Blayke Dendy
Cayce Smith
7
DELTA STATE DSU 21-12
8
Winner Ark.-Monticello ARK-MON 15-14
DELTA STATE DSU
21-12
7
Final
8
Ark.-Monticello ARK-MON
15-14
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
DELTA STATE DSU 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 0 1 7 12 0
Ark.-Monticello ARK-MON 0 2 0 0 3 0 3 0 X 8 10 2

W: Colby Adkins (2-2) L: Bynum, Evan (0-2) S: Ojani Chacon (3)

Game Recap: Baseball | | Fred Sington

Statesmen Come Up Short Against Boll Weevils

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. 
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