Friday, May 15
JACKSONVILLE
12 p.m.
Jacksonville State University
7
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11
UT Martin
Todd Cunningham had four hits and drove in four runs vs UTM on Friday
UTM Claims OVC Sweep over Gamecocks
5/15/2009 6:24:13 PM | Baseball
GAME ONE FINAL STATS GAME TWO FINAL STATS
JACKSONVILLE – Wes Patterson went 6-for-8 as Tennessee-Martin claimed an Ohio Valley Conference sweep over Jacksonville State by winning 11-7 in the opener and 17-2 in the night cap.
UTM improves to 19-31 overall and 8-15 in the OVC, while the Gamecocks drop to 28-23 and 10-12. Jacksonville State can still make next week's Ohio Valley Conference Championship with a win on Saturday or a loss by Eastern Kentucky.
Brendan Lozupone (3-3) scattered eight hits in 6 1/3 innings on the mound to earn the win for the Skyhawks, while JSU's Daniel Watts (4-5) gave up five runs and walked three to suffer the loss.
The Skyhawks took a 4-0 lead in the second inning, highlighted by a two-RBI double by Jordan Owen, but the Gamecocks cut into the lead in the third inning.
Todd Cunningham had a two-RBI triple and Kyle Bluestein drove in another run to slice the lead to 4-3.
UTM pushed the lead to 5-3 in the fourth inning after Jordan Owen led off with a solo homerun, but the Gamecocks answered in the home half of the fourth when Andrew Edge slapped his ninth home run of the season to make the score 5-4.
The Skyhawks scored two in the fifth, thanks to a RBI single by Drew Mason and a sacrifice fly by Owen, but JSU pushed across a run on a RBI single by Bluestein to make it 8-5 in the home half of the inning.
Tennessee-Martin added a run in the sixth on a RBI single by Patterson to make it 9-5, but Heath Wall scored on a wild pitch in the seventh to cut the lead to 9-6.
UTM plated three runs in the eighth inning, highlighted by a two-RBI single by Ty Nelson, while JSU scored its final run in the ninth on a RBI single by Cunningham for the final margin.
Nelson and Terry each had three hits, while Patterson and Owen had two hits each for UT Martin, while Blake Seguin had three hits to lead the Gamecocks at the plate.
In the second game, the Skyhawks jumped out to a 12-1 lead in the first four innings and Coty Green allowed just seven hits on the mound to earn the complete-game win.
UT Martin scored four in the first, two in the second and third, and added four more in the fourth to jump out to the early 12-1 lead. JSU's Austin Lucas (6-3) gave up six his and seven runs to suffer the loss.
The Gamecocks scored a run in the first on a sacrifice fly by Bluestein and a run in the fifth on a RBI single by Cunningham to cut the lead to 12-2, but UTM added a run in the sixth and four more in the seventh for the final margin.
Patterson had four hits, Miles Hartsfield had three hits, while Scott Gladstone, Mark Hartsfield and Nelson each added a pair of hits as the Skyhawks pounded out 17 hits in the game.
Cunningham, Bluestein and Spencer Brandes each had two hits for the Gamecocks.
The two teams will play the final game of the three-game series on Saturday at 12 noon. It will mark the final home game for three JSU seniors, including Mitch Miller, Jay Harrington and Tyler McGrady.
JACKSONVILLE – Wes Patterson went 6-for-8 as Tennessee-Martin claimed an Ohio Valley Conference sweep over Jacksonville State by winning 11-7 in the opener and 17-2 in the night cap.
UTM improves to 19-31 overall and 8-15 in the OVC, while the Gamecocks drop to 28-23 and 10-12. Jacksonville State can still make next week's Ohio Valley Conference Championship with a win on Saturday or a loss by Eastern Kentucky.
Brendan Lozupone (3-3) scattered eight hits in 6 1/3 innings on the mound to earn the win for the Skyhawks, while JSU's Daniel Watts (4-5) gave up five runs and walked three to suffer the loss.
The Skyhawks took a 4-0 lead in the second inning, highlighted by a two-RBI double by Jordan Owen, but the Gamecocks cut into the lead in the third inning.
Todd Cunningham had a two-RBI triple and Kyle Bluestein drove in another run to slice the lead to 4-3.
UTM pushed the lead to 5-3 in the fourth inning after Jordan Owen led off with a solo homerun, but the Gamecocks answered in the home half of the fourth when Andrew Edge slapped his ninth home run of the season to make the score 5-4.
The Skyhawks scored two in the fifth, thanks to a RBI single by Drew Mason and a sacrifice fly by Owen, but JSU pushed across a run on a RBI single by Bluestein to make it 8-5 in the home half of the inning.
Tennessee-Martin added a run in the sixth on a RBI single by Patterson to make it 9-5, but Heath Wall scored on a wild pitch in the seventh to cut the lead to 9-6.
UTM plated three runs in the eighth inning, highlighted by a two-RBI single by Ty Nelson, while JSU scored its final run in the ninth on a RBI single by Cunningham for the final margin.
Nelson and Terry each had three hits, while Patterson and Owen had two hits each for UT Martin, while Blake Seguin had three hits to lead the Gamecocks at the plate.
In the second game, the Skyhawks jumped out to a 12-1 lead in the first four innings and Coty Green allowed just seven hits on the mound to earn the complete-game win.
UT Martin scored four in the first, two in the second and third, and added four more in the fourth to jump out to the early 12-1 lead. JSU's Austin Lucas (6-3) gave up six his and seven runs to suffer the loss.
The Gamecocks scored a run in the first on a sacrifice fly by Bluestein and a run in the fifth on a RBI single by Cunningham to cut the lead to 12-2, but UTM added a run in the sixth and four more in the seventh for the final margin.
Patterson had four hits, Miles Hartsfield had three hits, while Scott Gladstone, Mark Hartsfield and Nelson each added a pair of hits as the Skyhawks pounded out 17 hits in the game.
Cunningham, Bluestein and Spencer Brandes each had two hits for the Gamecocks.
The two teams will play the final game of the three-game series on Saturday at 12 noon. It will mark the final home game for three JSU seniors, including Mitch Miller, Jay Harrington and Tyler McGrady.
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