NEW ORLEANS, La. – Chris Biocic's bases loaded single in the ninth scored Diandre Amion from third as the Alabama State University baseball team won in walk-off fashion with a 4-3 victory over Grambling State on Saturday in a non-conference game at Wesley Barrow Stadium.
 
Alabama State (20-20), which has won two straight, opened the ninth tied at 3 when Amion singled through the right side to begin the inning. He advanced to second on a wild pitch and moved to third on Edgardo Rivera's bunt single. Hunter Allen was intentionally walked to load the bases. Biocic, who pinch hit for Oscar Prioleau, ripped a 1-1 pitch to right to plate the game-winning run.
 
Burke Echelmeier pitched 5.2 innings and didn't figure into the decision. He surrendered two runs (one earned) on five hits with four walks and three strikeouts. Patrick Coffin, who threw 97 pitches in Wednesday's loss to South Alabama, worked 2.1 innings in relief and gave up one run on two hits with three walks and tone strikeout. Austin Bizzle (4-0) picked up the win for the second straight day, pitching the ninth and fanning one.
 
Alabama State opened the scoring in the top of the first as Cage Cox, who went 2-for-4, reached on a one-out single through the right side. Carlos Ocasio was hit by a pitch and both advanced a base on a wild pitch. Gustavo Rios, who went 1-for-4, followed with a groundout to the first baseman as Cox scored from third to give the Hornets a 1-0 lead.
 
Grambling State (15-24) tied the game in the third with one run on one hit and took advantage of two Alabama State errors.
 
The Hornets answered in the fourth as Amion belted his first homer of the season to right field to give ASU a 2-1 advantage.
 
Back came the Tigers in the fifth with a run on two hits to tie the game at 2.
 
Alabama State grabbed a 3-2 advantage in the eighth as Rios smacked a 2-0 pitch over the left field wall for his team-leading sixth homer, but Grambling State answered in the top of the ninth with a run, tying the game at 3 and setting the stage for a wild ninth inning for the Hornets.
 
Isaac O'Bear pitched seven innings for Grambling State and surrendered two runs on four hits with seven strikeouts and one walk. Marlon Pruitt (0-1) worked 1.0 inning in relief and gave up two runs on three hits with one strikeout and one walk. Anthony Hernandez gave up the lone hit in relief, which helped Alabama State to the 4-3 victory.
 
The Hornets look to complete the series sweep on Sunday against Grambling State. First pitch from Wesley Barrow Stadium is scheduled for 1 p.m.
 
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