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Austin Peay State University baseball team defeats Illinois State 9-6

Austin Peay State University GovernorsClarksville, TN – It was a beautiful day for baseball at Raymond C. Hand Park, and Austin Peay took full advantage of it.

After having its offense held in check for four innings, Saturday afternoon at Raymond C. Hand Park, Austin Peay State University’s baseball team exploded for eight runs in the bottom of the fifth against three Illinois State pitchers, as the Governors rallied for a 9-6 victory over the Redbirds.

APSU Men's Baseball.
APSU Men’s Baseball.

Austin Peay (5-1), who only had one hit through the first four innings, opened up the bottom of the fifth inning with back-to-back-to-back singles from Craig Massoni, Cody Hudson and P.J. Torres – with Torres’ single driving in the first run of the game for the Govs.

Dylan Riner drew a walk in between two strikeouts to load the bases for Austin Peay, which was followed by a bases-loaded walk to pinch hitter Brett Carlson to force in Massoni to cut the Redbirds (2-3) lead to 4-2.

The Govs would tie the game 4-4 on a two-run double to center by Jordan Hankins, and then take its first lead of the day when Illinois State center fielder Chad Hinshaw’s throw to third base got away and allowed Carlson score the go-ahead run to make it 5-4.

Reed HarperAustin Peay wasn’t done, with Reed Harper following with an RBI single — and after Massoni’s second hit of the inning – Harper scored on an error by the Redbirds shortstop. The final run of the inning would come on a base-loaded walk to Kyle Schlatter, which closed the inning with the Govs getting six hits, three walks and seeing Illinois State commit five errors.

The rally would make a winner out of Governors starter Casey Delgado (1-1), who went the first five innings allowing four runs – three earned – on five hits and two walks. He struck out four. Tyler Rogers picked up his first save of the season with a scoreless ninth inning.

The Govs would tack on a run in the bottom of the seventh on an RBI single by Schlatter, to make it 9-4, before the Redbirds closed out the day’s scoring with two runs in the eighth inning on a two-run double by Brett Kay for the 9-6 final score. Hudson would lead the Govs with three hits, while Hankins and Massoni had two hits each.

Casey DelgadoIllinois State’s Chad Hinshaw led off the game for the Redbirds with a flared single into short right field, but Govs right fielder Rolando Gautier let the ball get past him and Hinshaw advanced to second base. Both runners would move up a base on a double steal, with Delgado recording a strikeout on the play.

Illinois State’s Eric Aguilera would follow by driving in his fourth RBI of the series, on a ground ball to second ball, bringing in Hinshaw with the game’s first run – and give the Redbirds their first lead of the series, 1-0.

Austin Peay looked like it had a chance to at least tie the game in the bottom of the second inning, as they got two runners on, with Massoni drawing a walk and Hudson reaching on a bunt single, but Torres skied a ball into short right where Redbirds second baseman Marshall Vallandingham dropped the ball, but the umpires had invoked the infield fly rule and Massoni – who thought he had to advance to second – was thrown out at second base to end the inning and the threat.

Illinois State would double its lead in the top of the third inning, as Hinshaw hammered a 3-1 pitch by Delgado over the fence in left-center field to make it 2-0. The Redbirds would continue to add to its lead in the fourth inning, with Kyle Stanton doubling in Aguilera – who opened the inning with a single – all the way around from first base to give Illinois State a 3-0 advantage.

An error by Govs third baseman Kevin Corey would lead to Illinois State’s fourth run of the game in the fifth inning, with Aguilera driving in Hinshaw – who reached on the error – with a single.

The two teams conclude the three-game series Sunday, with a 1:00pm contest.

Box Score

Illinois State at Austin Peay
February 23rd, 2013 at Clarksville, TN (Raymond C. Hand Park)

Illinois State 6 (2-3)
Player ab r h rbi bb so po a lob
HINSHAW, Chad cf 4 4 3 1 1 0 1 0 0
KAY, Brett ss 4 0 1 2 1 1 2 3 3
JOHNSON, Zac 3b 4 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 1
AGUILERA, Eric rf 5 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0
STANTON, Kyle 1b 4 0 2 1 1 1 11 0 3
VALLANDINGHAM, M 2b 4 0 0 0 1 2 4 1 1
CZESZEWSKI, Jack dh 5 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0
STEWART, Brock lf 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3
KRENZ, Matt c 3 0 0 0 1 1 6 3 0
CRAIG, Dylan p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
LEARNARD, JD p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
HEADEAN, Will p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
Totals 38 6 10 6 6 7 24 12 11

 

Austin Peay 9 (5-1)
Player ab r h rbi bb so po a lob
GAUTIER, Rolando rf 5 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0
COREY, Kevin 3b 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0
CARLSON, Brett ph/3b 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0
HANKINS, Jordan 2b 5 1 2 2 0 2 1 4 0
HARPER, Reed ss 3 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1
MASSONI, Craig 1b 3 2 2 0 1 0 10 0 0
HUDSON, Cody cf 4 2 3 0 0 0 4 0 0
TORRES, P.J. c 3 1 1 1 1 0 6 1 1
SCHLATTER, Kyle dh 3 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 0
RINER, Dylan lf 3 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 4
DELGADO, Casey p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
LINDLEY, Hunter p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
KEMMER, Kacy p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CARKUFF, Jared p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
ROGERS, Tyler p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 9 10 7 6 8 27 8 7

 

Score by Innings                    R  H  E
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Illinois State...... 101 110 020 -  6 10  6
Austin Peay......... 000 080 10X -  9 10  2
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E – HINSHAW, C(2); KAY, B(1); JOHNSON, Z(3); VALLANDINGHA(1); STEWART, B(1); CRAIG, D(1); GAUTIER, R.(1); COREY, K.(3). DP – ILST 2. LOB – ILST 11; APSU 7. 2B – KAY, B(1); STANTON, K(1); CZESZEWSKI(1); HANKINS, J.(2); HUDSON, C.(3). HR – HINSHAW, C(1). HBP – HARPER, Re.. SH – CARLSON, B.(1). SB – HINSHAW, C 2(2); KAY, B(2). CS – HARPER, Re.(1).
Hank Bonecutter
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