TEAM NOTES
Player of the Game: Jared Carkuff (Win, 6.0 IP, 5 H, R, 4 K)
Austin Peay (2-0) managed just three hits after five innings until scoring two runs in the 6th. Patrick Massoni scored the tying run after a wild pitch from South Dakota State starter Chris Anderson, while Alex Robles drove in the game-winning run with a sacrifice fly to right field.
It would be all the Governors needed, but Massoni was able to tack on an insurance run with a RBI single up the middle, scoring Kyle Blackburn.
It's the first 2-0 start for Austin Peay since 2012.
Carkuff allowed South Dakota's only run, but it was unearned courtesy of two errors made in the 5th inning.
Robles picked up his first career save, pitching two innings after being the Govs' number one starter a year ago.
THE LINEUP
Patrick Massoni… Massoni was one of two Govs to record a multi-hit game, going 2-for-4 with the only APSU extra base hit – a double in the 6th inning.
Cayce Bredlau… The Northwest product ripped his first hit of the season, a single, while also coming around to score.
Logan Gray … The third baseman went 0-for-3 with a pair of strikeouts and a hit by pitch.
Alex Robles… Serving as the designated hitter, Robles went 0-for-2 with a RBI sacrifice fly in the 6th.
Ridge Smith… Smith continued his hot start to the season with a 2-for-3 day, increasing his batting average to .714.
Dre Gleason… Gleason struggled at the plate on Saturday, going 0-for-3 with three strikeouts with a sacrifice bunt.
Garrett Copeland… Copeland also went 0-for-3 on the day.
Kyle Blackburn… The junior had one official at-bat with a single being the results, and was also walked and hit by a pitch.
Clayton Smithson… Smithson went 0-for-3 out of the nine spot in the order.
ON THE MOUND
Austin Peay pitchers allowed one run on eight hits in the contest, surrendering no walks while striking out seven batters.
Starting pitcher Jared Carkuff earned the win, lasting six innings with five hits, one unearned run, and four strikeouts. He also did not allow any free passes in the 24 batters he faced.
Sophomore Levi Primasing was the first arm out of the bullpen, pitching two-thirds of an inning with one hit allowed and one strikeout. Zach Walton entered next, getting the final out of the 7th inning with a strikeout.
Alex Robles pitched the final two innings, earning the first save of his career after facing eight batters, allowing a pair of hits.
