Bats Come to Life as Tigers Take Care of Red Wolves in Jonesboro

Tuesday, May 2

Jonesboro, Ark.

6:30 P.M.

University of Memphis

23-22

Arkansas State

15-26

Memphis

Arkansas State

Photo by: Brock Busick

Bats Come to Life as Tigers Take Care of Red Wolves in Jonesboro

May 02, 2023 | Baseball

Box Score

JONESBORO, Ark. – The University of Memphis baseball team exploded for 15 hits and three long balls to win its mid-week game at Arkansas State, 13-4, on Tuesday night at Tomlinson Stadium to complete the season sweep of the Red Wolves. Brayland Skinner was on base all five times he came to the plate and ended the game a home-run shy of the cycle.

With the win, Memphis improves to 23-22 (5-10 AAC) on the season. The Red Wolves slipped to 15-26 on the year with the loss.

"We got great pitching performances and capitalized offensively with guys in scoring position," head coach Kerrick Jackson said. "Brayland [Skinner] had a great day at the plate, ending a home run short of the cycle. As long as we keep moving in this direction, we're going to find ourselves in a good situation."

HOW IT HAPPENED
• The Tigers got on the board early. Austin Baskin walked to set up a Logan Kohler RBI-triple – his second three-bagger of the year, putting Memphis in front of Arkansas State 1-0 in the top of the first.
• A two-run home run by ASU's Brandon Hager in a full count with two outs in the bottom of the first gave the Red Wolves a 2-1 lead.
• Memphis tied it up at 2-2 in the top of the third when Anthony Hansen drew a bases-loaded walk to force in Brayland Skinner, who hit his 11^th double of the year to lead off the inning.
• A four-run fourth inning gave Memphis a 6-2 lead. With two outs, Skinner slapped his second extra-base hit of the game, a triple in the right-center field gap to set the table for Jake Curtis' two-run home run. A Baskin single extended the inning for another two-out, two-run home run off the bat of Kohler.
• In the fifth, Cameron Benson hit a solo home run to deep right field with one out in the inning. A two-out single by Curtis plated Skinner for his third RBI in the game, making it a 8-2 Memphis lead.
• The Tigers tacked on two more in the seventh on a two-run single by Baskin. The Red Wolves got to of their own in the bottom of the seventh to make it a 10-4 game.
• With the bases juiced in the eighth, Skinner got his third extra-base hit of the game with a two-run double off the top of the right-field wall, missing the cycle by inches. A sac-fly by Curtis plated Brennan DuBose to give the Tigers a 13-4 lead that proved final.

NOTABLES
• Memphis has won eight of the last nine matchups with Arkansas State.
• Skinner was on base all five times he came to the plate from the nine spot in the order. He had a career day, going 4-for-4 with his AAC-leading sixth triple of the year, a pair of doubles, four runs scored, two RBI and his 16th steal of the year. His second double of the game hit near the top of the right-field wall to keep him a home run shy of the cycle.
• Curtis and Baskin combined for six hits from the one and two spots in the lineup. Curtis ended 3-for-5 with four RBI, his fourth home run of the season and a pair of runs, adding a stolen base. Baskin tallied three hits with a pair of RBI and runs scored.
• Kohler went 2-for-3 on the night with three walks to go with his home run and triple. He drove in three runs and scored once.
• Benson hit his fourth home run of the season in the fifth inning. He ended the night with a pair of hits and runs scored, and drove in a run on the solo shot.
• Redshirt-freshman Glenn Green III made the start on the mound and earned the win to improve to 4-0 on the season. He went four innings and allowed two runs while striking out four and scattering three hits.
• Carson Stinnett and Caden Robinson combined to pitch the final five frames and combined to allow just four hits and a pair of runs.

UP NEXT
• The Tigers are back at home this weekend for a three-game American Athletic Conference series with South Florida (17-28, 6-9) at FedExPark Avron Fogelman Field

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