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JSU JSU 15-28, 3-13 CUSA
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Winner DBU DBU 33-11, 11-5 CUSA
JSU JSU
15-28, 3-13 CUSA
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DBU DBU
33-11, 11-5 CUSA
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Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
JSU JSU 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 4 9 11 3
DBU DBU 0 2 4 0 3 0 1 0 X 10 12 0

W: Johnson, Ryan (8-2) L: ADKISON, Ethan (1-2) S: Mackay, Conner (4)

Ryan Johnson (18) Dallas Baptist Patriots vs Southeast Missouri State Redhawks at Horner Ballpark in Dallas, Texas on Friday, February 16, 2024 (Photo by Eddie Kelly / ProLook Photos)

Game Recap: Baseball |

DBU Survives Late Rally to Take Down Jax State

THE RUNDOWN
DBU held on for a 10-9 win over Jacksonville State after allowing a 9-1 lead to slip away in a game that was suspended on Friday due to lightning. The Patriots and Gamecocks concluded the game on Saturday at Horner Ballpark with DBU surviving to claim their seventh win by one run this season.
 
Patriot ace Ryan Johnson struck out the side to begin the game and proceeded to do the same in the third. In 5.0 innings of work, Johnson gave up just two hits and no walks while recording 11 strikeouts and allowing just one earned run.
 
The Patriots' offense picked up the pace in the second, with Michael Dattal delivering an RBI single and advancing to second on a throwing error. Tom Poole crushed a solo home run with one out in the third inning. Two batters later, Grant Jay slammed a two-run homer, and Luke Heefner followed with a homer on the first pitch of his at-bat.
 
After Jacksonville State answered in the fourth with an RBI single to left field, cutting the deficit to 6-1, DBU added three more runs, highlighted by a two-run single from Dattalo.
 
The Gamecocks began to slowly cut into the lead in the sixth and seventh innings, starting with a two-run single by Logan Walters into right-center followed by a sacrifice fly to make it a 9-4 ballgame. Jax State added its fifth run the next inning with another sacrifice fly into centerfield.
 
Joey Nerat reached on a fielding error to bring home another run in the seventh, but the Gamecocks were far from finished. Trailing 10-5 in the top of the ninth and facing Tyler Schott, Jax State began the inning with a solo homer off the bat of pinch-hitter Hudson Walburn.
 
Jax State would add more pressure with a slashing RBI double by Caleb Johnson nto left-center, narrowing the lead to just 10-7. With one out,  Derrick Jackson Jr. launched a two-run home run to left field to inch even closer to the Patriots' lead.

Senior closer Conner Mackay relieved Schott with one out in the ninth, trying to fight off the vicious rally. Mackay struck out the first batter he faced before the lighting delay postponed the game into the next day.
 
Threatening to tie the game, the Gamecocks struck for two quick single to put runners on first and third. With two outs and the go-ahead run on base, Mackay struck out Will Fincher to give DBU a 10-9 victory.

THREE THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW
- DBU remains 1.0 games behind Louisiana Tech for 1st place in Conference USA.
- The Patriots' offense hit .500 (5-10) with two outs.
- Michael Dattalo led DBU with thre RBI and three hits in the series-opening win.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS
129 – Ryan Johnson has now struck out 129 batters on the season and is eight strikeouts away from setting the new single-season record.
3 – Tom Poole homered in his third straight game.
4 – Conner Mackay set a new career high with his 4th save of the year.
 
UP NEXT 
DBU will face Jacksonville State in game two of this Conference USA weekend series. First pitch is scheduled for 30 minutes after the conclusion of game one.

 
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Scoring Summary

Score By Innings
Play JSU DBU
DBU BOT 2nd DATTALO, M. singled to second base, RBI (0-1 K); GRADY, K. advanced to second; HEEFNER, L. advanced to third, scored on a throwing error by 2b, unearned; MANN, E. scored. 0 2
DBU BOT 3rd POOLE, T. homered to right field, RBI (0-0). 0 3
DBU BOT 3rd JAY, G. homered to right field, 2 RBI (1-1 FB); MANN, E. scored. 0 5
DBU BOT 3rd HEEFNER, L. homered to right field, RBI. 0 6
JSU TOP 4th JACKSON singled to left field, RBI (1-0 B); NORTON advanced to second; COLLINS scored. 1 6
DBU BOT 5th PENDERGAST, out at first p to ss to 1b, RBI (0-1 S); HEEFNER, L. advanced to second; JAY, G. advanced to third; MANN, E. scored. 1 7
DBU BOT 5th DATTALO, M. singled to left center, 2 RBI (3-1 KBBB); HEEFNER, L. scored; JAY, G. scored. 1 9
JSU TOP 6th WALTERS singled to right center, 2 RBI (0-2 FK); YOUNG advanced to third; JACKSON scored; MADLIAK scored. 3 9
JSU TOP 6th FINCHER flied out to cf, SF, RBI (0-2 KS); SILAS advanced to second; WALTERS advanced to third; YOUNG scored. 4 9
JSU TOP 7th MADLIAK flied out to cf, SF, RBI (1-0 B); NORTON scored. 5 9
DBU BOT 7th NERAT, J. reached on a fielding error by 1b (0-1 K); PENDERGAST, scored, unearned. 5 10
JSU TOP 9th WALBURN homered to left field, RBI (2-1 BKB). 6 10
JSU TOP 9th JOHNSON doubled to left center, RBI (0-1 F); NORTON scored. 7 10
JSU TOP 9th JACKSON homered to left field, 2 RBI (1-0 B); JOHNSON scored. 9 10

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