Tuesday, May 13
JACKSONVILLE
6 p.m.
Jacksonville State University
10
vs
15
Alabama
No. 19 Alabama Strikes Early for Win Over Gamecocks
5/13/2014 10:12:00 PM | Baseball
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JACKSONVILLE – Daniel Cucjen had four hits to lead No. 19 Alabama to a 15-10 win over Jacksonville State in the final non-conference game of the season for both teams at Rudy Abbott Field on Tuesday evening.
Tucker Hawley (4-1) scattered five hits over two innings of relief as Alabama combined for 10 strikeouts to earn the win for the Crimson Tide. JSU's Tony Urban (1-3) got stuck with the loss after giving up seven runs – all in the first inning – to suffer the loss for the Gamecocks.
The Crimson Tide (33-19) jumped out to an big first inning after scoring eight runs on eight hits after sending 13 batters to the plate to build an 8-0 lead.
Jax State (29-22) cut the lead in half during the third inning after Paschal Petrongolo, Andrew Bishop and Joe McGuire each drove in a run, and Petrongolo later scored on a wild pitch the cut the lead to 8-4.
Alabama scored a run in the fifth on a RBI single by Cucjen, but the Gamecocks pushed across a pair of runs in the home half of the fifth.
Griff Gordon led off with a single and scored on Bishop's single, and McGuire followed with a RBI single to score Bishop and cut the lead to 9-6.
The Crimson Tide got a run back in the sixth on a RBI single by Wade Wass, but JSU answered in the bottom of the inning on a bases loaded walk by Bishop to cut Alabama's lead to 10-7.
Alabama then tacked on five runs in the eighth inning as Kyle Overstreet and Mike White each drove in a run, while Casey Hughston drove in the final run to give UA a 15-7 lead.
The Gamecocks scored three runs in the bottom of the ninth inning as Cal Lambert, Tyler Gamble and Griff Gordon each drove in a run for the final margin.
Gordon, Petrongolo, Bishop, Lambert and Chase Silvani each had two hits as the Gamecocks finished with 14 in the game, while Hughston and Wass each had three hits for Alabama.
Jacksonville State returns to action with the final three-game Ohio Valley Conference series of the year at Morehead State. The games on Thursday and Friday are scheduled for 5 p.m., while Saturday's series-finale will start at noon. All three games will be carried on the JSU Radio Network.
JACKSONVILLE – Daniel Cucjen had four hits to lead No. 19 Alabama to a 15-10 win over Jacksonville State in the final non-conference game of the season for both teams at Rudy Abbott Field on Tuesday evening.
Tucker Hawley (4-1) scattered five hits over two innings of relief as Alabama combined for 10 strikeouts to earn the win for the Crimson Tide. JSU's Tony Urban (1-3) got stuck with the loss after giving up seven runs – all in the first inning – to suffer the loss for the Gamecocks.
The Crimson Tide (33-19) jumped out to an big first inning after scoring eight runs on eight hits after sending 13 batters to the plate to build an 8-0 lead.
Jax State (29-22) cut the lead in half during the third inning after Paschal Petrongolo, Andrew Bishop and Joe McGuire each drove in a run, and Petrongolo later scored on a wild pitch the cut the lead to 8-4.
Alabama scored a run in the fifth on a RBI single by Cucjen, but the Gamecocks pushed across a pair of runs in the home half of the fifth.
Griff Gordon led off with a single and scored on Bishop's single, and McGuire followed with a RBI single to score Bishop and cut the lead to 9-6.
The Crimson Tide got a run back in the sixth on a RBI single by Wade Wass, but JSU answered in the bottom of the inning on a bases loaded walk by Bishop to cut Alabama's lead to 10-7.
Alabama then tacked on five runs in the eighth inning as Kyle Overstreet and Mike White each drove in a run, while Casey Hughston drove in the final run to give UA a 15-7 lead.
The Gamecocks scored three runs in the bottom of the ninth inning as Cal Lambert, Tyler Gamble and Griff Gordon each drove in a run for the final margin.
Gordon, Petrongolo, Bishop, Lambert and Chase Silvani each had two hits as the Gamecocks finished with 14 in the game, while Hughston and Wass each had three hits for Alabama.
Jacksonville State returns to action with the final three-game Ohio Valley Conference series of the year at Morehead State. The games on Thursday and Friday are scheduled for 5 p.m., while Saturday's series-finale will start at noon. All three games will be carried on the JSU Radio Network.
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