Sunday, February 24
JACKSONVILLE
1 p.m.
Jacksonville State University
5
vs
4
Southern Illinois
Gamecocks Rally to Beat Southern Illinois 5-4
2/24/2013 4:00:00 PM | Baseball
BOX SCORE
JACKSONVILLE – Griff Gordon had a pair of hits and drove in a run to lead Jacksonville State to a 5-4 win over Southern Illinois in the series finale on Sunday.
Casey Antley (2-0) scattered six hits and allowed four runs to earn his second win of the season. Travis Stout retired the final five outs to pick up his second save of the year for the Gamecocks. Aaron Snyder (1-1) gave up two unearned runs, but got stuck with the loss for the Salukis.
Jacksonville State (3-5) took a 1-0 lead in the first inning after Coty Blanchard led the game off with a double to left center and moved to third after Eddie Mora-Loera hit a deep fly to right field. Blanchard then stole home to give the Gamecocks the early lead.
Southern Illinois (4-3) took the lead in the second inning after scoring four runs, thanks to Jake Welch and Ryan Rosthenhausler who each drove in two runs to give the Salukis a 4-1 lead.
Jax State cut into the lead in the fourth inning after Gordon led off with a single to left field and came in to score after Paschal Petrongolo tripled down the right field line. Andrew Bishop followed with an infield grounder to score Gordon and cut the SIU lead to 4-3.
The Gamecocks took the lead in the seventh inning after Zach Elbirt reached on an error, stole second and went to third on another Salukis throwing error. Adam Miller had a pinch-hit single up the middle to tie the game at 4-4, before Gordon drove in the go-ahead run with an infield RBI grounder to give JSU a 5-4 lead.
Cody Ponder came in to pitch the top of the eighth and struck out Welch, before giving way to Stout, who got the next five outs and earn the save.
Mora-Loera extended his hitting streak to eight games with a single in the seventh inning, while Gordon extended his hitting streak to five games. Matt Jones and Brock Harding each had two hits to lead Southern Illinois.
Jacksonville State continues its five-game homestand by hosting South Alabama in a pair of midweek games at Rudy Abbott Field. Tuesday game is set for 3 p.m. and will be carried on the JSU radio network.
JACKSONVILLE – Griff Gordon had a pair of hits and drove in a run to lead Jacksonville State to a 5-4 win over Southern Illinois in the series finale on Sunday.
Casey Antley (2-0) scattered six hits and allowed four runs to earn his second win of the season. Travis Stout retired the final five outs to pick up his second save of the year for the Gamecocks. Aaron Snyder (1-1) gave up two unearned runs, but got stuck with the loss for the Salukis.
Jacksonville State (3-5) took a 1-0 lead in the first inning after Coty Blanchard led the game off with a double to left center and moved to third after Eddie Mora-Loera hit a deep fly to right field. Blanchard then stole home to give the Gamecocks the early lead.
Southern Illinois (4-3) took the lead in the second inning after scoring four runs, thanks to Jake Welch and Ryan Rosthenhausler who each drove in two runs to give the Salukis a 4-1 lead.
Jax State cut into the lead in the fourth inning after Gordon led off with a single to left field and came in to score after Paschal Petrongolo tripled down the right field line. Andrew Bishop followed with an infield grounder to score Gordon and cut the SIU lead to 4-3.
The Gamecocks took the lead in the seventh inning after Zach Elbirt reached on an error, stole second and went to third on another Salukis throwing error. Adam Miller had a pinch-hit single up the middle to tie the game at 4-4, before Gordon drove in the go-ahead run with an infield RBI grounder to give JSU a 5-4 lead.
Cody Ponder came in to pitch the top of the eighth and struck out Welch, before giving way to Stout, who got the next five outs and earn the save.
Mora-Loera extended his hitting streak to eight games with a single in the seventh inning, while Gordon extended his hitting streak to five games. Matt Jones and Brock Harding each had two hits to lead Southern Illinois.
Jacksonville State continues its five-game homestand by hosting South Alabama in a pair of midweek games at Rudy Abbott Field. Tuesday game is set for 3 p.m. and will be carried on the JSU radio network.
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