JONESBORO, Ark. (2/18/24) – Arkansas State baseball (3-0, 0-0 SBC) took care of business in the series finale against Omaha (0-3, 0-0), winning by a score of 12-0 on Sunday afternoon at Tomlinson Stadium.
 
Dylan Heine (1-0) made his Red Wolves debut on the mound and finished with five hits allowed in five scoreless innings. Coby Greiner, Jacob Conover, and Walker Williams did not allow a hit or a walk over the final four innings of play.
 
Austen Jaslove led the bats once again for A-State, going 4-for-5 with two runs scored, a home run, and an RBI. He finishes the series 10-of-14 (.714) with five RBIs, four runs scored, and two home runs.
 
Blake Burris sent a shot to the warning track in right field and slid into third base with a triple. In the next at-bat, Cason Tollett drove in the Centerfielder with an RBI-groundout to put A-State ahead 1-0 after the first.
 
Tollett drove in his second run of the game two innings later with a line drive to left field. Brandon Hager brought in another with a ground-rule double, but the Red Wolves stranded two as they entered the fourth with a 3-0 advantage.
 
The Scarlet and Black blew the game open after scoring five runs in the bottom of the sixth. Nyan Hayes and Wil French recorded back-to-back two-run singles while Tollett earned his third RBI of the game with another groundout.
 
Jaslove added on to his impressive series in the seventh with a 379-foot home run to right-centerfield. It was his second homer of the series and put the Red Wolves ahead 9-0 in the final stretch.
 
Jared Toler entered the game during the eighth and delivered a grounder into left field for an RBI-single. Nathan VerMaas also entered and sent a line-drive into centerfield for a two-run single.
 
The Scarlet and Black did not allow a hit after the sixth inning, retiring the next nine batters to cap off a series sweep. Heine earned the win while Brayden Curtis (0-1) took the loss as A-State records their second consecutive series sweep dating back to last season.
 
Tommy Raffo earned his 464^th win as the Red Wolves head coach, passing J.A. “Ike” Tomlinson for the most in program history.

NEXT UP
Arkansas State returns to action against Arkansas-Pine Bluff on Tuesday, February 20 at Tomlinson Stadium. First pitch is set for 6:00 p.m. on ESPN+, and the radio broadcast can be heard on 95.3/96.9 The Ticket Radio Network along with the A-State Red Wolves mobile app.
 
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