Patrick Hodges
8
Winner Delta St. DELTA ST 0-1
4
Shorter SHORTER 1-0
Winner
Delta St. DELTA ST
0-1
8
Final
4
Shorter SHORTER
1-0
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Delta St. DELTA ST 0 0 1 0 0 4 0 1 2 8 9 0
Shorter SHORTER 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 4 8 2

W: Day, Christian (1-0) L: T. Boisclair (0-1)

8
Delta St. DELTA ST 1-2
14
Winner Shorter SHORTER 2-1
Delta St. DELTA ST
1-2
8
Final
14
Shorter SHORTER
2-1
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 R H E
Delta St. DELTA ST 2 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 8 12 1
Shorter SHORTER 0 1 6 2 5 0 0 X 14 13 0

W: C. Cook (1-0) L: Brune, Cooper (0-1)

Game Recap: Baseball | | Fred Sington

Statesmen Split Doubleheader, Drop Series to Shorter

ROME, Ga. -- The Delta State University baseball team (1-2, 1-2 GSC) claimed an 8-4 win in game one over Shorter University (2-1, 2-1 GSC), only to fall in the night cap 14-8 on Sunday, Feb. 7, 2021 at the Ledbetter Baseball Complex.
 
Game two was called in the bottom of the eighth inning due to darkness as Shorter gained a 14-8 win.

THE BASICS:

FINALGAME 1: Delta State 8 | Shorter University 4
FINAL GAME 2: Shorter 14 | Delta State 8 (8 inn.0
DATE/TIME: Sunday, Feb. 7, 2021
START GM 1: 10 a.m. | TOG: 3:15
START GM 2: 1:45 p.m. | TOG: 3:22
LOCATION: Ledbetter Baseball Complex | Rome, Ga.
RECORDS: Statesmen: 1-2, 1-2 GSC | Hawks: 2-1, 2-1 GSC
SERIES: Delta State leads the series 16-7

HOW IT HAPPENED (GM 1)
  • Kaleeq Brannigan hit a solo home run to stake Shorter to 1-0 lead in the bottom of first inning.
  • Hayden White deposit a pitch over the left field wall in the top of the third to tie the game, 1-1.
  • Brannigan homered in the fourth to put the Hawks back in front 2-1.
  • The lead held up until the sixth when the Statesmen erupted for five runs to take a 5-2 lead. White walked and scored on a Kirkland Trahan single and Patrick Hodges belted a three-run home run to highlight the inning.
  • Brannigan doubled home Jackob Woods in the seventh to trim the DSU lead to 5-3.
  • Delta State pushed the lead to 6-3 in the eighth. Trahan reached on a fielder's choice and after advancing to second on a wild pitch, scored on a Kade Dees single to center.
  • Two runs crossed the plate in the top of the ninth to build the lead to 8-3. Kevin Granger reached on an error and came home when White reached on a fielder's choice. Chad Ragland singled and scored on a Blayke Dendy sac-fly.
  • Brannigan doubled home Woods in the bottom of the ninth to make the final scored 8-4.
ON THE MOUND (GM 1)
  • Statesmen starter Christian Day (1-0) tossed 5.0 innings, allowing two runs on four hits with six strikeouts to earn the win.  
  • Taylor Boisclair (0-1) gave up five runs on six hits with five strikeouts as the pitcher of record for Shorter.
HOW IT HAPPENED (GM 2)
  • The Statesmen took a 2-0 lead in the top of the first on a Trahan two-run home run.
  • Darek Sargent hit a two-run home run and Trahan followed with a three-run home run in the second inning to push the Statesmen lead to 7-0.
  • Luis Acevado hit a solo home run in the second to trim the deficit to 7-1.
  • Shorter used a six-run third to tie the game at seven. Nathan Buttersworth doubles in two runs and Acevado hit a grand slam to right field to tie the game.
  • Shorter took a 9-7 lead in the fourth and added five in the fifth to take a 14-7 lead. Cory Mason delivered an RBI double and another run came home on a throwing error in the fourth. Bailey Gerstner highlighted the fifth with a three-run home run.
  • Ragland singled home Dees to cut the Shorter lead to 14-8 in the eighth.
  • The game was called by the umpires in the bottom of the eighth due to darkness and no lights at the Ledbetter Baseball Complex.
ON THE MOUND (GM 2)
  • Cooper Brune (0-1) yielded six runs on two hits and five walks to suffer the loss.
  • Carson Cook (1-0) gave up one run on four hits with three strikeouts in 4.1 relief innings of work. 
BEYOND THE BOX SCORE
  • Hodges finished game one 2-for-3 with three RBI and a home run.
  • Trahan went 2-for-4 with two runs scored and one RBI in game one and was 2-for-4 with two home runs and four RBI in game two.
  • Dees two hits and with an RBI and Ragland had two hits in game one.
  • Brannigan went 5-for-5 with a pair of home runs, a double and three RBI to lead the Hawks at the plate in game one.
  • Acevado drove in five runs, four on a grand slam, to lead the Hawks in game two.
  • Buttersworth and Gerstner each had three RBI in game two.
  • Sargent was 2-for-3 with a two-run home run in game two while Ragland had three hits with two runs scored and an RBI in game two. 
UP NEXT:
The Statesmen travel for a three-game series against the University of Arkansas Monticello on Feb. 12 and 13 in Monticello, Ark. The series begins with a single game on Friday at 2 p.m. followed by a noon doubleheader on Saturday.
 
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