LIVINGSTON,
Ala. – The 10th-ranked University of
West Alabama baseball team used 14 innings, tying a
school record, to claim the weekend series from #4
Delta State on Sunday afternoon, turning back the
Statesmen 12-11.
After trading
shots through the first four extra innings of the
contest, UWA (15-4) found itself trailing 11-10
heading into the bottom of the 14th. The
Tigers used heroics to claim the series win, as
Jeremy Dorrance, who was pinch running in the
contest, scored on a fielder’s choice hit by Jeremy
Finney. Dallas Rogers started things for the Red and
White hitting a one out single to right field,
before advancing to second on a throwing error by
the third basemen on a fielder’s choice by Chris
Ransburgh. Jake DeRoy followed with a single to the
right side, scoring Rogers and tying the contest at
11-11.
Kasey Nafzger
(1-0), the sixth Tiger hurler of the contest,
received the win on the mound, pitching 2/3 of an
inning.
After opening up
with a 5-2 advantage, due to a five-run first
inning, UWA found itself holding an 8-2 lead heading
into the eighth inning. DSU added one run in the
seventh to narrow the lead to 8-3. The Statesmen
rallied with a five-run inning of their own, in the
ninth, to tie the contest at 8-8. UWA got a Rob
Dahlberg double to start the home half of the
inning, but a Clint Moody pop up resulted in a
double play that erased Dahlberg. A Todd Rea fly out
to shortstop closed the inning and sent the contest
into extra innings.
West Alabama
returns to action on Tuesday, March 4, as the Tigers
the University of Arkansas at Monticello in a
doubleheader. First pitch is scheduled for 1 p.m.
The Tigers then travel to Monticello, Ark. for a
three-game series against the Boll Weevils,
beginning on Saturday at 12 p.m.
