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Arkansas State University

2
South Alabama USA 23-29, 11-17 Sun Belt
7
Winner Arkansas State ASU 18-31, 7-19 Sun Belt
South Alabama USA
23-29, 11-17 Sun Belt
2
Final
7
Arkansas State ASU
18-31, 7-19 Sun Belt
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
South Alabama USA 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 9 3
Arkansas State ASU 2 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 X 7 8 1

W: Draper, Hunter (1-3) L: Moore, Leif (3-2) S: Butts, Arlon (4)

Draper pitching

Game Recap: Baseball |

A-State Pitching Stifles Jaguars in Thursday Night Victory

JONESBORO, Ark. (5/18/23) – Hunter Draper and Arlon Butts combined to limit South Alabama to just two runs on Thursday night at Tomlinson Stadium-Kell Field to help the Arkansas State baseball team to a 7-2 series-opening victory.

Draper (1-3) worked the first 5 2/3 innings – tying his season best – and scattered seven hits with just one earned run allowed to earn his first career win. Butts entered with two on and two out in the sixth and fired the final 3 1/3 innings for his fourth save.

A-State (18-31, 7-19 SBC) tallied eight hits and took advantage of three errors. The Jaguars (23-29, 11-17) recorded nine hits, but left 11 men on base and hit 2-for-10 with runners in scoring position.

Brayden Caskey led the Red Wolves at the plate, going 3-for-4 with an RBI, while Wil French went 2-for-5 with a run scored. Blake Burris and Brandon Hager scored twice apiece, while Kody Darcy drove in a pair of runs.

After Draper worked a quick top of the first, A-State loaded the bases with two outs before USA starter Leif Moore walked in a pair of runs to take an early 2-0 lead. Moore (3-2) took the loss, allowing three runs on two hits in just one inning pitched.

Micah Morgan put the visitors on the board in the top of the second, driving in JG Bell, but A-State answered in the bottom half when Cross Jumper scored on a double-play ball.

The Jaguars pulled within a run in the fourth inning when Bell scored on a single by Hunter Donaldson, who went a team-best 3-for-4 with an RBI.

A bases-loaded walk to Daedrick Cail in the fifth inning plated French before Caskey drove in Burris with a single. Darcy then reached on a fielder's choice that allowed Hager to score, capping the three-run frame.

USA threatened in the sixth with two on and just one out, but Draper and Butts forced a pair of flyouts to preserve the shutout stanza.

Butts worked around a leadoff double in the seventh to work a scoreless inning, and then A-State added an insurance run after the stretch when Cail scored on an error. The righty from Cadiz, Ky., worked around a pair of base runners in both the eighth and ninth, shutting down the Jaguars for the save.

NEXT UP

A-State seeks the series win against the Jaguars on Friday, with first pitch slated for 3 p.m. The game will be broadcasted live on ESPN+, with the radio broadcast carried on FM Newstalk 102.1 KBTM/AM 1230 in Jonesboro.

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Scoring Summary

Score By Innings
Play USA ASU
ASU BOT 1st Darcy walked, RBI (3-2 BFBBFB); Caskey advanced to second; Hager advanced to third; Burris scored. 0 1
ASU BOT 1st VerMaas walked, RBI (3-2 BBKBKB); Darcy advanced to second; Caskey advanced to third; Hager scored. 0 2
USA TOP 2nd Morgan, M. singled down the rf line, RBI (1-0 B); Donaldson advanced to third; Bell scored. 1 2
ASU BOT 2nd Burris grounded into double play 2b to ss to 1b (0-0); French out on the play; Jumper scored. 1 3
USA TOP 4th Donaldson singled to left center, out at second lf to 2b, RBI (2-2 BKBFF); Bell scored, unearned. 2 3
ASU BOT 5th Cail walked, RBI (3-0 BBBB); Hager advanced to second; Burris advanced to third; French scored. 2 4
ASU BOT 5th Caskey singled to right field, RBI (2-1 KBB); Cail advanced to second; Hager advanced to third; Burris scored, unearned. 2 5
ASU BOT 5th Darcy reached on a fielder's choice, RBI (0-1 S); Caskey advanced to second; Cail out at second 3b to ss; Hager scored. 2 6
ASU BOT 7th Caskey reached on a fielder's choice, advanced to second on a throwing error by 3b, advanced to third (2-2 BKBK); Cail advanced to third, scored on a throwing error by 1b, unearned; Hager out at third 3b unassisted. 2 7

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