CLEVELAND, Miss. -- Blake Wolferding and
Hayden White combined for three home runs and eight RBI to lead
Delta State University baseball team (7-10, 5-10 GSC) to a 12-2 run-rule win over the University of Arkansas Monticello (4-7, 4-5 GAC) on Tuesday at Harvey Stadium-Ferriss Field.
Wolferding had two home runs and four RBI while White belted a two-run home run and had a two-run double to pace the Statesmen 12-hit attack.
THE BASICS
FINAL: Delta State 12 | Arkansas-Monticello 2 (7 inn.)
DATE/TIME: Tuesday, March 16, 2021
START: 5:00 p.m. |
TOG: 2:36
LOCATION: Harvey Stadium-Ferriss Field | Cleveland, Miss.
RECORDS: Statesmen: 7-10, 5-10 GSC | Boll Weevils 4-7, 4-5 GAC
SERIES: Delta State leads the seires 92-9
HOW IT HAPPENED
- Blake Wolferding belted a two-run home run with Peyton Faulkner on base after a hit by a pitch to give the Statesmen a 2-0 lead in the second.
- The lead increased to 3-0 in the third when Hayden White was hit by a pitch and scored on a Jake Barlow sac-fly.
- Arkansas-Monticello go on the board scored two runs to fourth to cut the DSU lead to 3-2. Andrew Piraino had an RBI single, and Aaron Gaela got the see second run home with a sac-fly.
- White belted a two-run home run in the fourth followed make the score 5-2 in the fourth.
- Delta State added four more runs to take a 9-2 lead in the fifth. Two runs came on Wolferding's second two-run home run of the game followed by a White two-run double.
- The lead grew to 11-2 in the sixth. Jake Barlow singled and scored on a Donovan Shows RBI groundout and Peyton Faulkner singled and scored on a passed ball.
- Chad Ragland walked and scored on a Blayke Dendy sac-fly to end the game via the run-rule.
ON THE MOUND
- Cade Whitley (1-0) gave up two runs on two hits with two strikeouts and three walks to earn the win in his first career start for the Statesmen..
- Kris Peet gave up one hit in 2.1 scoreless innings in relief of Whitley.
- Tyler Walton tossed one shutout inning to with a walk.
- Trent Bunting (0-1) allowed three runs on four hits with two strikeouts to take the loss for UAM.
BEYOND THE BOX SCORE
- Wolferding had a pair of two runs home runs and finished with four RBI.
- White was 3-for-4 with a two-run home run and a two-run double for four RBI.
- Smeltzer finished the day 2-for-4.
- Jordan Johnson, Andrew Piraino and Nick Fakuori accounted for UAM's three hits.
UP NEXT
Delta State hosts Union (Tenn.) University for a three-game Gulf South Conference series on Saturday and Sunday at Ferriss Field. Saturday's doubleheader is slated for a 1 p.m. start with Sunday's single game set for 2 p.m.