Two-RBI Single By Zinn Gives Maroon Game 2 Victory
October 17, 2015 | Baseball
STARKVILLE, Miss. - Delvin Zinn's two-RBI single with two outs in the top of the seventh was the difference in Maroon's 4-2 come-from-behind victory against Gray Friday night in Game 2 of Mississippi State baseball's Bulldog World Series. Maroon can clinch the best-of-five series Saturday at 3 p.m. when Game 3 takes place at Dudy Noble Field. Admission is free.
Zinn, who scored the walk-off run in Game 1 this past Wednesday, finished 1 for 3 with a pair of RBIs. Redshirt sophomore outfielder Brent Rooker also went 1 for 3 for Maroon, hitting a solo home run to left.
Maroon's pitching trio of freshman left-hander Ethan Small, junior right-hander Logan Elliot and junior righty Cole Barlow combined to toss six innings of two-run ball.
Heading to the seventh inning, Gray led 2-0 thanks to an RBI double from junior Luke Reynolds in the second and a run scored in the third courtesy of great baserunning from sophomore Ryan Gridley.
Rooker ended the shutout in the top of the seventh when he launched a solo shot with no outs to the Left Field Lounge. Following two walks, an infield flyout and a force out at second base, Maroon drew two more base on balls to load the bases. On a full count with two outs in the seventh and the tying run on third, freshman outfielder Brant Blaylock worked a bases-loaded walk to tie the game at two.
Zinn then stepped to the plate and roped a single up the middle on a 1-1 offering, allowing Maroon to take a 4-2 lead it would never relinquish.
Game 2 marked the Bulldogs' 17th scrimmage overall this fall.
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2015 Mississippi State Fall Scrimmage Schedule
Scrimmage 1 - Gray 3, Maroon 1 (Reynolds 3 RBIs, Rooker HR)
Scrimmage 2 – Maroon 4, Gray 3 (Hudson 1 ER in 3.0 IP, Rooker 2 for 3 with 2 R)
Scrimmage 3 – Maroon 9, Gray 6 (HR by Barfield and Rooker)
Scrimmage 4 – Gray 8, Maroon 5 (James 1 ER in 3.0 IP, HR by Stovall)
Scrimmage 5 – Maroon 5, Gray 1 (Small/Hughes: 9 K in 7 IP, 1 ER)
Scrimmage 6 – Maroon 6, Gray 2 (HR by Alexander and Gordon)
Scrimmage 7 – Gray 3, Maroon 2 (Tatum 4 IP, 0 ER; M. Smith 3 for 3, 3SB)
Scrimmage 8 – Maroon 4, Gray 3 (Robson 2 for 3, 2 2B; Kruger HR)
Scrimmage 9 – Maroon 11, Gray 3 (Stovall 3 for 3, Breaux 3 IP, 0 ER)
Scrimmage 10 – Gray 3, Maroon 0 (D. Brown 5 K in 3 IP, 0 ER)
Scrimmage 11 – Gray 6, Maroon 5 (Sexton 4 IP, 4 K, 0 ER)
Scrimmage 12 – Gray 4, Maroon 2 (Padgett 3 IP, 0 ER)
Scrimmage 13 – Gray 6, Maroon 3 (Lowe 3 for 3, 2 Doubles)
Scrimmage 14 – Gray 2, Maroon 0 (Barfield HR, D. Brown 5 K in 3 Shutout IP)
Scrimmage 15 – Maroon 6, Gray 2 (Rooker Walk-Off Grand Slam)
Scrimmage 16 – Maroon 4, Gray 3 - Maroon leads Bulldog World Series, 1-0
Scrimmage 17 – Maroon 4, Gray 2 - Maroon leads Bulldog World Series, 2-0
Scrimmage 18 – Saturday, Oct. 17 - 3 p.m.
Scrimmage 19 – Sunday, Oct. 18 - 1 p.m.
Scrimmage 20 – Tuesday, Oct. 20 - 5 p.m.
