RICHMOND, Ky. – The Jacksonville State baseball team claimed the final game of the Eastern Kentucky series, 11-1, in run-rule fashion on Saturday on Turkey Hughes Field and Earl Combs Stadium.

The Colonels captured the series with a 9-5 decision in the opening game of the doubleheader. EKU squeaked out a 1-0 win on Friday night in the series opener. The win improved JSU to 17-17 overall and 8-7 at the midway point of the Ohio Valley Conference slate. EKU dropped the 12-22 on the season and 7-11 against OVC foes.

Jax State's win was highlighted by senior Alex Webb's production at the plate. Webb finished the day 3-for-3, reached base in all five plate appearances, and delivered five RBI in the win. Webb had a two-out double in the first inning. He connected on the first of two home runs in the game with a solo home run to start the third frame. The Columbia, Tennessee native capped off a six-run sixth inning with a grand slam to give JSU the 10-run lead needed to shorten the game. Webb finished the day with six hits after a double in the opener.

While Webb provided the offensive spark needed for the Gamecocks, junior Colin Casey turned in a solid six innings on the mound. Casey scattered three hits and did not allow an earned run. EKU's lone run in the first inning was unearned after a JSU miscue on defense. The Jacksonville, Alabama product worked around four walks and posted a strikeout in the outing. Freshman Jake Peppers tossed the final frame with a pair of strikeouts.

Redshirt junior Nash Adams, junior Alex Carignan and freshman Mason Maners all had multiple hits in the win. Senior Tre Kirklin added a pair of RBI and staved off an EKU scoring threat early in the contest with an inning-ending diving catch in left centerfield. Kirklin gave JSU its first run of the weekend with a leadoff home run in a five-run third inning of the first game.

The Gamecocks erased a 4-0 deficit in the first game with the five runs in the third inning. The big hit in the inning that saw nine hitters go to the plate was a three-run home run by Carignan. He collected three hits in the twinbill. Junior Carson Crowe recorded three hits in the setback.

EKU scored five unanswered runs and limit JSU to one hit after the third inning in which it posted five of the 11 hits.

Jax State will have a busy week ahead with a pair of midweek outings on Tuesday and Wednesday before hosting OVC leader Morehead State in a three-game weekend series on Rudy Abbott Field at Jim Case Stadium. Before the Eagles come to town, the Gamecocks will host longtime rival Troy on Tuesday, April 20 before traveling to Auburn on Wednesday, April 21. First pitch with the Trojans is set for 6 p.m. Tickets are available online at JSUGamecockSports.com. All JSU students and fans 18 years old and younger are admitted free.