MIAMI SHORES, Fla. -- Landon Zizmann logged six innings and did not give up an earned run while striking out four as the Delta State University baseball team defeated Barry University 12-1 on Friday night at Feinbloom Field.
INSIDE THE MATCHUP
Final: Delta State 12 | Barry 1
Location: Feinbloom Field | Miami Shores, Fla.
Records: No. 24 Delta State (2-1) | Barry (3-3)
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HOW IT HAPPENED
- Barry got an RBI single in the first inning to jump out to an early one-run advantage.
- A Rodney Hibler two-RBI single through the left side plated Carson Clowers and Dalton Cummins to give DSU a lead they never gave up.
- The Statesmen were hit by a pitch four times in the fourth inning, which helped them plate four runs to take a 6-1 lead.
- Blayke Dendy's fifth inning home run, his first hit of the season, made it 7-1 DSU.
- Kirkland Trahan added a three-run homer in the eighth inning.
- Hayden Cooper reached on a dropped fly ball in right field in the eighth inning to plate Jake Barlow for the game's final tally.
ON THE MOUND
- Zizmann worked six innings and gave up one unearned run while he scattered three hits and three walks against four strikeouts to grab his first win of the campaign.
- Andrew Morlen logged two innings in his Statesmen debut and yielded a hit and two walks with one strikeout.
- Cooper Brune tossed a scoreless ninth on six pitches in his first outing of the season.
NOTABLES
- Cooper registered the first RBI of his Delta State career.
- Noah Thigpen added his first hit for Delta State with a double down the line in left field.
- The Statesmen registered five extra-base hits against the Bucs, a season-high.
UP NEXT
Delta State remains in the Sunshine State to take on Lynn University on Saturday, Feb. 12 at 1 p.m. (CT) in Boca Raton, Fla.
