WyattPratt_Montevallo_GSCTournament2022
Cayce Smith
6
Montevallo UM 37-16
10
Winner Delta State DSU 32-14
Montevallo UM
37-16
6
Final
10
Delta State DSU
32-14
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Montevallo UM 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 6 13 1
Delta State DSU 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 X 10 15 0

W: McNabb, Trace (3-0) L: Brooks Cooner (0-1)

Game Recap: Baseball | | Fred Sington

Statesmen Survive with 10-6 GSC Tournament Win Over Falcons

OXFORD, Ala. -- No. 1 seed Delta State University baseball scored four runs in the eighth inning to break a 6-6 tie and stay alive with a 10-6 win over the University of Montevallo at the 2022 Gulf South Conference Tournament on Sunday at Choccolocco Park.
 
INSIDE THE MATCHUP
Final: #22 Delta State 10 | Montevallo 6
Location: Oxford, Ala. | Choccolocco Park
Records: Statesmen (32-14) | Falcons (36-15)
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HOW IT HAPPENED
  • A Kirkland Trahan RBI ground out followed by a Blayke Dendy RBI single gave the Statesmen a 2-0 first inning lead. 
  • Montevallo scored twice to tie the game 2-2 in the third. Jake Smallwood got a run home on a sac-fly, and Reed Latimer singled home Ben Teel. 
  • Zen Hiatt belted a two-run home run to break the tie and give the Falcons a 4-2 lead in the sixth. 
  • The Statesmen plated four runs in the seventh to take a 6-4 lead. Dendy had an RBI single, and Dalton Cummins doubled in the tying run. A Clowers sac-fly and Ragland RBI gave DSU a 6-4 lead. 
  • Montevallo scratched two runs across to tie the game at 6-6 in the top of the eighth.
  • Delta State plated four runs in the bottom of the eighth to take a 10-6 lead. Wyatt Pratt singled in the go-ahead run, followed by a Clowers run-scoring single and a Chad Ragland two-run double. 
  • Steven Lacey struck out Hiatt to record a scoreless ninth and seal the win. 
ON THE MOUND 
  • Delta State starter Hammer Franks allowed two runs on seven hits with two strikeouts in 4.0 innings.
  • Trace McNabb (3-0) picked up the win, giving up one hit in a third of an inning.
  • Brooks Cooner gave up one run on one hit in a third of an inning as the losing pitcher for the Falcons. 
NOTABLES
  • Ragland posted three hits with three RBI.
  • Dendy finished 3-for-5 with two RBI and has collected 10 RBI in the tournament.
  • Trahan went 2-for-5 with a double and an RBI.
  • The Statesmen make their 24th GSC Baseball Tournament semifinals appearance and are bidding for their 21st finals appearance. 
UP NEXT
The Statesmen advance to play the University of Alabama in Huntsville on Monday at 11 a.m.
 
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