Friday, February 21
Pete Taylor Park
6 p.m.
Southern Miss
4-1
3
vs
6
Central Arkansas
3-2
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
R
H
E
Central Arkansas
2
0
2
0
1
0
1
0
0
6
8
0
Southern Miss
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
2
3
7
2
Baseball Falls at Home Friday Night to Central Arkansas 6-3
2/21/2020 10:30:00 PM | Baseball
HATTIESBURG, Miss. – Connor Emmet collected three hits and Ben Ayala drove in three runs to lead Central Arkansas to a 6-2 road victory over Southern Miss Friday evening at Pete Taylor Park/Hill Denson Field.
The Golden Eagles (4-1) dropped their first contest of the season as the visiting Bears (3-2) jumped out to a 6-0 advantage over the first six and a half innings.
UCA jumped out in front with two runs in the opening frame, coming courtesy of a two-out, run-scoring double from Emmet and an RBI single from Ayala.
Ayala increased the lead in the third with a two-run single, before Nathaniel Sagdahl added a run-scoring single of his own in the fifth. The Bears finished their scoring with a RBI double from Josh Ragan in the seventh.
Southern Miss got on the board in the bottom half of the seventh with a solo home run from Danny Lynch, his first of the year.
The Golden Eagles then rallied for two more runs in the ninth as the strung four-straight singles together – including RBI one-baggers from Reed Trimble and Matthew Guidry – before Austen Izzio fanned to end the game.
Guidry extended his consecutive games reached base streak to 61 games, while Trimble increased his team-best hitting streak to four games.
Southern Miss starter Gabe Shepard (0-1) gave up a career-high four runs on four hits and four walks with six strikeouts to suffer the loss over 2 2/3 innings of work.
Gavin Stone evened his record to 1-1 after giving up a run on three hits with four walks and eight strikeouts over 6 2/3 to notch the win. Conner Williams got the final out to earn his third save.
The series continues with a 2 p.m., single contest Saturday.
The Golden Eagles (4-1) dropped their first contest of the season as the visiting Bears (3-2) jumped out to a 6-0 advantage over the first six and a half innings.
UCA jumped out in front with two runs in the opening frame, coming courtesy of a two-out, run-scoring double from Emmet and an RBI single from Ayala.
Ayala increased the lead in the third with a two-run single, before Nathaniel Sagdahl added a run-scoring single of his own in the fifth. The Bears finished their scoring with a RBI double from Josh Ragan in the seventh.
Southern Miss got on the board in the bottom half of the seventh with a solo home run from Danny Lynch, his first of the year.
The Golden Eagles then rallied for two more runs in the ninth as the strung four-straight singles together – including RBI one-baggers from Reed Trimble and Matthew Guidry – before Austen Izzio fanned to end the game.
Guidry extended his consecutive games reached base streak to 61 games, while Trimble increased his team-best hitting streak to four games.
Southern Miss starter Gabe Shepard (0-1) gave up a career-high four runs on four hits and four walks with six strikeouts to suffer the loss over 2 2/3 innings of work.
Gavin Stone evened his record to 1-1 after giving up a run on three hits with four walks and eight strikeouts over 6 2/3 to notch the win. Conner Williams got the final out to earn his third save.
The series continues with a 2 p.m., single contest Saturday.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Stone, Gavin (1-1)
L: Shepard, Gabe (0-1)
S: Williams, Conner (3)
Batting:
2B: Emmet, Connor 2 ; Ragan, Josh 1
RBI: Emmet, Connor 1 ; Ayala, Ben 3 ; Ragan, Josh 1 ; Sagdahl, Nathaniel 1
SH: Fiori, Cole 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Meek, Rylan 1 ; Orlando, Beau 1 ; Emmet, Connor 3 ; Ayala, Ben 1
SB: Pearson, RJ 2
HBP: Orlando, Beau 1
Batting:
HR: Lynch, Danny 1
RBI: Trimble, Reed 1 ; Guidry, Matthew 1 ; Lynch, Danny 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Montenegro, Gabe 1 ; Lynch, Danny 1 ; Dickerson, Dustin 1
Game Leaders
Hitting
AB
5
R
0
H
2
RBI
1
AB
5
R
1
H
1
RBI
0
AB
3
R
0
H
1
RBI
1
AB
3
R
1
H
1
RBI
1
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