MONTGOMERY, Ala. | Kyler McIntosh (Columbus, Ind.) and
Corey King (Lithonia, Ga.) came up big for Alabama State in the bottom of the eighth inning, combining to drive in three runs for a 7-4 non-conference victory over South Alabama at the Wheeler-Watkins Baseball Complex on Tuesday night.
The win avenged a loss last week to the Jags (10-0) in Mobile but wasn't decided until the top of the ninth when South Alabama loaded the bases. A low lone drive was fielded by McIntosh who caught the ball and tagged the bag at first all in one motion for the double play before he was able to put the game away on the final out.
King led Alabama State (19-14) at the plate, finishing 2-for-5 with three RBI, while
Jabronski Williams (Troy, Ala.) finished 2-for-4 with a pair of runs scored and McIntosh 2-for-4. Meanwhile,
Payton Harris (Hattiesburg, Miss.) got the win out of the bullpen, improving to 2-2 on the season. He worked 1.2 innings in relief of
Omar Melendez (Cayey, PR).
Osvaldo Mendez (Carolina, PR) came on in the ninth with the bases loaded to record his first save of the season.
How It Happened
- T1 | South Alabama got on the board first after Landon Jordan doubled home Erick Orbeta (1-0, South Alabama).
- B3 | King singled to right to drive home Jabronski Williams (Troy, Ala.) to tie the game (1-1).
- T4 | Jordan homered to straight away center to give the Jaguars the lead with 3 RBI on the play (4-1, South Alabama).
- B4 | Trenton Jamison (Atlanta, Ga.) singled to center to drive home Cristopher DeGuzman (Fajardo, PR) before Williams singled to center to drive in Hunter May (Slidell, La.) to pull within a run (4-3, South Alabama).
- B6 | Alabama State tied the game as Jamison scored on a wild pitch (4-4).
- B8 | McIntosh drove home the go ahead run with a single to the gap to score Williams before King drove a ball over the left center wall for his sixth home run of the season (7-4, Alabama State).
Up Next
Alabama State returns to action this weekend in a Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) series on the road against Mississippi Valley State and due to weather predicted for the area the teams will play a doubleheader on Friday beginning at 1 pm and a single game on Saturday at 12 pm.
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