JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Jacksonville Baseball walked it off in the 10th inning Sunday afternoon, defeating West Georgia, 9-8, to complete the three-game sweep at John Sessions Stadium.
With the game tied in extra innings,
Abdriel Delgado opened the bottom of the 10th with a single before
Archer Ogbourne entered as a pinch runner. Two batters later,
Logan Baratta delivered the game-winner, ripping an RBI double off the left-center wall to bring home the winning run.
Jacksonville's offense produced throughout the afternoon, racking up a
season-high 17 hits, with all nine starters recording a hit in the victory.
How It Happened
West Georgia struck first, scoring two runs in the opening inning on a home run before adding two more in the second to take a 4-0 lead. For the third time in as many days, the Dolphins found themselves trailing early.
Jacksonville answered in the bottom of the second, as Griffin Pomper ripped an RBI double to get the Dolphins on the board. The Wolves continued to apply pressure, however, adding a run in the third and extending the lead to 7-2 in the fourth following a two-run homer.
The Dolphins began to chip away in the fifth, stringing together disciplined at-bats to cut into the deficit. Jacksonville loaded the bases before Abdriel Delgado drove in a run with a single. Griffin Pomper followed with an RBI walk, and Cade Walter worked another bases-loaded walk to bring the Dolphins within two at 7-5. The free pass marked Walter's first of three on the day, pushing his team-leading season total to 29.
Jacksonville carried that momentum into the sixth. After Derek Bermudez reached and Sam Grunberg was hit by a pitch to put two on, Delgado delivered again, lining a two-run double down the right field line to tie the game at 7-7. Logan Baratta followed with an RBI single up the middle, giving the Dolphins their first lead of the afternoon at 8-7.
West Georgia responded in the eighth with a solo home run to even the score at 8-8, setting up a tense finish.
The Dolphins' bullpen held firm down the stretch, working out of trouble in the ninth and keeping the Wolves off the board in the 10th. In the bottom half, Jacksonville capitalized, as Logan Baratta delivered a walk-off double to left field to secure the 9-8 victory.
Notables
- Jacksonville completed the three-game sweep of West Georgia and improves to 6-0 all-time at home against the Wolves.
- The Dolphins recorded a season-high 17 hits, with all nine starters collecting a hit.
- Logan Baratta delivered the walk-off RBI double in the 10th inning, finishing with four hits and three RBIs. Baratta recorded a hit in all three games of the series, including two multi-hit performances.
- Abdriel Delgado recorded a hit in all three games of the series, highlighted by a 4-for-6 performance with three RBIs and three runs scored in the finale.
- Jacksonville erased a five-run deficit, scoring six runs across the fifth and sixth innings to take the lead.
- Griffin Pomper added two RBIs, including an RBI double that accounted for Jacksonville's first run of the game.
- Sammy Mummau extended his hitting streak to nine games.
- Sam Grunberg added two more hits today, capping off one of the hottest weeks in the country at the plate. The senior finished 11-20 with 7 RBIs, including multiple important hits in each victory.
- The Dolphins have won four straight and nine of their last 11, including two ranked wins on the road.
- With FGCU falling on Sunday, the Dolphins now move into sole possession of 2nd place in the ASUN's Graphite Division.
