KENNESAW, Ga. – The Jacksonville State baseball team outlasted Kennesaw State in a 14-10, 15-inning, marathon on Tuesday night at Stillwell Stadium on the KSU campus.

The Gamecocks bounced back from falling to the Owls last week in Jacksonville.  JSU improved to 7-8 on the season, while KSU dropped to 10-7 overall.  The 15-inning affair was the longest since JSU's 16-inning confrontation with Troy in 2016.  The extended affair brought back memories of the JSU-KSU Sunday match up in 2014 that went 17 innings.  JSU claimed a 9-8 decision at Rudy Abbott Field.

Jax State plated four runs in its last at bat after stringing together four hits and taking advantage of one of the Owls' five errors on the night.  Junior Cole Frederick, who was bumped up the leadoff spot in the order, delivered one of his five hits in the 15th to give JSU its third lead in extra innings with an RBI single.  Frederick finished with three RBI on the night and gave JSU a 6-4 lead in the ninth inning with a solo home run.  He joins senior Andrew Naismith with five hits in a single game this season.  Naismith collected five hits against Gardner-Webb earlier in the year.  Tanner Anderson posted his first RBI of the season with a double and scored on Tre Kirklin's infield single and throwing miscue.  Alex Webb finished the inning with an RBI single.

The top four hitters in JSU's lineup combined for 13 of the 16 hits on the night.  Kirklin, from Kennesaw, Georgia, opened the scoring with a two-run home run in the fourth inning.  He finished with three hits, while Webb added three hits.  Anderson tacked on a pair of hits.

JSU's three-run seventh broke up a 2-2 deadlock as a pair of miscues by KSU opened the door for a big inning.  Pinch hitter Chase Robinson had a one-out double followed by back-to-back sacrifice attempts that were misplayed by KSU to score runs.  Webb singled to right field for the third run.

The Owls always had an answer for JSU's scoring with the first of two home runs by Alex Carballo.  JSU took a 6-4 lead to KSU's last at bat, but Carballo equalized the game with a two-out, two-run home run to send the game into extra frames.

After three scoreless innings by both clubs, JSU broke the 6-6 tie with an RBI single by pinch hitter Javier Ramirez.  KSU answered again with a solo home run to start the home portion of the inning.

Jax State carried a 10-7 lead into the 14th after Kirklin scored on an error, followed by an Isaac Alexander RBI ground out.  Down to its last out, KSU rallied with three runs to extend the game.
Both teams used seven different pitchers as freshman Camden Lovrich, who started the first game against KSU, picked up the win after tossing the final 1.1 innings.

The Gamecocks will be idle from Ohio Valley Conference action this weekend and will face Samford in a three-game set in three different venues.  The series with the instate Bulldogs will begin on Friday, March 13 at Rudy Abbott Field at Jim Case Stadium.  Friday is First Responders and Military Appreciation Night.  All area first responders and members of the military will be admitted free.

The series will shift to Hoover, Alabama on Saturday at the Hoover Met.  First pitch is set for 5 p.m.  Sunday's finale is set for 2 p.m. on SU's campus.  The Friday and Sunday outings will be available on ESPN+, while all three games will be aired on the Gamecock Sports Network.