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Rob Dabney
7
Winner Delta St. DSU 16-14, 9-6 GSC
6
Auburn Montgomery AUM 12-19, 7-11 GSC
Winner
Delta St. DSU
16-14, 9-6 GSC
7
Final
6
Auburn Montgomery AUM
12-19, 7-11 GSC
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Delta St. DSU 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 2 7 10 2
Auburn Montgomery AUM 2 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 6 11 1

W: J. Hill (1-0) L: Myers, Michael (2-3)

Game Recap: Baseball | | Cody Clark

Late Delta State Rally Spoils Baseball Series Finale

MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- Delta State University hit four solo home runs and plated a run in the eighth and two in the ninth to complete a come-from-behind 7-6 win over the Auburn University at Montgomery baseball team as the Statesmen clinched the weekend finale and the series.

FROM THE DUGOUT

Score: AUM 6, DSU 7
Records: AUM 12-19 (7-11 GSC) | DSU (16-14, 9-6 GSC)
Location: Montgomery, Ala. | Q.V. Lowe Field
Series: AUM trails 8-2
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HIGHLIGHTS
  • Jonathan Dewberry singled and scored on a wild pitch to give DSU a 1-0 lead in the first.
  • AUM responded with a Kasey Clark RBI double and a Cooper Doughman sacrifice fly to right field to take a 2-1 lead after one inning.
  • Delta State got a pair of solo home runs, from Kirkland Trahan and Eric Newsome in the fourth to lead 3-2, but Nick Freeman and Jackson Ceman posted RBI singles to steal the lead back 4-3.
  • AUM made it 5-3 on a Zach Dew RBI single in the fifth.
  • Trahan again homered in the sixth, but Bordy Syer answered with a sacrifice fly to score Cole McWhorter and make it 6-4 AUM.
  • Trahan found his third homer of the game for DSU in the eighth, and scored two in the ninth to take a 7-6 lead. 
  • Jarren Wright reached on a two-base error to lead off the last of the ninth, but a strikeout, a ground out, and a pop up ended the comeback attempt. 
ON THE MOUND 
  • Clay Slagle allowed three runs, all earned, on four hits and one walk with two strikeouts in the no-decision.
  • Wade Chandler allowed a run on two hits in 1.1 relief innings. 
  • Michael Myers (2-3) took the loss as he allowed three runs on four hits in 2.1 innings of relief.
  • Brett Pitts came in and retired the only man he faced in the top of the ninth. 
NOTABLES
  • Six different Warhawks registered an RBI on the day, including the first five men in the lineup.
  • McWhorter went 2-for-5 with a pair of singles and a pair of run scores, as he posted a multi-hit game for the second day in a row.
  • AUM tallied 11 hits in the game but was only able to find one extra-base hit, a Kasey Clark double in the first inning.
UP NEXT

The Warhawks host Tuskegee in midweek action on Wednesday, March 29 at 5 p.m. at Q.V. Lowe Field.
 
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