Alec Patino vs. LSU (Astros Foundation College Classic)
3
Texas State TXST 27-28, 13-16 SBC
6
Winner Southern Miss USM 36-18, 19-10 SBC
Texas State TXST
27-28, 13-16 SBC
3
Final
6
Southern Miss USM
36-18, 19-10 SBC
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Texas State TXST 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 3 9 0
Southern Miss USM 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 X 6 10 0

W: Best, Chandler (3-0) L: Zabel, Peyton (2-5) S: Allen, Colby (5)

Game Recap: Baseball | | Phillip Pongratz

Bobcats Fall Late to Golden Eagles

HATTIESBURG, Miss. – Southern Miss scored three times in the eighth inning to break a tie and go on to claim a 6-3 win over Texas State at Pete Taylor Park on Friday. The result evened up the series and makes Saturday's finale a must-win for the Bobcats to qualify for the Sun Belt Conference Tournament.
 
TXST is now 27-28 overall and 13-16 in league play while the Golden Eagles improved to 36-18 on the year and 19-10 in the conference.
 
Alec Patino finished 4-for-4 at the dish with a double as his four base knocks set a new season-high for him. Also finished with multiple hits was Kameron Weil with two. Chase Mora drove in two runs and Daylan Pena plate a run.
 
Suffering the loss was Peyton Zabel (2-5) as he surrendered two runs on two hits in an inning of relief. Chandler Best (3-0) threw 1.2 scoreless innings to pick up the win and Colby Allen worked a perfect ninth to earn his fifth save of the season.
 
Drayton Brown started and struck out two in five innings for Texas State. Jack Stroud threw a scoreless inning and both Matthew Tippie and Otto Wofford struck out a batter apiece.
 
USM jumped out to an early lead on a Slade Wilks two-run homer in the first down the left field line. The hosts would tack on another run in the third that was aided by a double that hit off the first base bag and bounced into the outfield.
 
Patino led off the fifth with a double off the centerfield wall. He would come into score on Pena's single to right center. Cade Maning would be hit by a pitch and Kameron Weil beat out a bunt for a single to load the bases. Mora took advantage and sent a 1-0 offering down the first base line for a double that brought home two and tied the game at 3-3.
 
Both teams had multiple chances to add to their run totals over the next two and a half frames. It would be the Eagles that eventually took the lead on a solo homer by Matthew Russo to begin the bottom of the eighth. They would tack on two more with two outs in the frame for insurance.
 
The series finale is scheduled for 1 p.m. on Saturday.
 
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