SAVANNAH, Ga.- Jacksonville scored four runs in the top of the 10th inning and went on to defeat Savannah State 11-7 in a game played at Tiger Field.
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The teams combined for 22 hits and 10 errors while leaving 21 men on base.
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Both squads scored twice in the first inning.
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Angel Camacho hit a two-run home run for the Ospreys while
Kyle Gerdts hit a RBI double and
Jorge Lopez hit a run scoring single for SSU.
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Camacho scored in the top of the third to give JU a 3-2 lead but the Tigers added three runs in the bottom of the inning.
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Savannah State loaded the bases when
Bryce Luken led off with a double, Lopez singled and
Turner Davis was hit by a pitch. Luken and Lopez scored when Daryl Harper reached on a fielder's choice while Davis scored when Larry Silmon reached on an error.
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Khayld Cox led off the bottom of the fourth with a single and came home on a single by Lopez to give SSU a 6-3 advantage.
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JU responded with a pair of runs in the sixth to whittle their deficit to 6-5 but the Tigers got on back in the bottom of the inning when Gerdts walked and scored when Lopez singled to right center.
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Down 7-5, Jacksonville scored in the seventh and ninth innings to tie the game at 7-7.
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SSU (12-32) could not score in the ninth and the game went into extra innings.
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Jacksonville scored four runs off two hits in the 10th while Savannah State only received a double from Gerdts.
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Lopez had four hits and drove in three runs for SSU while
Mason Calloway had three hits and Gerdts had two hits and scored twice.
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Alex Wright took the loss. Wright lasted just one third of an inning and gave up two hits, four runs and a walk.
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The Tigers had 12 hits, made six errors and left 12 on base.
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Ruben Someillan had three hits and Scott Dubrule scored three times for Jacksonville.
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Matt Meyer was the winning pitcher. Meyer pitched one inning and gave up one hit while striking out one.
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The Ospreys (26-17) had 10hits, made four errors and left nine men on base.
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