Box Score SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Abilene Christian evened its series with Sacramento State with a 9-2 win on Saturday.
The Wildcats broke a scoreless tie with five runs in the second inning.
Benjamin Greer gave ACU a 1-0 lead with an RBI single and
Zandt Payne and
Gino D'Alessio tacked on two-run singles.
Aaron Staehely tripled in a run in the third and scored on a sacrifice fly by Greer to make it 7-0 in the third inning.
SSU scored twice in the sixth but ACU answered with a two-run single by
Jack Nielsen in the eighth for the final margin.
The Wildcats had 13 hits, led by Payne,
Miller Ladusau,
Maddox Miesse and Greer. Payne and Ladusau had doubles. ACU also had singles by
DJ Van Atten and
Garrett Williams.
Iain Campa pitched five scoreless innings with four strikeouts to collect his fourth win of the season.
The Wildcats and Hornets play for the series win at 1 p.m. Central on Sunday.
