LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (Interstat) — Arkansas-Little Rock defeated Jacksonville State 6-3 on Sunday, May 31, in a playoff game. The Trojans improved to 39-26, while the Gamecocks dropped to 48-15.

Arkansas-Little Rock jumped ahead in the second inning on Jerdy Lopez’s two-run double, scoring Trey Hill and Cooper Chaplain unearned. Jacksonville State had taken an early lead but the Trojans tied it in the third on Angel Cano’s RBI double, plating Blake Simpson unearned.

The Gamecocks reclaimed the lead in the fourth when Caleb Johnson singled to center, driving in Matthew Cash and Greg LaChance. Arkansas-Little Rock answered in the fifth on Nico Baumbach’s RBI single to score Nolan Freund. Jacksonville State tied it again in the seventh on a Grayson Ashe groundout that scored Cooper Blauser unearned.

The Trojans took the lead for good in the eighth on Nolan Freund’s two-run single, scoring Chaplain and Lopez both unearned. Each team finished with 10 hits. The win avenged Arkansas-Little Rock’s 8-6 loss to Jacksonville State the previous day.