Arkansas State falls to Cincinnati

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The Arkansas State baseball team fell behind 6-1 after three innings and couldn’t make a comeback resulting in an 11-4 loss to Cincinnati Sunday afternoon in the series finale at Tomlinson Stadium.











In game one of the three game series the Bearcats took an early three-run lead in the third. Going into the seventh inning, A-State trailed Cincinnati by a score of 4-2. After a ground out to third and a double down the third base line, everything started looking up for the Red Wolves. 






Relief pitcher A.J. Kullman hit two consecutive players and issued a walk on balls making the score 4-3 with the bases loaded. Joe Schrimpf hit a two-run single to right-center to give Arkansas State the lead. With Tanner Kirby pitching a clean seventh and eighth inning, and pitching his way out of a hole in the ninth, the Red Wolves won the game 5-4.





In Saturday’s game versus the Bearcats, the Red Wolves dominated the scoreboard.





“This year’s team is the closest chemistry-wise that I have experienced,” freshman Conrad Ray said. 





That showed during the game when the Red Wolves took an early three-lead after three innings. 





Senior outfielder Garrett Rucker batted in runs on every at-bat. Rucker started the scoring for A-State with an RBI Single in the bottom of the first. Scoring continued  when Rucker drove in two runs on a triple to right field. It went over Bumpass’ head. 





The Red Wolves proved their batting ability several times during the game with every batter reaching base at least one time during the second game of the three game series.





A-State dropped the final game to sweep the series by a score of 11-4.





Arkansas State returns to action Friday at home against Louisiana Tech. First pitch is set for 6 p.m. at Tomlinson Stadium.






















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