Saturday, May 10
JACKSONVILLE
3:30 p.m.
Jacksonville State University
10
vs
1
Eastern Kentucky
Eddie Mora-Loera had three hits, including a 3-run home run, vs EKU on Saturday
Gamecocks Sweep Eastern Kentucky on Saturday to Move Into Tie for Second in OVC
5/10/2014 6:10:00 PM | Baseball
GAME ONE BOX SCORE | GAME TWO BOX SCORE
JACKSONVILLE – Eddie Mora-Loera had three hits and Zachary Fowler allowed just two hits to lead Jacksonville State to a 10-1 win over Eastern Kentucky in the first game of a three-game Ohio Valley Conference series on Saturday afternoon. Gavin Golsan scored on Michael Bishop's single off the left field wall for a 3-2 11-inning sweep over the Colonels in the night cap.
Jacksonville State improves to 28-21 overall and 16-10 and is now tied for second place in the OVC with Tennessee Tech as both teams are fighting for a bye in the OVC Tournament. Eastern Kentucky drops to 22-28 and 11-15 in the league.
In the opener, Fowler (6-5) threw just 71 pitches in seven solid innings on the mound and allowed just two hits to pick up the win for the Gamecocks. Tanner Perkins (3-8) allowed seven runs on six hits in just 1 1/3 innings to suffer the loss for the Colonels.
Jax State jumped out to an early 7-0 lead after scoring four runs in the first inning and three more in the second inning to take control of the game.
In the first, Griff Gordon, Paschal Petrongolo, Ryan Sebra and Stephen Bartlett each drove in a run, while Mora-Loera hit a three-run home run in the second inning to lead the Gamecocks.
Jax State added two more runs in the fourth after Gordon scored on a wild pitch and Andrew Bishop had a RBI single as the Gamecocks extended the lead to 9-0.
Ryan Sebra led off the sixth inning with a solo home run to push the lead to 10-0, and EKU scored its run in the top of the ninth inning on a solo home run by Taylor Blair for the final margin.
Mora-Loera had three hits and drove in three runs, while Sebra finished with a pair of RBI to lead the Gamecocks.
In the second game, EKU took a 2-0 lead in the first inning on a RBI single by Ben Fisher, and Sean Hagen scored on a Gamecock error.
The Gamecocks scored in the second after Andrew Bishop reached on a two-out walk and came around to score on Golsan's double down the right field line to cut the lead to 2-1.
Jax State rallied to tie the game in the bottom of the eighth inning after Sebra reached on a one-out double and moved to third on a deep fly ball, before scoring on a EKU wild pitch to tie the game at 2-2.
The Gamecocks won the game in the 11th inning after Golsan walked and stole second. Bishop then took a 1-1 pitch and hit it off the left field wall to allow Golsan to score the game-winning run.
Travis Stout (2-0) had three strikeouts and did not allow a hit in three innings of relief to earn the win for the Gamecocks, while Cody Creamer got stuck with the loss for the Colonels.
Michael and Andrew Bishop each had two hits, along with Gordon and Golsan as the Gamecocks finished with 10 hits in the game. Hagen finished with two hits to lead Eastern Kentucky.
The two teams will play the final game of the three-game series at 1:30 p.m. on Sunday afternoon as 13 Gamecock seniors will be honored prior to the game. The seniors include Casey Antley, Stephen Bartlett, Andrew Bishop, Michael Bishop, Griff Gordon, Cal Lambert, Michael Mason, Eddie Mora-Loera, Adam Polk, Bradley Raulston, Hunter Rivers, Taylor Shields and Taylor Sparks.
JACKSONVILLE – Eddie Mora-Loera had three hits and Zachary Fowler allowed just two hits to lead Jacksonville State to a 10-1 win over Eastern Kentucky in the first game of a three-game Ohio Valley Conference series on Saturday afternoon. Gavin Golsan scored on Michael Bishop's single off the left field wall for a 3-2 11-inning sweep over the Colonels in the night cap.
Jacksonville State improves to 28-21 overall and 16-10 and is now tied for second place in the OVC with Tennessee Tech as both teams are fighting for a bye in the OVC Tournament. Eastern Kentucky drops to 22-28 and 11-15 in the league.
In the opener, Fowler (6-5) threw just 71 pitches in seven solid innings on the mound and allowed just two hits to pick up the win for the Gamecocks. Tanner Perkins (3-8) allowed seven runs on six hits in just 1 1/3 innings to suffer the loss for the Colonels.
Jax State jumped out to an early 7-0 lead after scoring four runs in the first inning and three more in the second inning to take control of the game.
In the first, Griff Gordon, Paschal Petrongolo, Ryan Sebra and Stephen Bartlett each drove in a run, while Mora-Loera hit a three-run home run in the second inning to lead the Gamecocks.
Jax State added two more runs in the fourth after Gordon scored on a wild pitch and Andrew Bishop had a RBI single as the Gamecocks extended the lead to 9-0.
Ryan Sebra led off the sixth inning with a solo home run to push the lead to 10-0, and EKU scored its run in the top of the ninth inning on a solo home run by Taylor Blair for the final margin.
Mora-Loera had three hits and drove in three runs, while Sebra finished with a pair of RBI to lead the Gamecocks.
In the second game, EKU took a 2-0 lead in the first inning on a RBI single by Ben Fisher, and Sean Hagen scored on a Gamecock error.
The Gamecocks scored in the second after Andrew Bishop reached on a two-out walk and came around to score on Golsan's double down the right field line to cut the lead to 2-1.
Jax State rallied to tie the game in the bottom of the eighth inning after Sebra reached on a one-out double and moved to third on a deep fly ball, before scoring on a EKU wild pitch to tie the game at 2-2.
The Gamecocks won the game in the 11th inning after Golsan walked and stole second. Bishop then took a 1-1 pitch and hit it off the left field wall to allow Golsan to score the game-winning run.
Travis Stout (2-0) had three strikeouts and did not allow a hit in three innings of relief to earn the win for the Gamecocks, while Cody Creamer got stuck with the loss for the Colonels.
Michael and Andrew Bishop each had two hits, along with Gordon and Golsan as the Gamecocks finished with 10 hits in the game. Hagen finished with two hits to lead Eastern Kentucky.
The two teams will play the final game of the three-game series at 1:30 p.m. on Sunday afternoon as 13 Gamecock seniors will be honored prior to the game. The seniors include Casey Antley, Stephen Bartlett, Andrew Bishop, Michael Bishop, Griff Gordon, Cal Lambert, Michael Mason, Eddie Mora-Loera, Adam Polk, Bradley Raulston, Hunter Rivers, Taylor Shields and Taylor Sparks.
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