KENNESAW, Ga. – The Jacksonville State baseball team dropped the final game of an eight-game road trip to Kennesaw State, 12-10, on Wednesday night at Stillwell stadium.

The Gamecocks dropped to 8-11 overall and will now return to Rudy Abbott Field at Jim Case Stadium this weekend for their Ohio Valley Conference home opener. JSU will host Tennessee Tech in a weekend set beginning on Friday, March 26. The series will wrap up on Saturday with a 1 p.m. doubleheader. All three games will be available on ESPN+ and aired on the Gamecock Sports Network. Tickets are available on JSUGamecockSports.com. Admission is free to all JSU students and all fans 18 years old and younger.

JSU played uphill the entire contest as every time KSU's lead declined, the Owls were able to extend the lead. KSU (12-8) took an early 4-0 lead with four runs off of Jax State starter Jake Peppers in the first inning. The Gamecocks responded with a three-run second inning, highlighted by Nash Adams double.

The Owls would extend the lead to 7-3 through the fourth inning before Trevor Andrews delivered his first home run in a JSU uniform to open the fifth. Andrews finished with a pair of RBI after pushing a run across the plate in his first plate appearance. The Owls added three more runs in the home half of the fifth to take a comfortable 10-4 lead.

JSU crawled its way back into the midweek affair in the final three plate appearances. With the bases loaded, Carson Crowe came off the bench for a bases-clearing double to get the Gamecocks within three runs. KSU would add an unearned run in the seventh and an insurance run in the eighth. The big hit in JSU's seventh inning was a triple by Alex Strachan.

Adams added to his RBI total with an infield single, followed by JSU's second triple of the night off the bat of Tre Kirklin, scoring Adams on the play. Adams was the lone Gamecock with multiple hits in the contest.

The Gamecocks' threatened in the ninth and had the tying runs on base after an RBI single by Alex Webb.

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