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BSBvsHSU(GameOneReview)
6
Winner Southern Arkansas SAU 29-18
5
Henderson State HSU 27-22
Winner
Southern Arkansas SAU
29-18
6
Final
5
Henderson State HSU
27-22
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 R H E
Southern Arkansas SAU 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 9 1
Henderson State HSU 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 7 2

W: Haynes, Isaiah (3-1) L: Payton Byrd (2-5)

Game Recap: Baseball | | Jacob Pumphrey

Muleriders use Richardson’s 11th inning blast to snag series opener from Henderson State

Bullpen works final 5.2 in relief of Adorno as SAU moves a game away from North Little Rock

ARKADELPHIA, Ark. – Will Richardson deposited a one-out pitch in the visiting-half of the eleventh inning over the left field wall for a 6-5 Southern Arkansas lead and Isaiah Haynes put the finishing touches on a collectively solid 5.2 innings of relief work from three-different arms as the Muleriders defeated Henderson State to claim game one of the Great American Conference best-of-3 series on Friday night from Clyde Berry Field. The two clubs will decide on North Little Rock in a 1 p.m. doubleheader on Saturday. Live coverage links are available at www.MuleriderAthletics.com.

Richardson's eighth home run of the season, the 58th hit by the Muleriders in 2024, was the highlight of a three-hit day for the senior. He finished with three RBI to lead SAU. Chris Lyles recorded three hits and a run scored. The two sides struck out a combined 29 times and each left a baker's dozen on the base paths.

Scoring opened for the Muleriders in the third inning as SAU answered a three-run Henderson State second on a Clay Burrows right field homer which plated Lyles, before Richardson doubled down the left field line scoring both Trace Shoup and Brandon Nicoll giving SAU a 4-3 advantage. All four runs scored via two outs.

That lead was cushioned in the fourth as Mikey McGinnis homered for the seventh time this season putting the Muleriders up 5-3. Henderson State responded with single runs in the fourth and sixth innings on Kaden Argenbright RBI singles into left field.

Both teams stranded the bases loaded in the ninth inning with HSU's Payton Byrd working through a two-out jam and Sean Sieve relieving Nate June with two outs in the frame and then pitching around a single and hit-by-pitch before retiring Luke Farrar swinging to force bonus baseball.

Jeremy Adorno went 5.1 innings allowing five hits, five runs, three walks with six strikeouts. June tossed 3.1 innings in relief facing just two over the minimum with four strikeouts. Sieve pitched a frame and Haynes tossed the final 1.1 to earn his third win of the season. In the 11th, the senior collected two quick outs, walked the third batter and then gassed up the fourth hitter to the plate after falling behind 2-0 in the count.
 
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