PINE BLUFF, Ark. | Alabama State University baseball scored 14 runs on 19 hits to take a 14-4 run-rule win over the University of Arkansas-Pine Bluff on Sunday.
Esaid Pena (2-3) got the win for Alabama State (13-16, 6-3). Pena went 5.1 innings, giving up one run on five hits, allowing two walks and striking out three. Senior Kyler McIntosh started the ballgame and went 1.2 shutout innings without allowing a hit.
HOW IT HAPPENED
- The Hornets scored in six different innings on the way to victory.
- Alabama State took the lead for good at 2-1 in the third inning
- The Hornets hit two home runs in the inning on the way to scoring their five runs.
GAME NOTES
» Alabama State got three-hit apiece from DJ Smiley, Luke Parmentier, Isaiah Landry and Alex Espaillat.
» Every Alabama State starter reached base safely in the win.
» Alabama State scored five runs across to take a 5-1 in the top half of the third and never lost the lead.
» Six Hornets had multiple hits in the ballgame.
» Alabama State got home runs from Agosto, Parmentier and Kameron Douglas.
» The Hornets out-hit the Golden Lions 19-7.
» Alabama State went 5-for-13 (.385) with runners in scoring position.
» Alabama State pitchers limited UAPB to just 2-for-14 (.143) with runners in scoring position.
» Alabama State pitchers faced 43 UAPB hitters in the game, allowing nine ground balls and 13 fly balls while striking out five.
» Agosto led the Hornets at the plate, going 2-for-5 with a double, a home run and three RBI.
» UAPB was led offensively by senior Gavin Terry, who went 2-for-3 with an RBI.
Alabama State hosts in-state rival Jacksonville State on Tuesday at 5 p.m. at the Wheeler-Watkins Baseball Complex.