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Cayce Smith
1
Southern Arkansas SAU 17-7
6
Winner Delta State DSU 16-10
Southern Arkansas SAU
17-7
1
Final
6
Delta State DSU
16-10
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Southern Arkansas SAU 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 3
Delta State DSU 0 1 3 0 0 1 0 1 X 6 4 0

W: Whitley, Cade (2-0) L: Dakota Frachiseur (0-1)

Game Recap: Baseball | | Fred Sington

Statesmen Upend No. 25 Southern Arkansas 6-1

CLEVELAND, Miss. -- The Delta State University baseball team (16-10, 13-10 GSC) used a three-run third inning to claim a 6-1 win over No. 25 Southern Arkansas University (17-6, 13-5 GAC) on Tuesday at Harvey Stadium-Ferriss Field.
 
THE BASICS
FINAL: Delta State 6 | Southern Arkansas 1
DATE/TIME: Saturday, April 3, 2021
START: 4:58 p.m. | TOG: 2:52
LOCATION: Harvey Stadium-Ferriss Field | Cleveland, Miss.
RECORDS: Statesmen: 16-10, 13-10 GSC | Muleriders 17-7, 13-5 GAC
SERIES: Delta State leads 66-33

HOW IT HAPPENED
  • Blake Wolferding walked and scored on a wild pitch to give the Statesmen a 1-0 lead in the second inning.
  • Southern Arkansas tied the game 1-1 when Mason Peterson was hit by pitch with the bases loaded.
  • Three runs crossed the plate in the third to break the tie and give the Statesmen a 4-1 lead. Darek Sargent walked and Chad Ragland was hit by a pitch to start the frame. Kirkland Trahan drew a one-out walk to load the bases, and Wolferding singled home Sargent.
  • Ragland then scored on an error and Wolferding scored the final run of the inning on a Josh Smeltzer sac-fly.
  • Smeltzer singled and scored on a sacrifice squeeze bunt Kade Dees give DSU a 5-1 lead after six innings.
  • Jake Barlow reached on error and scored when Sargent reached on a fielder's choice to make the score 6-1 in the eighth.
  • Kole Kittrell came on in the ninth to record a fly out to end the game with two runners on base.
ON THE MOUND
  • Cade Whitley (2-0) yielded one run on one hit with two strikeouts in 2.2 inning to pick up the win. 
  • Dakota Frachiseur (0-1) gave up four runs, two earned, on one hits with a strikeout and three walks as losing pitcher for SAU. 
  • Jackson Rutledge tossed 3.2 scoreless innings, scattering three hits with three strikeouts out of the Statesmen bullpen.
BEYOND THE BOX SCORE
  • Trahan, Wolferding, Smeltzer and Pratt each collected base hits to account for the four Statesmen hits.
  • Riley Orr had two hits to lead SAU, which had five hits.
  • The Statesmen stranded seven men on base while SAU stranded 11.
UP NEXT

Delta State travels to Montgomery, Ala., for a Gulf South Conference series against Auburn University at Montgomery on Saturday and Sunday. Saturday's doubleheader is scheduled for a 1 p.m. first pitch with a single game to follow on Sunday at 1 p.m.
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