Saturday, April 29
Pete Taylor Park
12 p.m.
Southern Miss
27-15, 13-7
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Arkansas State
15-24, 5-13
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Arkansas State
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Southern Miss
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Photo by: Joe Harper/bgnphoto.com
Sargent's Three RBI Leads Baseball over Arkansas State Saturday to Win Series
4/29/2023 3:08:00 PM | Baseball
HATTIESBURG, Miss. -- Christopher Sargent collected two hits and drove in three runs to lead Southern Miss past Arkansas State 4-1 Saturday afternoon at Pete Taylor Park/Hill Denson Field to capture a Sun Belt Conference series.
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The Golden Eagles (27-15 overall, 13-7 Sun Belt) won for a season-high fifth-straight time and go for a sweep of the Red Wolves with a 1 p.m., Sunday contest to complete the set.
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The home squad jumped out front with a pair of runs in the opening inning. After a leadoff walk to Matthew Etzel, Dustin Dickerson doubled to put runners on second and third. After a strikeout, Sargent knocked in both runs with a single to right-center field.
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Dickerson then increased the lead in the third with a solo homer to left - his third of the year - to give the Golden Eagles a 3-0 advantage. The Golden Eagles have now hit home runs in five consecutive games.
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The Red Wolves (15-24, 5-13) plated their only run in the fourth on a Brandon Hager solo homer to center, which was his ninth of the year.
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That was the only blemish for Golden Eagle starter Billy Oldham, who limited the Red Wolves to a run on four hits and two walks with seven strikeouts to get the victory and improve to 4-2. The Hagar homer was the first hit he surrendered with one out in the fourth.
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Southern Miss got that run back in the sixth on a Sargent leadoff homer to left-center field. It was Sargent's ninth homer of the year and 46th of his career, tying him with Brad Willcutt (2002-05) for fourth place on the school's career home run chart.
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Justin Storm threw the final two innings and only allowed a single while fanning three to earn his sixth save of the season.
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ASU starter Kyler Carmack gave up all four runs over six innings on five hits and four walks with five strikeouts to suffer the loss and fall to 4-2.
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The Golden Eagles (27-15 overall, 13-7 Sun Belt) won for a season-high fifth-straight time and go for a sweep of the Red Wolves with a 1 p.m., Sunday contest to complete the set.
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The home squad jumped out front with a pair of runs in the opening inning. After a leadoff walk to Matthew Etzel, Dustin Dickerson doubled to put runners on second and third. After a strikeout, Sargent knocked in both runs with a single to right-center field.
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Dickerson then increased the lead in the third with a solo homer to left - his third of the year - to give the Golden Eagles a 3-0 advantage. The Golden Eagles have now hit home runs in five consecutive games.
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The Red Wolves (15-24, 5-13) plated their only run in the fourth on a Brandon Hager solo homer to center, which was his ninth of the year.
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That was the only blemish for Golden Eagle starter Billy Oldham, who limited the Red Wolves to a run on four hits and two walks with seven strikeouts to get the victory and improve to 4-2. The Hagar homer was the first hit he surrendered with one out in the fourth.
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Southern Miss got that run back in the sixth on a Sargent leadoff homer to left-center field. It was Sargent's ninth homer of the year and 46th of his career, tying him with Brad Willcutt (2002-05) for fourth place on the school's career home run chart.
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Justin Storm threw the final two innings and only allowed a single while fanning three to earn his sixth save of the season.
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ASU starter Kyler Carmack gave up all four runs over six innings on five hits and four walks with five strikeouts to suffer the loss and fall to 4-2.
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Oldham, Billy (4-2)
L: Carmack, Kyler (4-2)
S: Storm, Justin (6)
Batting:
2B: Hager, Brandon 1
HR: Hager, Brandon 1
RBI: Hager, Brandon 1
SH: DeButy, Dylan 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Hager, Brandon 1
Batting:
2B: Dickerson, Dustin 1 ; Ewing, Reece 1 ; Monistere, Nick 1
HR: Dickerson, Dustin 1 ; Sargent, Christopher 1
RBI: Dickerson, Dustin 1 ; Sargent, Christopher 3
Base Running:
RUNS: Etzel, Matthew 1 ; Dickerson, Dustin 2 ; Sargent, Christopher 1
SB: Etzel, Matthew 1 ; Dickerson, Dustin 1
HBP: Parker, Tate 1
Game Leaders
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2
RBI
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AB
4
R
1
H
2
RBI
3
AB
3
R
0
H
1
RBI
0
AB
3
R
0
H
1
RBI
0
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