CLEVELAND, Miss. - The Christian Brothers University baseball team dropped a 10-8 contest to Delta State, on Sunday, at Ferriss Field. The game saw a combined 18 runs and 31 hits.
FINAL: #25 DELTA STATE 10 (30-13, 20-7 GSC) CBU 8 (11-35, 6-24 GSC)
GAME CHANGER:
- The Statesmen had two players record four-hit games.
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE:
- The Statesmen outhit the Bucs 16-15.
- The Bucs left 10 runners on base.
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Antonio Fernandez led the Bucs, going 4-for-5 with an RBI and a run scored.
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Jake Neese added three hits, two walks, two RBI's, and two runs scored.
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Keagan Voss and
Reid Voss finished with two hits apiece.
KEY PLAYS:
- The Bucs got on the board, in the first, with an RBI-single by Fernandez to take a 1-0 lead.
- DSU recorded back-to-back RBI base-hits to take a 2-1 after one.
- In the third, Neese tied the game at two with an RBI-single.
- The Statesmen combined for six runs in the next three innings to take an 8-2 lead.
- A home run by Neese and an RBI-single by K. Voss cut the deficit to 8-4 after six.
- Wyatt Pratt, of DSU, added a two-run double to extend the lead to 10-4.
- The Bucs combined for four runs in the eighth and ninth innings, but DSU held on for the win.
NOTABLES:
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Antonio Fernandez recorded a career-high four hits and tied a career-high with four RBI's.
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Jake Neese smacked his third home-run of the season and scored a career-high two runs.