
Jax State Evens Series with Baseball Bears
May 02, 2026 | Baseball
SPRINGFIELD – Jacksonville State handed Missouri State just its second home loss of the season Saturday afternoon and tied the weekend series at one game apiece with a 10-2 victory at Route 66 Stadium, reversing the score from Mo State's win on Friday.
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Jax State (37-10, 19-4 Conference USA) got seven shutout innings from starter Beau Bryans and scored in five consecutive innings beginning with the fifth frame to drop the Bears to 27-16 overall and 15-8 in league play.
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The Gamecocks broke a scoreless tie in the fifth with a three-run homer from Jaxon Pate, added a two-run single in the sixth, hit two triples as part of a three-run seventh and made it 9-0 in the eighth with a two-out single.
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The Bears broke up the shutout in the bottom of the eighth, opening with a pair of singles including Bryce Cermenelli extending his hitting streak to 26 games. Logan Fyffe followed with an RBI double and Curry Sutherland hit a sacrifice fly for the Mo State runs. Jax State tallied another RBI single in the ninth for the 10-2 final.
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Jax Ryan collected Mo State's only multi-hit game by going 2-for-3 with a walk and stolen base. Brock Lucas (4-4) took the loss with his only blemish the three-run homer in the fifth frame.
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The series concludes at 12 p.m. Sunday. Mo State will honor its senior class in a pregame ceremony at 11:40 a.m.
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Jax State (37-10, 19-4 Conference USA) got seven shutout innings from starter Beau Bryans and scored in five consecutive innings beginning with the fifth frame to drop the Bears to 27-16 overall and 15-8 in league play.
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The Gamecocks broke a scoreless tie in the fifth with a three-run homer from Jaxon Pate, added a two-run single in the sixth, hit two triples as part of a three-run seventh and made it 9-0 in the eighth with a two-out single.
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The Bears broke up the shutout in the bottom of the eighth, opening with a pair of singles including Bryce Cermenelli extending his hitting streak to 26 games. Logan Fyffe followed with an RBI double and Curry Sutherland hit a sacrifice fly for the Mo State runs. Jax State tallied another RBI single in the ninth for the 10-2 final.
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Jax Ryan collected Mo State's only multi-hit game by going 2-for-3 with a walk and stolen base. Brock Lucas (4-4) took the loss with his only blemish the three-run homer in the fifth frame.
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The series concludes at 12 p.m. Sunday. Mo State will honor its senior class in a pregame ceremony at 11:40 a.m.
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Beau Bryans (6-0)
L: Lucas, Brock (4-4)
Batting:
3B: Grayson Ashe 1 ; Brady Thomas 1
HR: Jaxon Pate 1
RBI: Jaxon Pate 3 ; Trey King 1 ; Grayson Ashe 1 ; Brady Thomas 1 ; Cooper Blauser 1 ; Trey Majette 1 ; Orlando Pena 2
SH: Caleb Johnson 1 ; Ace Williamson 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Jaxon Pate 2 ; Grayson Ashe 2 ; Brady Thomas 1 ; Greg LaChance 1 ; Cooper Blauser 1 ; Trey Majette 1 ; Orlando Pena 1 ; Ace Williamson 1
SB: Ace Williamson 1
CS: Trey King 1

Batting:
2B: Fyffe, Logan 1
RBI: Fyffe, Logan 1 ; Sutherland, Curry 1
SF: Sutherland, Curry 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Cermenelli, Bryce 1 ; Ryan, Jax 1
SB: Ryan, Jax 1
HBP: Sutherland, Curry 1 ; Beaman, Jackson 1
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