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JACKSONVILLE – Griff Gordon and Galvin Golsan combined for 11 hits as Jacksonville State swept an Ohio Valley Conference double-header over Austin Peay on Saturday afternoon. The Gamecocks won 7-2 in the opener and then rallied for a 9-7 win in the night cap.

 

Jax State improves to 14-9 overall and 6-3 in the OVC, while Austin Peay drops to 9-13 overall and 3-3 in the league.

 

In the opener, Zachary Fowler (4-1) had four strikeouts and scattered four hits over six solid innings on the mound to earn his fourth straight win, while Graham Officer tossed the final three innings to pick up his first save of the year. Levi Primasing (2-1) gave up eight hits in five innings to suffer his first loss of the season for the Govs.

 

Jax State jumped out to an early lead after Michael Bishop scored on Gordon's RBI single, and then Gordon came around to score on an Austin Peay error as JSU took a 2-0 lead.

 

The Gamecocks scored two more runs in the second inning on a sacrifice fly by Bishop and Paschal Petrongolo drove in a run with a single down the right field line to give JSU a 4-0 lead.

 

Austin Peay scored a run in the sixth after Rolando Gautier scored on Dre Gleason's sacrifice fly to cut the lead to 4-1, but the Gamecocks answered in the home half of the inning after Daniel Gaither led off with a solo home run and Eddie Mora-Loera had a RBI single to push the lead to 6-1.

 

Ridge Smith led off the seventh with a solo home run for the Govs to cut the lead to 6-2, but Gordon had a RBI single to score Gavin Golsan in the bottom of the eighth for the final margin.

 

The Gamecocks finished with 12 hits, led by Gordon's three, while Bishop, Gaither and Golsan each finished with two hits. Alex Robles and Smith each had two hits to lead the Governors.

 

In the nightcap, the Gamecocks rallied for seven runs in the sixth inning to erase a 3-run deficit and claim a 9-7 win to earn the series sweep over Austin Peay.

 

Michael Mason (2-0) allowed just one hit in 1 1/3 inning to pick up the win in relief, while Travis Stout had six strikeouts over the final three innings to earn his seventh save of the year for the Gamecocks. Tommy Hager (2-1) gave up just one run, but got stuck with the loss for Austin Peay.

 

JSU took a 1-0 lead on Petrongolo's RBI single in the first inning, but P.J. Torres hit a two-run home run in the second and Garrett Copeland scored on a JSU error in the third as APSU took a 3-1 lead.

 

Austin Peay extended the lead to 4-1 in the fourth inning after Cayce Bredlau had a RBI single to score Smith, but the Gamecocks took the lead for good in the sixth inning.

 

Jax State sent 13 men to the plate in the sixth inning, including 10 with 2-outs as the Gamecocks scored the most runs in an inning this season.

 

Ryan Sebra and Tyler Gamble each got a RBI after walking with bases loaded, while Joe McGuire had a pinch-hit double to score two more runs. Golsan drove in two more runs and Mora-Loera added a RBI during the rally inning.

 

The Govs came back in the seventh to score three runs, highlighted by Kevin Corey's two-RBI single, but JSU added an insurance run in the home half of the seventh on Petrongolo's RBI single for the final margin.





 

Gordon and Golsan each had three hits, while Petrongolo had two hits to lead the Gamecocks. Mora-Loera extended his hitting streak to a season-high 12 games with a single in the sixth inning. APSU was led by Bredlau's two hits.

 

Jacksonville State returns to action on Tuesday against in-state rival Samford. Game time is set for 6 p.m. at Rudy Abbott Field.