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Austin Peay State University Governors Baseball pounds Southern Illinois Salukis 17-6

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Austin Peay State University Governors - APSUClarksville, TN – Austin Peay State University baseball team struck early and struck often against Southern Illinois, Wednesday, pounding the Salukis for a 17-6 win at Raymond C. Hand Park.

The Govs pounded out 19 hits, one off their season high, including eight with two outs and seven with runners in scoring position. Austin Peay accumulated 13 two-out RBI against the Salukis.

Austin Peay Baseball. (APSU Sports Information)
Austin Peay Baseball. (APSU Sports Information)

Austin Peay (20-14) got on the board first with a five-run second inning. After back-to-back singles by junior Josh Wilson and sophomore Alex Robles and a walk to sophomore Chase Hamilton loaded the bases, Wilson opened the scoring via a balk from SIU hurler Connor McFadden.

After a strike out and a Ridge Smith walk loaded the bases again, sophomore Cayce Bredlau brought Robles and Hamilton around to score on a single through the right side. After a Garrett Copeland walk brought the sacks full of Governors yet again, sophomore Logan Gray capped the barrage with a two-run single under the diving glove of Ryan Sabo.

APSU's Dre GleasonThe Salukis loaded the bases in the top of the third, bringing in a pair of runs, but the Govs avoided true damage thanks to a timely 4-6-3 double play with the sacks full.

Southern Illinois (7-30) tacked on another run in the top of the fourth, but the Govs answered with four in the home half. Wilson scored Bredlau and Smith on a single to right, while a Dre Gleason double two batters later scored Wilson and Robles to make it 9-3. The Govs reached double-digits in the fifth when a Bredlau single up the middle brought in Smith following his lead-off double.

Meanwhile, sophomore Caleb Powell was sterling in his mid-week start, tossing five hits and three runs (two earned) over five innings to notch his season’s fifth victory.

APSU's Caleb PowellThe Governor onslaught continued in the bottom of the sixth, scoring six runs. Gleason crushed an opposite-field solo home run, his season’s third, and Gray added a three-run blast later in the inning as part of a five-RBI day, his second-highest total this season. Copeland also added a two-run single in the frame. An eighth-inning, pinch-hit triple from Wesley Purcell capped the scoring for the Govs.

Smith reached base in all six plate appearances, with two walks, two singles and a double, in addition to reaching via fielder’s choice. He scored five times, the first time a Gov has scored five runs in a game since Rolando Gautier against Morehead State in 2011 and one shy of the school record. Bredlau, Copeland and Gleason each collected three hits apiece.

Austin Peay closed out its six-game homestand with a 4-2 mark and will travel to Eastern Kentucky for a three-game Ohio Valley Conference set in Richmond, set for a Friday start.

Box Score

Southern Illinois (7-30) -vs- Austin Peay (20-14)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Southern Illinois 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 3 6 9 0
Austin Peay 0 5 0 4 1 6 0 1 X 17 19 3

W: POWELL, Caleb (5-1)     L: McFadden,Connor (0-1)

 

Southern Illinois 6

Player AB R H RBI BB SO LOB
ss Slone,Chase 5 0 1 0 0 0 1
2b Farmer,Will 4 0 0 0 0 1 0
1b/lf Lambert,Greg 4 0 0 0 0 0 1
dh Hand,Jake 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
ph DeMuri,JC 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
rf Rolland,Tyler 2 1 1 0 1 0 0
rf Klein,Michael 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
c Hutchins,Nick 4 1 2 1 0 0 1
lf Osborne,Parker 2 1 1 1 0 0 0
ph/1b Anderson,Hunter 2 0 0 0 0 1 0
3b Sabo,Ryan 3 2 1 0 0 1 1
cf Mucha,Dyllin 2 0 1 0 0 0 0
ph/cf Mosley,Braden 2 1 2 2 0 0 0
p McFadden,Connor 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
p Holderman,Colin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
p Shimkus,Anthony 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
p Williams,Jacob 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
p Granath,Jack 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 6 9 4 1 3 4

 

Batting

2B:Rolland,Tyler (1); Sabo,Ryan (1)
HR:Hutchins,Nick (1); Mosley,Braden (1)

Baserunning

HBP:Sabo,Ryan (1)

 

Austin Peay 17

Player AB R H RBI BB SO LOB
c SMITH, Ridge 4 5 3 0 2 0 0
lf BREDLAU, Cayce 4 3 3 3 1 0 0
ph/lf PURCELL, Wesley 1 0 1 1 0 0 0
2b COPELAND, Garrett 5 1 3 2 1 1 0
3b GRAY, Logan 6 1 2 5 0 1 2
rf WILSON, Josh 4 2 2 2 0 0 4
ph/rf BLACKBURN, Kyle 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
dh ROBLES, Alex 4 2 2 0 0 0 0
ph SMITHSON, Clayton 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1b GLEASON, Dre 4 1 3 3 0 1 0
cf HAMILTON, Chase 3 2 0 0 2 0 1
ss WILLIS, Imani 4 0 0 0 1 2 1
p POWELL, Caleb 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
p LINDLEY, Hunter 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
p SPARKS, John 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
p GAURA, A.J. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 41 17 19 16 7 5 8

 

Batting

2B:SMITH, Ridge (1); BREDLAU, Cayce (1); GLEASON, Dre (1)
3B:PURCELL, Wesley (1)
HR:GRAY, Logan (1); GLEASON, Dre (1)
SH:GLEASON, Dre (1)

Baserunning

SB:COPELAND, Garrett (1)

Fielding

E:SMITH, Ridge (1); WILLIS, Imani (2)

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