2022 GSC Baseball Championship - May 6, 2022
Michael Wade
7
Winner Alabama Huntsville UAH 28-24
3
Delta State DSU 32-15
Winner
Alabama Huntsville UAH
28-24
7
Final
3
Delta State DSU
32-15
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Alabama Huntsville UAH 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 4 0 7 6 0
Delta State DSU 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 9 0

W: Kody Keiser (4-4) L: Brune, Cooper (2-2)

Game Recap: Baseball | | Fred Sington

Diamond Statesmen Eliminated From GSC Tournament by UAH

OXFORD, Ala. – Alabama-Huntsville struck for three runs in the eighth to take a 7-3 win over the top-seeded Delta State University baseball team at the 2022 Gulf South Conference Tournament on Monday at Choccolocco Park.
 
INSIDE THE MATCHUP
Final:  Alabama Huntsville 7 | #22 Delta State 3
Location: Oxford, Ala. | Choccolocco Park
Records: Statesmen (32-15) | Chargers (28-24)
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HOW IT HAPPENED
  • The Chargers scored a run in the second and a run in the third to take a 2-0 lead. 
  • Chad Ragland singled home Wyatt Pratt to cut the UAH lead to 2-1 in the third. 
  • Carson Villalta scored on a Collin Brewer groundout to give the Chargers a 3-1 lead in the fourth inning. 
  • The Statesmen tied the game 3-3 on Blayke Dendy's RBI ground out and a Pratt RBI triple in the seventh. 
  • Delta State had the tying run thrown out at the plate as Pratt tried to advance home on a Carson Clowers' fly out to right. 
  • Mitchell Rottier put the Chargers back in front 4-3 on a single to right field in the top of the eighth. 
  • Jeff Hunter's three-run home run to centerfield stretched UAH's lead to 7-3 in the top of the eighth.
  • The Statesmen loaded the bases in the bottom of the ninth with one out, only to see a strikeout and a fly out end the game.
ON THE MOUND 
  • Cooper Brune (2-2) was saddled with the loss in relief of starter Cade Whitley, allowing three runs on two hits with five strikeouts and three walks. 
  • Cody Kaiser (4-4) posted six strikeouts and allowed three runs on nine hits to earn the complete game win.
NOTABLES
  • Dalton Cummins went 2-for-4 with a run scored, and Pratt finished 2-for-4 with a triple.
  • Gabe Stockton was 2-for-2 and got hit by a pitch. 
  • The Statesmen finished the 2022 GSC Tournament 2-2 and made their 25th GSC Semifinals appearance.
UP NEXT
The Statesmen await their NCAA postseason fate when the field for the NCAA Division II Baseball Championships is announced on Sunday, May. 15 at 9 p.m. (CT) on NCAA.com.
 
 
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