{"id":880,"date":"2024-02-18T21:37:33","date_gmt":"2024-02-19T02:37:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsouthconference.com\/baseball\/?p=880"},"modified":"2024-02-18T21:37:33","modified_gmt":"2024-02-19T02:37:33","slug":"trojans-drop-sunday-doubleheader-to-mansfield","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsouthconference.com\/baseball\/2024\/02\/18\/trojans-drop-sunday-doubleheader-to-mansfield\/","title":{"rendered":"Trojans Drop Sunday Doubleheader to Mansfield"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>ETTRICK, Va<\/strong>. &#8211; Virginia State was swept in a Sunday doubleheader 8-5 in game 1 and 5-1 in game 2 against Mansfield.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>GAME 1 VSU 5 MANSFIELD 8&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The Mountaineers scored in the top of the first after two walks and a pass ball got runners on first and third before a sac fly would bring in the runner&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In the third inning after two outs a batter was hit by the pitch, stole second and advanced to third on a balk. The next batter then hit a single down the right field line to make it 2-0&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In the fourth inning the Trojans&nbsp;<dfn><a href=\"https:\/\/govsutrojans.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/jimmyll-williams\/5158\">Jimmyll Williams<\/a><\/dfn>&nbsp;would single,&nbsp;<dfn><a href=\"https:\/\/govsutrojans.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/christian-henderson\/5146\">Christian Henderson<\/a><\/dfn>&nbsp;then got a bunt single, before a sac bunt got runners on second and third with one out. &nbsp;<dfn><a href=\"https:\/\/govsutrojans.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/jaquan-tucker\/5161\">Jaquan Tucker<\/a><\/dfn>&nbsp;then doubled to tie the game at 2&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In the top of the fifth Mansfield would answer with a five spot, VSU would score two in the bottom of the fifth by a Henderson walk and&nbsp;<dfn><a href=\"https:\/\/govsutrojans.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/jamari-pooler\/5155\">Jamari Pooler<\/a><\/dfn>&nbsp;HBP&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>VSU would load the bases in the bottom of the seventh, but would only score on a pass ball allowing Henderson to come home&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>GAME 2 VSU 1 MANSFIELD 5&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>After getting two batters on via the walk a single through the right side scored the first run followed by a sac fly to score the second run in the first inning&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Mountaineers would then add another three in the top of the third&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Trojans would get something going in the bottom of the sixth as&nbsp;<dfn><a href=\"https:\/\/govsutrojans.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/avante-banks\/5140\">Avante Banks<\/a><\/dfn>&nbsp;walked advanced to second on a sac bunt then get to third on a single by Williams. Williams would then get thrown out at second but Banks would come around to score&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In the last opportunity for VSU&nbsp;<dfn><a href=\"https:\/\/govsutrojans.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/norman-jackson\/5148\">Norman Jackson<\/a><\/dfn>&nbsp;would single followed by walk to&nbsp;<dfn><a href=\"https:\/\/govsutrojans.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/jamari-pooler\/5155\">Jamari Pooler<\/a><\/dfn>, but the next three Trojans would get out to end the game&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The team is now 4-5 overall and will return to action next Saturday for a doubleheader against Holy Family starting at 1 pm.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Story courtesy <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/govsutrojans.com\" target=\"_blank\">govsutrojans.com<\/a>; Photo by <a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/@winstonchen?utm_content=creditCopyText&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_source=unsplash\">Winston Chen<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/photos\/black-and-brown-sticks-on-white-surface-Dt3dFtyUIXo?utm_content=creditCopyText&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_source=unsplash\">Unsplash<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ETTRICK, Va. &#8211; Virginia State was swept in a Sunday doubleheader 8-5 in game 1 and 5-1 in game 2 against Mansfield. 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