Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

ARKANSAS STATE 4, SOUTHERN ILLINOIS 3 (10)

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Arkansas State University overcame a 3-0 first-inning deficit with runs in the fourth, fifth and sixth innings to tie before taking the lead on an RBI single from Jake Bakamus in the 10th inning to earn a victory at Itchy Jones Stadium in Carbondale, Ill.

Nick Hutchins had a two-run triple, and later scored on a passed ball to give Southern Illinois a 3-0 lead.

The Red Wolves tied the game on sacrifice flies from Alex Howard in the fourth inning and Garrett Rucker in the fifth, as well as an RBI single from Drew Tipton in the sixth that scored Jeremy Brown, who was hit by a pitch to start the inning.

Justin Felix singled through the left side to start the 10th inning for ASU (12-12), advanced to second on Brown’s sacrifice bunt before scoring on the single from Bakamus. Southern Illinois (12-13) went down in order in the bottom of the 10th on a fly out and two swinging strikeouts.

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