MONTGOMERY, Ala. | Alabama State hits the road for the second straight weekend beginning on Friday facing Jackson State in a Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) series. The series begins on Friday night at 6 pm with the second game on Saturday at 3 pm, while it concludes on Sunday at 1 pm in Jackson (Miss.).

Alabama State (20-15, 11-2) enters the weekend after falling in extra innings to 19th-ranked Auburn on Tuesday and lead the East Division by three games in the loss column over Bethune-Cookman and Florida A&M. Meanwhile, Jackson State (18-19, 6-9 SWAC) enters the weekend following a series win at. Home. The two met earlier this season in Montgomery with the Hornets sweeping at the Wheeler-Watkins Baseball Complex.

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Probable Starting Pitching Matchups
FRIDAY: ALST – Breon Pooler (RHP, Gr.) vs. JSU – Nikelle Galatas (RHP, Sr.)
SATURDAY: ALST – Kyler McIntosh (RHP, Fr.) vs. JSU – Erick Gonzales (RHP, Fr.)
SUNDAY: ALST – Austin King (RHP, Sr.) vs. JSU – Juan Marulanda (RHP, Jr.)

Leading Off

• Alabama State and Jackson State have met 74 times with Jackson State holding the series lead 42-32, with the Hornets winning the last three in the series. Jackson State leads the series 21-15 in Jackson.

About the Hornets

• Hunter May (Slidell, La.) leads the team in hitting at .336 with a 1.069 OPS while recording 40 hits with 14 doubles and four home runs. He has also scored 39 runs and driven in another 31. Cristopher DeGuzman (Fajardo, PR) is hitting .319 with six doubles and two home runs.
• Corey King (Lithonia, Ga.) leads the team with seven home runs while also hitting .317 with five doubles and three triples with 34 RBI.
• Breon Pooler (Huntsville, Ala.) leads the team with a 6-0 record and 2.39 ERA while logging 50 strikeouts in 49.0 innings, while Payton Harris (Hattiesburg (Miss.) is 3-2 with a pair of saves and a 2.49 ERA.

About the Tigers

• Ty Hill leads the team in hitting at .385 with a 1.043 OPS, collecting 12 doubles and three triples while Jatavis Melton is hitting .319 with seven doubles and a pair of home runs.
• Devontae Rhodes is hitting .313 with seven extra base hits on the season.
• Jackson State has used 19 different pitchers on the season and have recorded a 4.72 earned run average.

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