Friday, February 15
Kennesaw, Ga.
3 p.m.
Jax State
6
at
11
Kennesaw State
2/15/2013 6:24:00 PM | Baseball
KENNESAW, Ga. – Kal Simmons and Jacob Bruce each drove in three runs to lead Kennesaw State to an 11-6 win over Jacksonville State in the season opener for both teams on Friday.
Travis Dean (1-0) scattered four hits over four innings to earn the win for the Owls, while Taylor Shields gave up five runs in 3 1/3 innings to suffer the loss for the Gamecocks.
Kennesaw State (1-0) took the early lead after Simmons and Bruce each had a RBI double, and Peyton Hart followed with an RBI infield bunt to give the Owls the early 3-0 lead in the third inning.
Jax State (0-1) got on the board in the fourth inning after Andrew Bishop drew a two-out walk and moved to second on Zach Elbirt's single to center field. Tyler Gamble walked to load the bases, before Chase Silvani singled through the left side to score Bishop and cut the lead to 3-1.
The Owls answered in the home half of the fourth inning after Simmons drove in a pair of runs with a single to left field and then added another run in the fifth inning after Bo Way led off with a solo home run to give the Owls a 6-1 lead.
The Gamecocks cut the lead to 6-2 in the top of the sixth inning on a sacrifice fly by Eddie Mora-Loera that scored Elbirt, but Kennesaw Sate added two in the seventh and three more in the eighth inning to build an 11-2 lead.
Jax State took advantage of a pair of walks and three hit-by-pitch, while Michael Bishop and Elbirt each drove in a run as the Gamecocks scored four runs in the ninth inning for the final margin.
Bishop and Mora-Loera each had two hits to lead the Gamecocks, who finished the game with nine hits on the day.
The two teams will play the second game of the three-game series at 1 p.m. on Saturday. The Gamecocks are schedule to throw left-hander Adam Polk, while Kennesaw will also counter with left-hander Kevin Kyle.
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