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Jacksonville State University Athletics

Composite Calendar
Steven Cash
2
FIU FIU 13-26, 5-13 CUSA
7
Winner Jacksonville St. JAXST 33-8, 16-2 CUSA
FIU FIU
13-26, 5-13 CUSA
2
Final
7
Jacksonville St. JAXST
33-8, 16-2 CUSA
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
FIU FIU 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 4 2
Jacksonville St. JAXST 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 3 X 7 7 0

W: Cash, Steven (5-2) L: Julian Mlodzinski (3-6) S: Sleeper, Jackson (3)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Cash Fans Career-High 13, Baseball Sweeps FIU on Sunday

JACKSONVILLE — Jax State baseball swept its fifth Conference USA series behind a 13 strikeout effort from Steven Cash on Sunday at Jim Case Stadium.

Jax State improves to 33-8 and 16-2 in CUSA play, still holding onto the top spot in the conference standings, while FIU falls to 13-16 and 5-13 on the year.

Cash looked phenomenal on the mound, turning in a quality start with six innings of one run ball, striking out 13 of the 25 batters he faced in his outing.

Jackson Sleeper nailed down his third save of the season with two innings of one run ball. Sleeper arrived in a 4-1 game and mowed down the Panthers in the final frame after getting a 7-2 advantage from the batters.

FIU starter Julian Mlodzinski fell to 3-6 after conceding the first three runs of the game.

The Gamecocks were first to strike against the Panthers, with a passed ball plating Jaxon Pate for a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the first inning.

FIU evened the score in the top of the fourth inning with the first home run of the weekend from either side, emphatically tying the game at 1-1.

In the home half of the same frame, Ace Williamson laid down a sacrifice bunt to score Luke Williams, taking the lead back and for good.

An RBI-double to left field by Trey King scored Cooper Blauser to give the Gamecocks a 3-1 advantage. 

Williams would earn an RBI in the bottom of the seventh inning, when he draw a bases-loaded walk, scoring Blauser for the fourth run of the day.

FIU would cut the lead in half of a sac fly in the top of the eighth, but back-to-back home runs by Caleb Johnson (two-run homer) and Blauser (solo homer) would stretch the lead to 7-2, which would become the final.

Sleeper went three up, three down in the top of the ninth, getting the first two batters to strikeout swinging, then induce a first pitch groundout to the final batter.

The Gamecocks finished with 18 strikeouts as a pitching staff the most since the Gamecocks put up 16 against Siena on March 5, 2022. The most by the Gamecocks is 22 against SIUE on May 17, 2018.

All three starting pitchers put up quality starts this weekend.

Jax State heads south to take on rival Troy on Tuesday before returning home to take on New Mexico State in CUSA action over the next weekend.

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