Box Score HOT SPRINGS, Ark. -- The Delta State University baseball team got six shutout innings from starting pitcher Hammer Franks, and Jackson Rutledge picked up his first save of the season as DSU staved off Rogers State University 4-3 on Opening Night.

INSIDE THE MATCHUP
Final: DSU 4 | Rogers State 3
Location: Majestic Park | Hot Springs, Ark.
Records: Delta State (1-0) | Rogers State (0-1)
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HOW IT HAPPENED

• Delta State struck first, as Chad Ragland led off the game with a double. He then scored on Kirkland Trahan's fielder's choice RBI groundout in the top of the first. 
• The Statesmen added a Ragland RBI double in the fourth and a Barlow RBI single in the fifth to build a 3-0 lead.
• Ragland drew a leadoff walk in seventh frame and advanced to second a wild pitch,and after a Clowers sac bunt, Trahan brought home his second run of the game on a ground ball to first base.

ON THE MOUND

• Hammer Franks (1-0) worked six shutout innings and allowed just two walks and walked two with nine strikeouts to pick up the win.
• Evan Bynum worked two innings and gave a run on two hits against a walk and a strikeout.
• Steven Lacey did not record an out in the ninth, yielding a pair of runs on one hit and one walk.
• Jackson Rutledge picked up the save, getting all three outs in the last of the ninth after Rogers State got two men on base.

NOTABLES 

• Ragland finished 2-for-4 with a double, an RBI, and two runs scored.
• Clowers went 2-for-4 in his Statesmen debut with a pair of singles.
• Barlow added an RBI single, and Trahan drove in two runs on RBI groundouts.

UP NEXT

Delta State remains on the road on Monday, Feb. 7 at 2 p.m. as they travel to Arkadelphia, Ark. to take on No. 18 Henderson State.