MONTGOMERY, Ala. | Alabama State weathered two lightning delays and an early four-run deficit to close out the home portion of their schedule with a 9-7 Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) victory over Mississippi Valley State on Senior Day at the Wheeler-Watkins Baseball Complex.
Corey King (Lithonia, Ga.) powered the Hornets to victory with a pair of home runs including a three-run shot in the seventh – his 13th of the year – to give Alabama State the lead. He finished the game 3-for-5 with a pair of runs scored and five RBI, while
Kyler McIntosh (Columbus, Ind.) finished 2-for-5 with a double and RBI.
Christian Lopez (San Diego, Calif.) finished 2-for-5 with three runs scored, while
Jabronski Williams (Troy, Ala.) finished 2-for-2 with an RBI and a pair of runs scored.
Ian Matos (Toa Alta, PR) finished 2-for-4 with an RBI.
Omar Melendez (Cayey, PR), the fourth of five pitchers used in the game, picked up the win out of the bullpen working 3.0 innings. Melendez (1-0) gave up two runs (one earned) on three hits with a pair of strikeouts.
Luis Rodriguez (Canovanas, PR) picked up the save, recording the last two outs.
How It Happened
- T2 | Jose Salazar-Ortega drove home the game's first run with a sacrifice fly to right (1-0, Mississippi Valley State).
- T3 | Christopher Soeder hit a two-run home run to left (3-0, Mississippi Valley State).
- B3 | King hit a solo shot to left to put the Hornets on the board (3-1, Mississippi Valley State).
- T4 | Narvin Booker singled to left center to drive in a pair of runs (5-1, Mississippi Valley State).
- B4 | McIntosh singled up the middle to drive in Williams before Chris Lewis (Alabaster, Ala.) drew a bases loaded walk to drive in another run (5-3, Mississippi Valley State).
- B5 | King hit a sacrifice fly to center to drive in another run (5-4, Mississippi Valley State).
- B7 | King gave Alabama State the lead with his second home run of the game, a three-run shot that scored Williams and Lopez in the inning (7-5, Alabama State).
- B8 | Williams and Matos each singled through the right side to drive in runs (9-5, Alabama State).
- T9 | Booker singled to center before Maury Weaver scored on a wild pitch (9-7, Alabama State).
Up Next
Alabama State hits the road for four straight beginning on Tuesday night at Jacksonville State, with first pitch scheduled for 6 pm.
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