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JACKSONVILLE – Four Gamecocks pitchers recorded 11 strikeouts as Jacksonville State swept the series over Valparaiso with a 6-3 win at Rudy Abbott Field on Sunday.

Michael Mason (1-0) had four strikeouts in 1 2/3 innings to earn his first win of the season in relief, while Travis Stout recorded a four-out save for his third save of the season. Mario Losi (0-1) gave up five runs on eight hits in 6 1/3 innings to suffer the loss for the Crusaders.

Polk had three strikeouts, while Graham Officer had one, Connor Metcalf had two and Mason added four as the Gamecocks limited Valpo to just seven hits in the game.

Valpo jumped on Gamecock starter Adam Polk with a pair of runs in the top of the first inning to build a 2-0 lead, but Jax State answered in the home half of the first to tie the game.

Michael Bishop led off with a single and stole second before moving to third on an infield grounder. Griff Gordon then hit a deep fly to left field to score Bishop. Cal Lambert followed with a double down the right field corner and scored after Ryan Sebra singled up the middle to tie the score at 2-2.

Valpo scored its other run in the fourth inning after Bryce Hara led off with a double and came around to score on Jake Hanson's sacrifice for a 3-2 lead, but the Gamecocks would battle again to tie the game in the fifth inning.

Chase Silvani led off the winning with a walk and the stole second and third base and scored on Eddie Mora-Loera's RBI single to right center to tie the game at 3-3.

Jax State took the lead for good in the seventh inning after Paschal Petrongolo had a pinch-hit RBI triple to score Silvani, and Mora-Loera later followed with a double to left center to score two more runs for the final margin. Mora-Loera led the Gamecocks with two hits and three RBI in the game.

Jacksonville State returns to action with a pair of midweek games at South Alabama. Both games will be carried on the JSU Radio Network and is set for 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday and 3 p.m. on Wednesday.