RICHMOND, Ky. – Sophomore pitcher Derrick Adams pitched seven scoreless innings and sophomore Nic Gaddis had a two-run home run in the third inning to lead Jacksonville State to a 3-1 Friday night win over Eastern Kentucky at Turkey Hughes Field.

The win moves JSU to 21-18 overall and moved to 9-10 in Ohio Valley Conference play, while the Colonels dropped to 21-21 on the season and 7-12 in the league.

Adams was effective for seven innings as the Decatur, Alabama left hander allowed the only two hits in the first inning and was not touched for the next six frames.  Adams fanned three and issued three walks in the outing.  Junior Grant Chandler pitched a clean eighth inning before handing the ball over to redshirt junior close Justin Hoyt in the ninth.  Hoyt had to face one of the top hitter in NCAA Division I baseball in EKU's Ben Fisher.  Fisher broke up the shutout attempt with a leadoff home run.  After having the tying runs on the corners, Hoyt induced a ground ball double play to seal the game for Jax State and add his fourth save of the season.

Nic Gaddis handed Adams a two-run lead to work with in the third after collecting his second home run of the season with a shot over the left field wall.  The home run scored Chase Robinson, who walked to start the third inning.  JSU threatened to add to the lead in the sixth but could not extend the lead off of EKU starter Casey Collins.  Collins limited the Gamecocks to three hits, but walked five and posted five strike outs.

JSU added an insurance run in the eighth on an RBI sacrifice fly by Josh Bobo, scoring Joe McGuire, who started the inning with a double.

The two teams will meet again on the EKU campus on Saturday at 3 p.m. CST in game two of the weekend series.  The contest will be available on the Gamecock Sports Network.