Harrison_Haley_2022_UAH
Cayce Smith
10
Winner Delta State DSU 13-8
9
West Georgia UWG 12-10
Winner
Delta State DSU
13-8
10
Final
9
West Georgia UWG
12-10
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 R H E
Delta State DSU 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 1 2 2 10 13 1
West Georgia UWG 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 1 2 1 9 9 2

W: Morlen, Andrew (1-0) L: Nick Morgan (1-1)

5
Winner Delta State DSU 14-8
4
West Georgia UWG 12-11
Winner
Delta State DSU
14-8
5
Final
4
West Georgia UWG
12-11
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Delta State DSU 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 5 9 2
West Georgia UWG 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 X 4 5 3

W: Haley, Harrison (4-0) L: Jenson Barker (1-1) S: Brune, Cooper (1)

Game Recap: Baseball | | Fred Sington

Statesmen Outlast Wolves To Sweep Doubleheader

CARROLLTON, Ga. –   Delta State University endured a combined 9:07 hours and 20 innings of baseball to sweep a doubleheader from the University of West Georgia by the scores of 10-9 (12 inn..) and 5-4 (8 inn.) on Sunday afternoon at Cole Field. 
 
INSIDE THE MATCHUP
Game 1 Final: Delta State 10 | West Georgia 9 (12 inn.)
Game 2 Final: Delta State 5 | West Georgia 4 (8 inn.) 
Location: Cole Field | Carrollton, Ga. 
Records: Delta State (14-7, 9-5 GSC) | West Georgia (12-11, 5-9 GSC)
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  HOW IT HAPPENED | GM 1
  • A Jackson Webb RBI single gave West Georgia a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the first. 
  • The Statemen plated three in the fifth erase the 1-0 deficit and take a 3-1 lead. Hayden White tied the game with an RBI single and Kirkland Trahan singled in two runs to put DSU in front. 
  • Webb tied the game with a two-run single and Jonathan Logsdon's RBI single regained a 4-3 lead for the Wolves. 
  • The Statesmen loaded the bases in the sixth only to have ground out and a flyout ended the threat. 
  • Hayden White doubled and scored on a passed ball and Blayke Dendy scored off a Wyatt Pratt triple to put the Statesmen in front 5-4 in the top of the seventh. 
  • Cody Mish drew a bases-loaded walk to tie the game 5-5 in the eighth. Steven Lacey entered the game out of the bullpen to end the threat with a ground out and fly out. 
  • Rodney Hibler, who started the 10th inning at second due to the GSC tiebreaker rule, scored on a wild pitch for a 6-5 Statesmen lead. 
  • Trahan had an Anthony Calabro ball pop out of his glove that ended up being a two-out RBI triple, sending the game to the 11th tied 6-6. 
  • Chad Ragland scored on a wild pitch and Noah Thigpen walked with the bases loaded to give the Statesmen an 8-6 lead in the top of the 11th. 
  • Logsdon singled in two runs for the Wolves to send the game to the 12th tied 8-8.
  • Brett Cobb scored on a Ragland sacrifice fly and Trahan single home Hayden White as the Statesmen regained a 10-8 lead in the 12th. 
  • Calbro had a sac-fly to trim the lead to 10-9 but Andrew Morlen coaxed a groundout to end the game.
ON THE MOUND | GM 1
  • DSU starter Hammer Franks allowed four runs on five hits with four strikeouts. 
  • UWG starter Jonathan Hickman recorded six strikeouts and gave up three runs on five hits in 4.2 innings of work.
  • Andrew Morlen (1-0), who was the final of five Statesmen relievers, allowed a run on no hits in 1.2 innings pitched to earn the win. 
  • Nick Morgan (0-1) yielded two runs on a hit with two strikeouts as the Wolves' pitcher of record.
 HOW IT HAPPENED | GM 2
  • Runs scored on an error, a Collin Moore RBI ground out and Logan Fink hit a solo home run as UWG grabbed a 3-0 lead in the first. 
  • Barlow doubled and later scored on a wild pitch to get the Statesmen on the board down 3-1.
  • The Statesmen scored twice in the top of the eighth to take a 5-3 lead. A Pratt sac-bunt moved Barlow to third and Noah Thigpen reached on a throwing error to score Barlow and Thigpen scored on a Ragland single to left. 
  • Charlie Toll singled in a run in the bottom of the eighth to trim the deficit to 5-4, but reliever Cooper Brune got a pair of flyouts to secure the win.
ON THE MOUND | GM 2
  • Harrison Haley (4-0) worked 7.1 innings, allowing four runs, three earned, on five hits while equaling his season-high with eight strikeouts to get the win.
  • Wolves' starter Robert Coleman registered 10 strikeouts and gave up three runs, one earned, on six hits. 
  • Cooper Brune (2) took the mound with one out in the eighth and recorded the final two outs to notch the save. 
  • Jenson Barker (1-1) gave up two unearned runs on one hit with a strikeout to take the loss for UWG.
NOTABLES
  • The teams combined to use 15 pitchers in game one, nine for UWG and six by the Statesmen. 
  • The game marked the second extra-inning game in the 44-game history of the series as the Statesmen improved to 1-1 in extra-inning games versus UWG. The only other game to go extra frames in the series took place on March 11, 2016, a 4-3 UWG win in Carrollton, Ga. 
  • The last time the Statesmen went 11 or more innings in a GSC contest was a 12-11 win against Valdosta State on April 3, 2021. The longest was a 14 inning game against West Alabama in 2008.
  • Both games lasted a combined 9:07 | Game One: 6:02, Game two: 3:05 
  • The two teams had previously played one extra-inning game over 42 games before the two extra-inning games. The Statesmen are now 2-1 in extra-inning games against the Wolves all-time. 
  • Delta State is 2-0 in extra innings in 2022.
  • Carson Clowers went 3-for-5 with two runs scored to lead five Statesmen with multiple hits in game one. 
  • Trahan, White, Dendy, and Barlow had two hits each while Trahan drove in three runs in game one.  
  • Barlow went 3-for-4 with two doubles and Chad Ragland was 2-for-5 with an RBI in game two.
UP NEXT
The Statesmen host No. 4/5 Southern Arkansas at 5 p.m. on Tuesday at Harvey Stadium-Ferriss Field.
 
 
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