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Tigers Baseball
The Grambling State University baseball team opened up a seven run lead in the first inning, breezing past Alcorn State 10-4 at McGowan Stadium on Saturday afternoon.
GSU won Friday’s first game 17-0 and Sunday’s finale was postponed due to weather.
GSU (16-18 overall, 11-3 SWAC) used a quick start to jump on ASU early, leading 7-0 heading into the bottom of the first. Trey Burrell III smoked a lead off, bit was thrown out trying to stretch it into a triple. Kyle Walker followed that with a double of his own.
Trevor Hatton stroked a single up the middle, scoring Walker from second and giving GSU a 1-0 advantage. After GSU loaded the bases. Chris Marcellus singled in a run to make it 2-0. Following a strikeout, Jose Vargas smacked a two-RBI single into left field, extending the lead to 4-0. After wild pitch plated another run, Burrell returned to plate and spanked a two RBI triple to right center field.
Alcorn State (5-26, 2,12) never recovered from the early onslaught and wasn’t able to threaten the Tigers the rest of the way.
Hatton and Vargas led GSU at the plate, as both players notched three-hit games. Hatton went 3-for-5 with an RBI, Vargas went 3-for-4 with two runs driven in.
Connor Rudy (3-1) earned the win, pitching seven innings, allowing four runs on 10 hits. He also struck out eight batters.
Kewan Braziel (0-1) was charged with the loss for the Braves. He pitched four innings, allowing eight runs on 11 hits.
Lady Tigers Softball
The Grambling State University softball team split its doubleheader at Prairie View A&M on Saturday, dropping game one 3-0 and winning 9-1 in the second game.
GSU now sits at 25-16-1 overall, and 11-6 in the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC). Prairie View A&M moves to 21-16, 17-1 in the SWAC.
Grambling State struggled to get anything going at the plate in Game 1, only scratching out one hit in the contest. That hit was a single from Jayda Williams in the fourth inning.
Starting pitcher Dacia Richard (8-5) had a solid outing for the Lady Tigers, allowing three runs, two earned, on seven hits. She also struck out four batters and walked three.
Prairie View A&M grabbed the lead in the third inning, bring two runs around to score. The first run came courtesy of a fielding error, while a one-out RBI single by Jaylyn Davis made it 2-0.
A sacrifice fly pushed PVAMU’s lead to 3-0 in the bottom of the fifth.
Jerrica Rojas (6-0) got the complete game win for the Lady Panthers, striking out seven batters and walking two.
Grambling State bounced back in a major way in the second contest, handing Prairie View A&M its first loss in conference play.
The Lady Tigers hit the ball much better, tallying 13 hits. Four GSU batters had multi-hit games. Cadashia Collins went 2-for-4 with two RBI. Jayda Williams and Leighton Krushall also both went 2-for-4, with Krushall driving in three runs. Ta’Mya Johnson was 2-for-3 with an RBI.
Trailing 1-0 at the end of the first inning, a pair of errors and a walk allowed GSU to load the bases. An RBI single into centerfield by Krushall brought Tytianna Robinson in to score and tie the game 1-1.
GSU grew its lead in the third winning. After loading the bases again, Ta’Mya Johnson legged out a single to second base, scoring Collins. Krushall stretched the lead to 4-1 with two-RBI single to right centerfield.
After adding another run in the fifth, the Lady Tigers put up another three spot in the sixth. Collins singled in two runs, giving GSU a 7-1 advantage. Collins scored on a double play at the end of the inning to make it 8-1.
Khahli Mason notched RBI single in the top of seventh to score GSU’s final run of the day.
Sherrell Matthews (3-2) notched her third win of the season, working 6.2 innings ion relief, holding PVAMU scoreless on three hits. She also struck out tow and issued three walks.
Peyton Shells got the start for GSU, surrendering one run on three hits.
Breanna Reyes (2-4) was charged with the loss. She gave up four runs on five hits.
