DALLAS, Texas – Dallas Baptist University used the home run ball on Saturday to even the series with Jacksonville State with a 10-6 decision at Horner Ballpark on the DBU campus.

After the Gamecocks (6-3) claimed the series opener on Friday, 7-3, against the No. 23 Patriots, Sunday's series finale will be the third rubber game of the season.  JSU has claimed the first two series with wins on Sunday at Florida International and last weekend at Western Kentucky.  Sunday's game is set for 1 p.m. and it will be available via live video and audio at JSUGamecockSports.com.

The Patriots (7-3) belted a trio of home runs, scoring six of the ten runs off of the long ball to propel them to the Saturday win.  DBU had two of its three round trippers in a five-run fourth inning that erased a 6-4 Jax State lead.  Camden Duzenack started the DBU fourth with a solo home run off of JSU starter Derrick Adams, who was saddled with the loss and moved to 1-1 on the season.  After a walk by Adams, freshman Cody Dodd was greeted with an RBI double by Tim Millard to even the score at 6-6.  DBU catcher Matt Duce had the big hit in the frame with a towering three-run blast over the left field wall.

JSU started the game just like it did on Friday night with three runs in the first inning off of DBU starter Trevor Conn.  Conn allowed a one-out walk to Clayton Daniel and a single by Taylor Hawthorne before serving up a three-run home run to junior Trent Simpson down the left field line.  The home run was the first as a Gamecock for the Oxford, Alabama native.

Hawthorne highlighted the JSU batting order with four of the club's 10 hits against DBU pitching.  In his second at bat in the third, the Prattville, Alabama product laced a two-run home run over the left field wall to give the Gamecocks a 5-4 lead.  He finished the day 4-for-5 at the dish.  After a shutdown third inning by Adams, JSU pushed across its sixth run in the first four innings.  Daniel singled to right field, driving in Peyton Williams, who started a two-out rally in the fourth.

The Gamecocks were limited to four hits in the final five innings as the DBU bullpen allowed just five hits and no runs in the final five frames.  Outside of Hawthorne, Andrew Naismith, Nic Gaddis were the only two Gamecocks with hits in the last five innings.  DBU's four pitchers combined for 10 strikeouts on the afternoon.  Ray Gaither, who went 4.1 innings picked up the win in relief.  Seth Ellefge earned his third save of the season.