JACKSONVILLE – The Jacksonville State baseball team completed its Ohio Valley Conference weekend sweep of SIU Edwardsville on Sunday in the same fashion that it has done in the previous three games this week as Isaac Alexander's RBI single in the 11th inning handed JSU a 4-3 walk-off win on Sunday on Rudy Abbott Field at Jim Case Stadium.

The Gamecocks have now strung together four consecutive walk-off wins dating back to Wednesday's extra-inning walk off of eighth-ranked Georgia.  JSU opened the SIUE series with a walk-off grand slam off the bat of junior Alex Webb on Friday and claimed the series on Saturday in dramatic style as Nic Gaddis capped off his Senior Day with a solo home run to down the Cougars.

Alexander drilled the first pitch he saw from SIUE's Cole Milam in his plate appearance in the 11th to left field for the game-winning RBI with two outs in the frame.  The Muscle Shoals, Alabama shortstop pushed sophomore Cole Frederick across the plate.  Frederick, who had one of Jax State's three hits on the day and the game-tying sacrifice fly in the eighth, reached base on a walk and moved in to scoring position on a wild pitch.  SIUE pitched around Gaddis to face Alexander in the 11th.

JSU struggled offensively throughout the day against SIUE starter David Llorens and the three Cougar relievers.  Llorens was effective in five innings but was touched for a pair of runs in the fifth inning.  Redshirt freshman Nash Adams cranked a two-out, two-run home run over the left field fence.  Adams plated junior Andrew Naismith, who started the inning with a free pass from Llorens.  Adams' fifth home run of the season brought the Gamecocks within a run and gave life to the club.

SIUE tallied three runs in the first three frames to take the early lead.  Peyton Cordova-Smith recorded a two RBI double to left center off of JSU's Dylan Hathcock.  SIUE added the third run on a wild pitch in the third inning.

After the third inning, the Jax State bullpen kept the Cougars off the scoreboard over the next eight innings.  Redshirt freshman Trey Fortner was the first arm out of the bullpen with three string innings, allowing just one hit.  Sophomore Jackson Tavel tossed 2.2 innings and posted three strikeouts.  Senior Austin Brewster finished the ninth and pitched the into the 10th before freshman Michael Gilliland needed five pitches to get out of the top half of the 11th.  Gilliland picked up the win and moved to 3-1 on the season.

The Gamecocks entered the last home weekend series with a share of first place in the OVC and with the sweep of SIUE, they will head to Austin Peay next weekend with a regular season title on the line.  APSU swept Eastern Illinois in Charleston this weekend to set up the winner-of-the-series-take-all set in Clarksville, Tennessee.  Both clubs have identical 18-8 conference marks.  The series will also determine seeding for the 2019 OVC Baseball Championship in Marion, Illinois on May 22-25.  The series with the Governors will start on Thursday evening at 6 p.m. and continue with a Friday start time of 6 p.m. and wrap up the regular season on Saturday at 1 p.m.

Sunday's win also extended a streak of seven consecutive seasons with 30 or more wins.  In 18 seasons under head coach Jim Case, JSU has posted 30 or more wins in 16 of the 18 seasons.

Before Jax State leaves for Clarksville, Tennessee on Wednesday, it will cap off the inaugural season at Rudy Abbott Field at Jim Case Stadium on Tuesday, May 14 against UAB.  JSU will look to turn in a season sweep of the blazers after taking a 5-2 decision on February 26 in Birmingham.  Game time is set for 6 p.m.