GSC)
SERIES: Delta State leads the series 35-30-1

HOW IT HAPPENED
  • The Argonauts scored a pair of runs in the second inning to take an early 2-0 lead. With the bases full, Matthew Estrada singled down the left field line to score Miller Hancock and Jack Copley.
  • UWF added another in the third inning when Cullan O'Shea scored on a balk by Wesley Grantham to make it 3-0.
  • West Florida doubled its lead in the fourth, using a pair of RBI walks and a hit batsman to plate three. Brooks Mitchell and Justin Dunnam each walked with the bases full to bring in a run, and Copley was hit by a pitch with the bases full to make it 6-0.
  • The Statesmen finally broke through in the seventh against the UWF bullpen, as a Hayden White single through the left side with the bases loaded plated Devin Fox and Darek Sargent with outs. Chad Ragland scored from third on a wild pitch to cap the inning and cut the lead to 6-3. 
  • That score held until the ninth inning, when Kevin Granger led off the inning by getting hit by a pitch. He scored on a sac fly RBI by CJ Estave to right to make it 6-4, but a strikeout with two Statesmen aboard ended Delta State's comeback bid. 
ON THE MOUND
  • Jackson Rutledge (2-3) took the loss, working two-plus innings. He yielded three runs on four hits, walked four and struck out one Argo. 
  • Wesley Grantham came on in relief and gave up three runs on one hit with three walks in 1.1 innings of work. 
  • Trey Jones worked a third of an inning with two walks, and Kole Kittrell walked the only batter he faced. 
  • Charlie Darnall tossed three scoreless innings of relief with three walks and one strikeout.
  • Tanner Propst worked 1.1 innings and struck out all four Argos hitters that he faced.
NOTABLES:
  • The six combined runs for the Statesmen is the lowest amount scored in a series this season.

UP NEXT:

The Statesmen travel to Magnolia, Ark. on Tuesday, March 3 at 5 p.m. to take on Southern Arkansas.
 
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