TROY – Jacksonville State sophomore righthander Colton Campbell flirted with the program's first no-hitter since 2000, but a pinch hit in the ninth thwarted the attempt in an 8-1 win over in-state nemesis Troy on Tuesday night at Riddle-Pace Field.

The win kept JSU's winning streak intact at four consecutive after sweeping Eastern Illinois last weekend and moved to 13-8 overall.  Troy fell to 11-13 on the season after winning a weekend series against Arkansas-Little Rock.  The Gamecocks' first midweek road win also was the fourth consecutive over the Trojans as Jax State pounded out an 18-4 win earlier in the season at Rudy Abbott Field.  The last time JSU won four in a row over the Trojans since the last meeting of 1975 and carried over to the three games in 1976.

JSU pounded out 17 hits in the first meeting back on March 11, posted double figure hit totals with 12 hits.  The Gamecocks used the home run ball early as sophomore Joe McGuire re-acquainted himself with his former Oxford High School teammate, Tucker Simpson, with a two-run blast over the right field wall to stake Campbell with a two-run lead.  McGuire finished the night 2-for-5 after his second hit off of Simpson in the third.

That is all the Rainsville, Alabama-native needed as he would silence the Trojans' bats for 8.1 innings.  The transfer from Wallace State Community College retired every Trojan until a hit by a pitch in the sixth inning.  Before the lone hit given up by Campbell, he issued a walk in the eighth.  He stuck out four and faced 28 Trojan batters.

Troy plated its lone run with an RBI single from Logan Hill.

The Gamecocks extended the lead in the third with a three-run third after an RBI singles by Paschal Petrongolo and a key two-run single by Paul Angel.  JSU plated its sixth run of the night in the fourth after a pair of doubles.  Catcher Daniel Gaither drilled a two-bagger down the right field line and was plated by Daniel Clayton's double down the third base line.   

Petrongolo belted his third home run of the season in the seventh with a two-run blast over the right field wall.  He drove in three runs and finished with a pair of hits in the win.  Gavin Golsan turned in a three-hit outing with three singles.

JSU returns to action on Wednesday in Birmingham, Alabama with a Wednesday evening contest at Samford.  First pitch is set for 6 p.m. at Joe Lee Griffin Stadium.  The contest is a make up from an earlier contest that was postponed due to weather earlier in the season.