University of Southern Mississippi Athletics
10/30/2026 7:54:00 PM | Baseball
HATTIESBURG, Miss. -- Cade Baker belted an extra-inning, walk-off RBI single in the bottom of the eighth inning to lift the Black squad past Gold in game for of the Southern Miss Fall Baseball World Series at Pete Taylor Park/Hill Denson Field and tie the series.
The deciding game of the best of five series will take place, Monday, at 5 p.m. Admission is free.
With Davis Gillespie placed on second to start the inning, Gillespie moved to third on a wild pitch and Gray Eubanks walked before Baker lined a single to left center, ending the game.
Gold had taken a 1-0 lead in the third when Trey Barnes doubled home Justin Word. Black tied it in the fifth as Cade Adams scored on Gillespie's RBI fielder's choice.
Luke Williams earned the win in relief for Black as he threw the final two frames and allowed no runs and no hits with four strikeouts and zero walks. Logan Pratt took the loss for Gold, giving up a run in the final frame without collecting an out.
Black's Brady Waugh doubled in the first and Bankston Walters tripled in the seventh, but Gold pitching stranded both runners. Barnes and Word each doubled for Gold.
Grayden Harris started for the Black and allowed a run on three hits with no walks and three strikeouts over three innings of work. His counterpart, Drew Harrison, did not allow a run while scattering four hits with no walks and four strikeouts.
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The deciding game of the best of five series will take place, Monday, at 5 p.m. Admission is free.
With Davis Gillespie placed on second to start the inning, Gillespie moved to third on a wild pitch and Gray Eubanks walked before Baker lined a single to left center, ending the game.
Gold had taken a 1-0 lead in the third when Trey Barnes doubled home Justin Word. Black tied it in the fifth as Cade Adams scored on Gillespie's RBI fielder's choice.
Luke Williams earned the win in relief for Black as he threw the final two frames and allowed no runs and no hits with four strikeouts and zero walks. Logan Pratt took the loss for Gold, giving up a run in the final frame without collecting an out.
Black's Brady Waugh doubled in the first and Bankston Walters tripled in the seventh, but Gold pitching stranded both runners. Barnes and Word each doubled for Gold.
Grayden Harris started for the Black and allowed a run on three hits with no walks and three strikeouts over three innings of work. His counterpart, Drew Harrison, did not allow a run while scattering four hits with no walks and four strikeouts.
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