CLEVELAND, Miss. -- Christian Day tossed a five-hit complete-game shutout to help the Delta State University baseball team (22-13, 19-12 GSC) split a doubleheader with a 10-0 win over the University of Alabama Huntsville (15-15, 13-13 GSC) on Saturday at Harvey Stadium-Ferriss Field.
The Chargers held off the Statesmen to claim an 11-9 win in game one. The Statesmen also retired the No. 15 jersey of former head baseball coach and current Director of Athletics
Mike Kinnison before the doubleheader in a special ceremony.
THE BASICS
GM 1 FINAL: Alabama Huntsville 11 | Delta State 9
GM 2 FINAL: Delta State 10 | Alabama Huntsville 0 (7 inn.)
DATE/TIME: Saturday, April 24, 2021
GM 1 START: 2 p.m. |
TOG: 3:02
GM 2 START: 5 p.m. |
TOG: 1:52
LOCATION: Harvey Stadium-Ferriss Field – Cleveland, Miss.
RECORDS: Statesmen: 22-13, 19-12 GSC | Charger 15-15, 13-12 GSC
SERIES: Delta State leads 51-24-1
HOW IT HAPPENED | GM 1
- The Statesmen plated three runs in the first inning to take a 3-0 lead. Josh Smeltzer had an RBI double and Blayke Dendy singled home two runs.
- UAH answered with an eight-run second inning. Garrett Bodin's tripled drove in two runs and Landon Ezzell doubled home two runs to highlight the inning.
- Kade Dees' solo home run in the fifth trimmed the UAH lead to 8-4.
- A Will Acuff RBI single in the fifth gave the Chargers a 9-4 lead.
- The Statesmen scored twice in the sixth to cut the deficit to 9-6. Darek Sargent doubled and later came home on a wild pitch.
- Tyler McCown hit a solo home run in the top of the seventh to give UAH a 10-6 lead.
- Sargent's second RBI double of the game got the Statesmen to within three, 10-7.
- Blayke Dendy hit a two-run home run in the ninth to make the final score 11-9.
ON THE MOUND | GM 1
- Hunter Riggins (6-4) suffered the loss for the Statesmen, allowing 10 runs on 11 hits and three strikeouts.
- Parker Warren (2-1) gave up six runs on seven hits with three strikeouts and two walks to earn the win for UAH.
- Parker Henson (2) recorded the final two outs in the ninth to register the save.
HOW IT HAPPENED | GM 2
- The Statesmen scored six runs in the second inning to take a 6-0 lead. Donovan Shows singled in two runs followed by an RBI single from Sargent. White had an RBI double and Trahan recorded an RBI with a sac-fly.
- The Statesmen had three runs in the fourth to make the score 9-0. White tripled and scored on a Trahan ground out. Dendy doubled in a run and Barlow plated the final run on a sac-fly.
- Pratt walked and scored on a wild pitch with the bases loaded and no outs to end the game in the seventh by the NCAA mercy rule.
ON THE MOUND | GM 2
- Day (5-2) struck out four and scattered five hits over seven shutout innings to earn the win.
- Tyler Self (gave up nine runs on 12 hits with three strikeouts to as the losing pitcher for UAH.
BEYOND THE BOX SCORE
- Dendy had two hits with four RBI and a home run and went 3-for-4 in game two for his fifth multi-hit game of the season.
- Smeltzer was 3-for-4 with two doubles and an RBI and had a single in game two to extend his reached base streak to 24.
- Trahan's two RBI in game two was his 16th multi-RBI game this season, tying him for the team lead with White.
- White notched his seventh three-hit game of the year in game two.
- The shutout in game was the third shutout by the Statesmen in the series.
UP NEXT
Delta State and Alabama Huntsville wrap of the series with a single game on Sunday at 2 p.m.