MONTICELLO, Ark. -- A rally from a two-run deficit fell a run shy as the Delta State University baseball team (21-12, 18-11 GSC) dropped an 8-7 decision to Arkansas-Monticello (14-14) on Tuesday at Weevils Field.
Trailing 8-6,
Kirkland Trahan led off the top of the ninth with a home run.
Josh Smeltzer followed with a double but was stranded at second after three strikeouts ended the game.
THE BASICS
FINAL: Arkansas-Monticello 8 | Delta State 7
DATE/TIME: Tuesday, April 20, 2021
START: 2:00 p.m. |
TOG: 2:52
LOCATION: Weevils Field | Monticello, Ark.
RECORDS: Statesmen: 21-12 | Boll Weevils 15-14
SERIES: Delta State leads 93-10
HOW IT HAPPENED
- UAM took a 2-0 lead in the second as Trey Forsythe doubled in a run with the second run scoring on a bases loaded walk.
- Darek Sargent doubled and scored on Hayden White one out single to get the Statesmen on the board, trailing 2-1.
- Jordan Johnson hit a two-run home run and Hudson Hopkins had an RBI double to extend UAM's lead to 5-1 in the fifth.
- The Statesmen scored two runs cut the deficit to 5-3 in the sixth. Blayke Dendy hit a solo home run and Donovan Shows doubled and scored on a UAM throwing error.
- Three runs crossed the plate in the seventh on a Dendy RBI single and a Wyatt Pratt two-run double to give DSU a 6-5 lead.
- Aaron Gaela hit a three-run home run to help UAM retake an 8-6 lead.
- Trahan led off the ninth with a solo home run to cut the deficit to 8-7. Smeltzer followed with a double but was stranded at second when Ojani Chacon struck out the next three hitters to end the game.
ON THE MOUND
- Colby Adkins (2-2) tossed 1.1 innings, allowing one run on three hits to earn the win for UAM.
- Evan Bynum (0-2) took the loss for the Statesmen, giving up three runs on three hits with two strikeouts.
- Chacon gave up a home run to start the ninth but struck out the final three hitters to register the save, his third.
BEYOND THE BOX SCORE
- Dendy went 3-for-5 with a home run, three RBI and two runs scored for DSU.
- Trahan finished 2-for-4 with a solo home run.
- Gaela lead UAM going 2-for-3 with a home run and three RBI.
UP NEXT
Delta State begins a three-game Gulf South Conference series against the University of Alabama in Huntsville on Saturday at 2 p.m.