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Jacksonville State University
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UT Martin
Sam Eberle had four hits vs UT Martin on Sunday
Gamecocks Rally from 10 Runs Down for 13-12 Win Over UTM
3/27/2011 5:18:29 PM | Baseball
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JACKSONVILLE – The Gamecocks rallied from 10 runs down and Jake Sharrock scored the winning run in the bottom of the ninth inning as Jacksonville State claimed a 13-12 win over UT Martin to win the Ohio Valley Conference series on Sunday.
Jacksonville State improves to 17-7 overall and 2-1 in the OVC and it marks the seventh straight series won by the Gamecocks, dating back to last season. It's the largest comeback win for JSU since rallying from eight runs down against Eastern Illinois on April 15, 2007 when JSU trailed 8-0 before battling back for a 14-13 win.
Todd Hornsby (2-2) allowed just one hit over the final two innings and had a pair of strikeouts to earn the win. Wes Patterson (0-3) gave up the game winner to suffer the loss.
With the game tied at 12-12, Sharrock led off the ninth inning with a triple down the right field corner. Following international walks to Sam Eberle and Ben Waldrip, Erik Underwood had a single to right field to score Sharrock and give the Gamecocks their sixth final at-bat win of the season.
UTM (5-18, 1-2) jumped out to a 5-0 lead in the third inning and then scored five more runs in the fifth inning to build a 10-0 advantage as the Skyhawks had limited the Gamecocks to just two hits until the fifth frame.
Jax State then scored eight runs – the most of any inning this season – in the home half of the fifth, highlighted by a 3-run home run by Kyle Bluestein. He finished the day with a season-high six RBI.
The Skyhawks added a run in the sixth and seventh to build a 12-8 lead, before the Gamecocks rallied in the seventh inning to tie the game.
Jax State pushed across four runs in the inning, thanks to a two-RBI double off the centerfield fence by Bluestein, while Eberle and Matt McLaughlin each knocked in a run to tie the game at 12-12.
Eberle led the Gamecocks with four hits, while Underwood, Bluestein and Blake Seguin each added three hits and Sharrock finished with two as JSU pounded out 18 total hits in the game.
Phil Sorensen led the Skyhawks with four hits, while Wes Patterson and Jordan Owen each had three hits and Trey Karlen, Cody Terry, Matt Milligan and Cory Stooksbury had two hits each for the Skyhawks.
Jacksonville State returns to action on Tuesday in Birmingham against Samford. Game time is set for 6 p.m. at Joe Lee Griffin Stadium.
JACKSONVILLE – The Gamecocks rallied from 10 runs down and Jake Sharrock scored the winning run in the bottom of the ninth inning as Jacksonville State claimed a 13-12 win over UT Martin to win the Ohio Valley Conference series on Sunday.
Jacksonville State improves to 17-7 overall and 2-1 in the OVC and it marks the seventh straight series won by the Gamecocks, dating back to last season. It's the largest comeback win for JSU since rallying from eight runs down against Eastern Illinois on April 15, 2007 when JSU trailed 8-0 before battling back for a 14-13 win.
Todd Hornsby (2-2) allowed just one hit over the final two innings and had a pair of strikeouts to earn the win. Wes Patterson (0-3) gave up the game winner to suffer the loss.
With the game tied at 12-12, Sharrock led off the ninth inning with a triple down the right field corner. Following international walks to Sam Eberle and Ben Waldrip, Erik Underwood had a single to right field to score Sharrock and give the Gamecocks their sixth final at-bat win of the season.
UTM (5-18, 1-2) jumped out to a 5-0 lead in the third inning and then scored five more runs in the fifth inning to build a 10-0 advantage as the Skyhawks had limited the Gamecocks to just two hits until the fifth frame.
Jax State then scored eight runs – the most of any inning this season – in the home half of the fifth, highlighted by a 3-run home run by Kyle Bluestein. He finished the day with a season-high six RBI.
The Skyhawks added a run in the sixth and seventh to build a 12-8 lead, before the Gamecocks rallied in the seventh inning to tie the game.
Jax State pushed across four runs in the inning, thanks to a two-RBI double off the centerfield fence by Bluestein, while Eberle and Matt McLaughlin each knocked in a run to tie the game at 12-12.
Eberle led the Gamecocks with four hits, while Underwood, Bluestein and Blake Seguin each added three hits and Sharrock finished with two as JSU pounded out 18 total hits in the game.
Phil Sorensen led the Skyhawks with four hits, while Wes Patterson and Jordan Owen each had three hits and Trey Karlen, Cody Terry, Matt Milligan and Cory Stooksbury had two hits each for the Skyhawks.
Jacksonville State returns to action on Tuesday in Birmingham against Samford. Game time is set for 6 p.m. at Joe Lee Griffin Stadium.
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