Late Runs Cost Little Rock in Jonesboro

JONESBORO, Ark. – The Trojans led by four heading into the bottom of the seventh inning but one run in the seventh, three in the eighth and one in the ninth lifted ASU over Little Rock by a final of 9-8 on Tuesday night. The loss drops the Trojans record to 27-18 on the year as Little Rock will now look forward to returning home with a conference series against Tennessee Tech.
 
Little Rock got out to a quick lead in the top of the first when Tyler Williams blasted his eighth homerun of the year for a solo shot that gave the Trojans a 1-0 advantage.
 
Arkansas State answered in the bottom of the first inning with four runs on three hits and three of the runs coming with two outs in the inning to jump back up 4-1.
 
The Trojans saw much of the offensive production take place in the top of the second inning as Skyler Trevino kicked things off with a moonshot to right-center field that cleared the wall and hit halfway up the light pole. Walks were then drawn by Noah Brewer and Ty Rhoades before Jake Wright dumped a single into left to score Brewer. Alex Seguine wrapped up the offensive onslaught with a three run homerun to left field, his second homer of the year. By the end of the inning Little Rock had taken the 6-4 lead.
 
Little Rock added two more runs to the lead with one coming in each the fourth and fifth innings. Rhoades was able to scamper home on a passed ball in the fourth and Trevino crossed the plate on a successful safety squeeze executed by Christian Bernabe in the fifth to put the Trojans up 8-4.
 
Hoss Brewer entered the game on the mound for the bottom of the second and twirled five scoreless innings through the middle of the game, at one point retiring 10 straight batters. The Red Wolves would get one unearned run off of the righthander in the bottom of the seventh to tighten things up and reduce the lead to three.
 
ASU was able to get three runs on two hits in the bottom of the eighth to tie things up before a solo homerun to left field ended things in the bottom of the ninth.
 
Brewer was excellent in his extended relief appearance with a final line of six innings pitched, scattering four hits with no earned runs and striking out three on just 81 pitches.
 
Three Trojans hit long balls today in Seguine, Williams and Trevino as the trio combined for five of Little Rock's seven RBI, Seguine being the leader with three.
 
Luke Pectol kept his multi-hit game streak alive in a 2-for-4 game with a pair of singles, he also walked and scored once.
 
The Trojans will return to action on Friday at 6 p.m. back at Gary Hogan Field to kick off a weekend series against the Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles.
 
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