Tigers Fall 4-2 in Jonesboro

Tuesday, March 11

Jonesboro, Ark.

6 P.M.

University of Memphis

9-7

Arkansas State

7-9

Memphis

Arkansas State

Photo by: Brock Busick

Mar 11, 2025 | Baseball

Box Score

JONESBORO, Ark. – The University of Memphis baseball team dropped a midweek game to Arkansas State, 4-2, in Jonesboro, Arkansas, on Tuesday afternoon at Tomlinson Stadium.

The loss marked the first time this season the Tigers have dropped consecutive games, going to 9-7 overall. A-State improved to 7-9 with the win and has now won four in a row.

"Really disappointing loss," head coach Matt Riser said. "I really thought today would be a different kind of coming out party for us … We have to be better and we have to be tougher."

HOW IT HAPPENED
• The Red Wolves struck first in the top of the second inning when Ashton Quiller tripled to right field with two outs to score Raul Torres.
• Memphis got a run back in the top of the third inning on a Shane Cox sac-fly that drove in Seth Cox to even the game at a run apiece.
• The Red Wolves regained the lead on a Tiger error in the bottom half of the third to make it 2-1.
• In the top of the eighth, Memphis got a run on an error by A-State shortstop Patrick Engskov when Jonah Sutton put a ball in play and James Smith IV came in to score, tying the game at 2-2.
• On an 0-2 count with two down and the bases loaded in the bottom of the eighth, A-State's Cross Jumper shot a ball back up the middle that scored a pair to give the Red Wolves a 4-2 lead.
• Seth Cox led off the top of the ninth with a single for his fourth hit of the game, but the Tigers went down quietly otherwise, dropping the game 4-2.

NOTABLES
• Seth Cox had a 4-for-4 night with four singles and scored a run.
• Shane Cox ended the game 1-for-4 with an RBI.
• Smith IV went 1-for-4 and scored a run.
• Creek Robertson and Daniel Perez each had a hit.
• Junior outfielder Cade Greer pinch hit and singled in his only at-bat.
• LHP Isaac Lucas made his third start of the season on the bump and went just one scoreless inning with a strikeout and a pair of hits.
• RHP Charlie Smith threw four innings of relief, allowing a pair of unearned runs on two hits with a pair of strikeouts and one walk.
• Right-hander Will Howell was sharp in two innings of relief, striking out three while allowing no runs on four hits.
• RHP Michael Dallas was tagged with the loss to go to 0-1 after throwing 0.2 innings and allowing a pair of runs on one hit with one walk and one strikeout.

UP NEXT
• The Tigers welcome Lindenwood to FedExPark Avron Fogelman Field for a three-game series beginning Friday at 4:05 p.m.

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