Hayden_Cooper_Shorter2022
Cayce Smith
17
Winner Delta State Univ. DSU 17-9
11
Union University UU 11-16
Winner
Delta State Univ. DSU
17-9
17
Final
11
Union University UU
11-16
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Delta State Univ. DSU 4 3 1 3 0 2 0 3 1 17 15 0
Union University UU 2 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 3 11 11 1

W: McNabb, Trace (1-0) L: Sam McMillin (0-0)

11
Winner Delta State Univ. DSU 18-9
4
Union University UU 11-17
Winner
Delta State Univ. DSU
18-9
11
Final
4
Union University UU
11-17
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Delta State Univ. DSU 0 0 0 2 2 5 2 11 10 0
Union University UU 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 4 5 5

W: Haley, Harrison (6-0) L: Luke WIlliamson (2-3)

Game Recap: Baseball | | Fred Sington

Cooper's Nine RBI Keys Doubleheader Sweep of Union

JACKSON, Tenn. -- Hayden Cooper drove in nine runs to help the Delta State University baseball team sweep a doubleheader from Union University by the scores of 17-11 and 11-4 on Saturday at Fesmire Field. 
 
INSIDE THE MATCHUP
GM 1 Final: Delta State 17 | Union University 11
GM 2 Final: Delta State 11 | Union University 4
Location: Fesmire Field | Jackson, Tenn. 
Records: Delta State (18-9, 11-5) | Union University (11-17, 6-10)
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  HOW IT HAPPENED | GM 1
  • Chad Ragland, Hayden White, Jake Barlow, and Kirkland Trahan drew walks to open the top of the first. 
  • Ragland scored on a Trahan walk and Hayden Cooper delivered a bases-clearing double to stake the Statesmen an early 4-0 lead. 
  • Union answered with two runs in the bottom of the first as Josh Bozoian doubled in a pair of runs to trim the deficit to 4-2. 
  • Barlow belted a three-run home run to centerfield with Ragland and White aboard to make the score 7-2 in the second inning. 
  • Grayson Swanson doubled in a run and Blake Barrett hit a two-run home run to cut the DSU lead to 8-5 in the third. 
  • Hayden Cooper's fourth home run of the season plated three runs to take an 11-5 lead in the fourth. 
  • Bett Netterville duplicated Cooper's feat in the bottom of the fourth to draw Union to within three runs, trailing 11-8.
  • Delta State added two runs in the sixth to take a 13-8 lead. Ragland singled home a run and White worked a walk with the bases loaded. 
  • The lead grew to 16-8 as the Statesmen plated three runs. Blayke Dendy led off the eighth with a solo home run, his fifth, followed by a White RBI double while White scored on a wild pitch. 
  • Cooper belted his second homer of the game to give the Statesmen a 17-8 lead in the top of the ninth. 
  • Union scored three runs in the ninth to make the score 17-11 and finish off the scoring. Britt Netterville had an RBI single, and Grayson Swanson hit a two-run home run to highlight the inning.
ON THE MOUND | GM 1
  • Trace McNabb (1-0) gave up three runs, two earned on four hits while fanning five over 5.0 innings of work. 
  • Sam McMillin (1-5) gave up eight runs on seven hits with six walks and three strikeouts to take the loss for Union. 
  HOW IT HAPPENED | GM 2
  • The Bulldogs grabbed a 2-0 lead in the second off an RBI double by Trey Frierson and a run-scoring single by Carson Chavies. 
  • Delta State scored two in the fourth and fifth innings to take a 4-2 lead. 
  • Cooper tied the game with a two-RBI double in the fourth. 
  • Gabe Stockton singled home Dendy and Clowers scored on a Ragland bunt in the fifth. 
  • The Statesmen scored five runs on six hits aided by two Union errors to take a 9-2 lead in the sixth. Stockton and Dendy had RBI singles and a White single up the middle brought in two more runs. 
  • A Swanson two-run home run cut the Statesmen lead to 9-4 in the sixth. 
  • Stockton doubled home Dendy, who tripled, and later scored on a Ragland sac-fly to push the lead to 11-4.
ON THE MOUND | GM 2
  • Harrison Haley (6-0) notched his fourth complete game, giving up four runs with a walk and three strikeouts to earn the win.
  • Luke Williamson (2-3) gave up six runs, four earned, on four hits with five strikeouts as the pitcher of record for the Bulldogs.
NOTABLES
  • Barlow belted his team-leading ninth home run of the season and the 41st of his career, moving into a tie for third with Jud Thigpen (2001-2004) on the DSU career home runs list. 
  • Cooper's seven RBI were two shy of the Delta State single-game RBI record of nine set by Jud Thigpen against Southern Arkansas (5.16.2004). 
  • Cooper finished the doubleheader 6-for-9 with two doubles, two home runs, and nine RBI. Cooper went 4-for-5 with two home runs, a double, and seven RBI in game one and was 2-for-4 with a double and two RBI in game two.
  • Barlow was 2-for-4 with a home run, a double and three RBI in game one 
  • The Statesmen hit four home runs in a game for the second time this season, equaling the four belted against Alabama Huntsville (3.5.22). 
  • Delta State worked a season-high 12 walks in game one, surprising the nine against West Georgia (3.20.22). 
  • Stockton went 3-for-4 with a double and three RBI in game two for the Statesmen. 
  • Dendy was 2-for-4 with three runs scored and an RBI in game two.
UP NEXT

The Statesmen and Union University close out the three-game series with a single game on Sunday at 1 p.m.
 
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