Darek Sargent vs. VSU - NCAA Regional
Hays Collins
5
Arkansas-Monticello UAM 8-13
10
Winner Delta State DSU 13-10
Arkansas-Monticello UAM
8-13
5
Final
10
Delta State DSU
13-10
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Arkansas-Monticello UAM 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 5 3 2
Delta State DSU 1 0 0 2 0 4 1 2 X 10 11 1

W: Riggins, Hunter (4-2) L: Matthew Harrison (0-1)

Game Recap: Baseball | | Fred Sington

Statesmen Rally Past Boll Weevils, 10-5

CLEVELAND, Miss. -- The Delta State University baseball team (13-10) rallied back from an early 3-1 deficit to take a 10-5 win over the University of Arkansas-Monticello (8-13) on Wednesday at Harvey Stadium-Ferriss Field.

Darek Sargent, Chad Ragland, and Hayden White combined to drive in six runs to aide the Statesmen come-from-behind victory. 
 
THE BASICS:
FINAL: Delta State 10, Arkansas-Monticello 5
DATE/TIME: Wed., March 11, 2020
START: 2:58 p.m. | TOG: 3:11
LOCATION: Harvey Stadium-Ferriss Field | Cleveland, Miss.
RECORDS: Statesmen: 13-10 | Boll Weevils 8-13
SERIES: Delta State leads the series 90-9

HOW IT HAPPENED
  • Ragland doubled and scored on a Hayden White double to stake the Statesmen to a 1-0 lead in the first.
  • The score remained 1-0 until the third when UAM scored three runs. Cade Thompson drove in a run with a single through the right side while Austin Powell scored on a Hudson Hopkins grounded out. Thompson later scored on a wild pitch to give the Weevils a 3-1 lead.
  • The Statesmen tied the game in the bottom of the fourth when Ragland singled home Jared Cramer and Sargent to knot the game, 3-3.
  • UAM regained a 4-3 lead in the fifth on a Hopkins home run to left field.
  • The Green-and-White used a four-run sixth inning to take a 7-4 lead. Hayden White walked with the bases loaded to score Ragland, while Sargent scored on another bases-loaded walk to White. Jake Barlow delivered an RBI single to score Granger and Jared Cramer was hit by a pitch and later scored on a throwing error.
  • Audy Clary walked and advancing to second on a passed ball, then came home on a Powell single to right field to cut the DSU lead to 7-5.
  • Delta State added a run in the seventh and two in the eighth to build the advantage to 10-5, punctuated a Sargent two-run home run to left field to plate Cramer in the eighth.
  • Tanner Propst sat the Boll Weevils down in order in the ninth to close win for the Statesmen.
ON THE MOUND
  • Hunter Riggins worked a scoreless inning and did not allow a hit with a strikeout to earn the win for the Statesmen.
  • Matthew Harrison gave up four runs, one earned, on no hits with two walks and two strikeouts as the pitcher of record for the Boll Weevils.
  • Mathew Sneed tossed two scoreless innings with three strikeouts before leaving the game with two outs in his first career start.
  • Charlie Darnall gave up one run on one hit with a strikeout and two walks over 2.0 innings of relief.
  • Propst worked a scoreless ninth with a strikeout to close the game.
BEYOND THE BOX SCORE
  • Ragland went 2-for-3 with a double and two RBI and White finished 2-for-4 with a double and two RBI as well.
  • Sargent belted his team-best third home run of the season and was 2-for-4 with two RBI and three runs scored.
  • Barlow went 2-for-5 with an RBI.
  • Hopkins led UAM with a home run and two RBI.
  • Statesmen pitching has recorded 10 or more strikeouts in game seven times after registering 10 against UAM.
 
UP NEXT:

Delta State begins a Gulf South Conference series against the University of West Alabama with a doubleheader on Saturday, March 14 at 2 p.m.
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