Blayke Dendy
6
Winner Saint Leo SLU 36-16
3
Delta State DSU 32-17
Winner
Saint Leo SLU
36-16
6
Final
3
Delta State DSU
32-17
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Saint Leo SLU 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 0 0 6 8 1
Delta State DSU 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 12 1

W: Huston Richter (1-1) L: McNabb, Trace (3-1) S: Jestin Jones (9)

Game Recap: Baseball | | Fred Sington

Statesmen Fall Late to St. Leo In NCAA South Region Tournament

SAINT LEO, Fla. – No. 2 seed St. Leo used a five-run seventh inning to upend the Delta State University baseball team 6-3 in an elimination game at the NCAA South Region 2 Baseball Tournament at Southard Stadium on Saturday.
 
INSIDE THE MATCHUP
Final: #12 St. Leo 6 | #17 Delta State 3
Location: St. Leo, Fla. | Thomas B. Southard Stadium
Records: Statesmen (32-17) | Lions (36-16)
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HOW IT HAPPENED
  • The Statesmen opened the game with five consecutive hits and three runs for an early 3-0 lead after the top of the first. Kirkland Trahan drove in two runs on a single and Jake Barlow double home a run.  
  • St. Leo got an RBI single from Tyler Troninger to cut the Statesmen's lead to 3-1 in the third 
  • Eddie Niemann belted a three-run home run to cap off a five-run seventh as the Lions took a 6-3 lead. 
  • The Statesmen had runners in scoring position in the seventh through eighth innings but could not add to their total. 
ON THE MOUND 
  • DSU starter Landon Zizmann (8-2) tossed 6.0 innings, allowing two runs on six hits with four walks and one strikeout. 
  • Lions' starter Dariel Fregio (8-2) gave up three runs on six hits with six strikeouts and no walks. 
  • Trace McNabb (1-1) gave up four runs on three hits with a walk to take the loss. 
  • Huston Richter (1-1) gave up no runs on five hits and recorded five strikeouts in 4.1 innings to register the win in relief for the Lions.
  • Jestin Jones (9) came on with a runner on base to record the final three outs to earn the save. 
NOTABLES
  • Barlow's two doubles moved his career doubles mark to 44, ranking ninth on DSU's all-time doubles list. 
  • Barlow had four total bases to move into a tie with Casey Myrick (1995-1998) for sixth with 402 career total bases. 
  • Barlow also had one RBI, passing All-American Zack Shannon (2017-2018) for seventh with a 175 career RBI. 
  • The Statesmen had five extra-base hits on the day and had ten in two games in the tournament to move into a tie with Shorter for third in the GSC with 161 extra-base hits. 
  • The game went into a weather delay with two outs in the bottom of the fourth and resumed on Saturday after a 19:20 weather delay.
  • Delta State's seventh-inning error snapped a string of 74.2 innings without an error, a string of eight-plus contests.
  • Seven of the 11 runners left on base were left in scoring position by the Statesmen
UP NEXT

The Statesmen conclude the 2022 season with a 32-17 overall record and a 20-7 mark in the GSC, including the school's 22nd GSC regular season title. 
 
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