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Edward Waters EWU 10-13, 5-8 SIAC
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Winner Savannah State SSU 15-6, 11-4 SIAC
Edward Waters EWU
10-13, 5-8 SIAC
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Final
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Savannah State SSU
15-6, 11-4 SIAC
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Edward Waters EWU 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 2
Savannah State SSU 1 0 0 0 2 0 4 0 X 7 10 3

W: Santiago, Jose (2-1) L: Davila, Alex (3-3)

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Edward Waters EWU 10-14, 5-9 SIAC
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Winner Savannah State SSU 16-6, 12-4 SIAC
Edward Waters EWU
10-14, 5-9 SIAC
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Final
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Savannah State SSU
16-6, 12-4 SIAC
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Edward Waters EWU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 5 2
Savannah State SSU 0 0 1 3 2 1 0 1 X 8 12 0

W: Showalter, Jared (6-1) L: Valenti, Wil (3-1)

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Edward Waters EWU 10-15, 5-10 SIAC
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Winner Savannah State SSU 17-6, 13-4 SIAC
Edward Waters EWU
10-15, 5-10 SIAC
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Final
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Savannah State SSU
17-6, 13-4 SIAC
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Edward Waters EWU 0 0 1 3 0 0 1 5 10 2
Savannah State SSU 0 12 2 0 0 1 X 15 9 1

W: Peele, Enrico (6-1) L: James, Austi (0-2)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Tigers Sweep Series With Edward Waters

SAVANNAH, Ga. – Savannah State baseball swept a three-game Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC) series against Edward Waters this past weekend to hold firm in second place in the conference standings.
 
The Tigers improved to 17-6 overall and 13-4 in conference action. They trail only Albany State who is 18-5 overall and 16-1 in conference.
 
In game one of the series on Friday, SSU starting pitcher Jose Santiago and Edward Waters starter Alex Davila opened a pitching duel over the opening four innings.
 
Savannah State did get an early run with their first at-bat of the day. Lead-off man Joe Smith blasted a solo home run 350-plus yards over the left field wall. But Davila settled in after that and held the Tigers at bay until the fifth inning.
 
On defense, Santiago started off a little slow with a few walks to open but soon settled in and began registering strikeouts and easily fielding plays.
 
Omar Almodovar opened the bottom of the fifth with a double, Gabriel Patxot was hit with a pitch and Joe Smith reached on a fielder's choice that snag Patxot and pushed Almodovar to third. A sac fly from Tyler Green scored the first of two runs for the Tigers in the inning. Later, Joe Smith found home on an errant throw/attempted pick-off by the pitcher.
 
Edward Waters took advantage of two SSU errosr in the seventh to put a run on the board. But SSU fired back in the bottom of the frame, platting four runs on five hits against Davila, who was soon replaced by Je Martinez on the mound.
 
Santiago would go the length, pitching a full 9.0 innings—a rare outing in college baseball. He led the Tigers to a 7-1 win, and his second pitching win of the season, allowing four hits, no earned runs with two walks and four strikeouts.
 
Davila closed with 6.1 innings of work, allowing six earned runs on nine hits with one walk and six strikeouts.
 
Joe Smith and Almodovar led the Tigers at the plate, each going 2-for-4. Green went 2-for-2 on the day.
 
Jared Showalter pitched a gem in game one of Saturday's doubleheader. He went a full 7.0 innings, allowing no runs on three hits with two walks and seven strikeouts, facing 25 batters. The stellar work from the mound, held Edward Waters to no runs through seven.
 
On the other side of the ball, Savannah State spread out seven runs through the opening six innings. Edward Waters avoided the shutout, scoring two runs on relief pitcher Merritt Evans in the top of the eighth.
 
Savannah State sealed up the 8-2 win with another run in the bottom of the eighth, racking up 12 hits in the win. Jaden Oden led the Tigers at the plate, going 3-for-5 with a double. Champion Robbins, Hakem Smith and Almodovar each had two hits in the win.
 
The Tigers sealed up the series sweep with a massive rout in game two on Saturday.
 
In a very long second inning, the Tigers batted around the order nearly twice, scoring 12 runs on five hits taking advantage of two Edward Waters' errors for a commanding lead early on. SSU tacked on two more runs in the bottom of the third to go up 14-0.
 
Edward Waters avoided the shutout with one run in the third, three in the fourth and one more in the seventh as Savannah State cruised to a 15-5 rout.
 
Enrico Peele earned his sixth pitching win of the season after 4.0 innings of work on the mound. He allowed four earned runs on six hits with two walks and two strikeouts. Austin James was tagged with his second loss after allowing eight runs on four hits with four walks in 1.0 innings of work.
 
Joe Smith was 2-for-3 on the day while Oden was 2-for-4 with a triple.
 
Savannah State heads on the road this coming weekend for a three-game SIAC series against Miles College. First pitch on Friday is set for 4 p.m. CST.
 
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