JACKSONVILLE – Senior Nic Gaddis collected three hits and three RBI in Jacksonville State's 9-5 setback to in-state foe Alabama State on Wednesday evening on Rudy Abbott Field at Jim Case Stadium.

The Gamecocks dropped to 11-14 overall and will close out the month of March and a four-game homestand this weekend hosting Tennessee Tech in an Ohio Valley Conference weekend on the home turf.  The series opener with the Golden Eagles is set for 6 p.m.  The series will continue on Saturday at 6 p.m. and conclude on Sunday at 1 p.m.  Tickets for the series are available online at JSUGamecockSports.com.  All JSU students and fans 18 years old and younger are admitted free to all JSU baseball games.

Gaddis extended his on-base streak to 16 consecutive games with a single in his first at bat and added a two RBI double in the seventh.  The Trenton, Georgia native, who started at third base and then moved to centerfield for the ninth inning, capped off his night with a solo home run over the left field wall.  Gaddis' fifth home run of the season traveled 355 feet and left the bat at 100 miles per hour.  His on-base streak ranks among the best in the OVC.  After Wednesday night, it ranked sixth-best in the league.  He reached base four times with his 20th walk of the season.

Jax State played from behind the entire night and had chances to get even but stranded 10 on the base paths.  The Hornets (14-13) posted single runs in the second and third inning off oj JSU starter Andrew Naismith.  The Auburn, Alabama product scattered four hits in his four innings of work and fanned three.

An RBI single by Nash Adams plated JSU's first run of the contest in the fifth.  Adams' base hit scored Chase Robinson, who connected on a leadoff triple.  After ASU pushed the deficit out to 3-1 with a run in the visitors' half of the sixth, an error by the Hornets scored a Gamecock run.  Junior Taylor Craven's ground ball was misplayed, scoring Gaddis from second base. 

The Hornets broke the game open with a four-run seventh, which was highlighted by four hits put together by Hornets.  The big blow was a two-out, two-RBI double by Noel Cheneau.  Jax State trimmed ASU's lead to 9-4 with Gaddis' double in the seventh.

Adams was the other Gamecock to have multiple hits against ASU pitching.  ASU starter Jeremy Rivera went 6.1 innings and touched for eight hits but collected six strikeouts to pick up his third win of the season.  Naismith was tagged with the loss.  Alexander Castro finished the game for the Hornets and posted five strikeouts. 

All three games of the weekend set with the Golden Eagles of TTU will be available on ESPN+ and on the Gamecock Sports Network.