Saturday, March 15
Edwardsville, Ill.
1 p.m.
Jacksonville State University
5
at
2
SIU Edwardsville
Michael Bishop
JSU Baseball Earns Split with SIUE on Saturday
3/15/2014 9:25:00 PM | Baseball
GAME ONE BOX | GAME TWO BOX
EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. – Michael Bishop had two hits, scored two runs and drove in two runs to lead Jacksonville State to a 5-2 win over SIU Edwardsville in the first game of Saturday's Ohio Valley Conference double-header. The Cougars held off a late Gamecock rally to claim the night cap, 9-8.
Jacksonville State improved to 11-8 overall and is 4-2 in the OVC, while SIUE is 6-10 and 4-2 in the league.
In the opener, Zachary Fowler (3-1) won for this third straight appearance after allowing just six hits in seven solid innings on the mound, while Travis Stout recorded the final six outs to pick up his sixth save of the year. Jake Stauffenberg (0-3) gave up four runs and five hits to suffer the loss for the Cougars.
The Gamecocks jumped on the board early after Bishop led the game off with a solo home run to give JSU a 1-0 lead, and then scored three more runs in the third inning to extend the lead.
Gavin Golsan walked and Bishop was hit by a pitch, before Eddie Mora-Loera had a single to the outfield to score Golsan, while Bishop scored on a Cougar throwing error. Mora-Loera came in to score on Ryan Sebra's infield grounder as JSU built a 4-0 lead.
Jax State added an insurance run in the top of the ninth inning on a RBI single by Bishop to score Joe McGuire, but the Cougars made the game close after scoring two runs in bottom of the ninth until Stout recorded the final three outs to secure the win.
SIUE's top three hitters each had three hits in the night cap, while Devin Caldwell drove in four runs and Chase Green had three to claim the 9-8 win.
Evan Martens (1-2) allowed just eight hits in six innings on the mound to earn the win for the Cougars, while P.J. Schuster recorded the final out to pick up his third save of the year. Casey Antley (1-3) gave up two runs on three hits in just 2/3 inning of relief to suffer the loss for the Gamecocks.
SIUE took a 1-0 lead in the first inning on a RBI single by Skyler Geissinger, but Jax State battled to take a 3-1 lead in the third inning.
Stephen Bartlett led off with a double and Golsan was hit by a pitch, before Mora-Loera drove in both runs with a triple. Griff Gordon followed with a RBI single to center field to score Mora-Loera and give JSU its first lead of the game.
The Cougars answered in the bottom of the third on a RBI double by Green, and he later came in to score on a wild pitch to tie the game at 3-3. SIUE then took the lead in the fourth after Green and Caldwell each drove in a run to make the score 5-3.
Petrongolo hit his fifth triple of the season in the top of the sixth inning and scored on a sacrifice fly to cut the lead to 5-4, but the Cougars tacked on three runs in the bottom half of the sixth to build a 9-4 lead.
Bartlett led off the seventh with a solo home run, then drove in another run in the eighth inning to cut the lead to 9-6. Jax State rallied for two more runs in the ninth inning after Ryan Sebra hit a two-run home run with two outs to pull JSU to within 9-8, but the Cougars got the final out to secure the win.
Bartlett and Gordon each had three hits, while Mora-Loera, Pentrongo and Andrew Bishop each had two hits in the night cap to lead the Gamecocks.
Jacksonville State returns to action on Tuesday at Troy, before returning to OVC action against Austin Peay next weekend at Rudy Abbott Field.
EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. – Michael Bishop had two hits, scored two runs and drove in two runs to lead Jacksonville State to a 5-2 win over SIU Edwardsville in the first game of Saturday's Ohio Valley Conference double-header. The Cougars held off a late Gamecock rally to claim the night cap, 9-8.
Jacksonville State improved to 11-8 overall and is 4-2 in the OVC, while SIUE is 6-10 and 4-2 in the league.
In the opener, Zachary Fowler (3-1) won for this third straight appearance after allowing just six hits in seven solid innings on the mound, while Travis Stout recorded the final six outs to pick up his sixth save of the year. Jake Stauffenberg (0-3) gave up four runs and five hits to suffer the loss for the Cougars.
The Gamecocks jumped on the board early after Bishop led the game off with a solo home run to give JSU a 1-0 lead, and then scored three more runs in the third inning to extend the lead.
Gavin Golsan walked and Bishop was hit by a pitch, before Eddie Mora-Loera had a single to the outfield to score Golsan, while Bishop scored on a Cougar throwing error. Mora-Loera came in to score on Ryan Sebra's infield grounder as JSU built a 4-0 lead.
Jax State added an insurance run in the top of the ninth inning on a RBI single by Bishop to score Joe McGuire, but the Cougars made the game close after scoring two runs in bottom of the ninth until Stout recorded the final three outs to secure the win.
SIUE's top three hitters each had three hits in the night cap, while Devin Caldwell drove in four runs and Chase Green had three to claim the 9-8 win.
Evan Martens (1-2) allowed just eight hits in six innings on the mound to earn the win for the Cougars, while P.J. Schuster recorded the final out to pick up his third save of the year. Casey Antley (1-3) gave up two runs on three hits in just 2/3 inning of relief to suffer the loss for the Gamecocks.
SIUE took a 1-0 lead in the first inning on a RBI single by Skyler Geissinger, but Jax State battled to take a 3-1 lead in the third inning.
Stephen Bartlett led off with a double and Golsan was hit by a pitch, before Mora-Loera drove in both runs with a triple. Griff Gordon followed with a RBI single to center field to score Mora-Loera and give JSU its first lead of the game.
The Cougars answered in the bottom of the third on a RBI double by Green, and he later came in to score on a wild pitch to tie the game at 3-3. SIUE then took the lead in the fourth after Green and Caldwell each drove in a run to make the score 5-3.
Petrongolo hit his fifth triple of the season in the top of the sixth inning and scored on a sacrifice fly to cut the lead to 5-4, but the Cougars tacked on three runs in the bottom half of the sixth to build a 9-4 lead.
Bartlett led off the seventh with a solo home run, then drove in another run in the eighth inning to cut the lead to 9-6. Jax State rallied for two more runs in the ninth inning after Ryan Sebra hit a two-run home run with two outs to pull JSU to within 9-8, but the Cougars got the final out to secure the win.
Bartlett and Gordon each had three hits, while Mora-Loera, Pentrongo and Andrew Bishop each had two hits in the night cap to lead the Gamecocks.
Jacksonville State returns to action on Tuesday at Troy, before returning to OVC action against Austin Peay next weekend at Rudy Abbott Field.
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