MONTGOMERY, Ala.| Alabama State University got two home runs from
Ali Lapread and held off a late Jackson State rally for a 6-5 win in the nightcap of a doubleheader on Sunday at the Wheeler-Watkins Baseball Complex. The Hornets claimed a 6-1 win in game one.
Laprread went 4-for-7 with a two home runs, a triple and five RBI in the doubleheader.
FINAL GM 1: Alabama State 6 | Jackson State 1
FINAL GM 2: Alabama State 6 | Jackson State 5
Location: Wheeler-Watkins Baseball Complex | Montgomery, Ala.
Records: Alabama State 24-12, 12-3 SWAC | Jackson State 19-15, 4-11 SWACs
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HOW IT HAPPENED
- Kyler McIntosh singled and scored on an Ali Lapread single for a 1-0 Hornets' lead in the first inning.
- Jackson State tied the game in the second. Cesar Saaverda singled and scored an Omar Gomez squeeze bunt.
- Alabama State scored four runs in the third to build a 5-1 lead in the fourth. Ian Matos hit a two-run home run followed by a Lapread RBI triple and a Cristian Lopez RBI single.
- Corey King doubled home Ian Matos in the fourth to make the score 6-1.
- Luis Rodriguez struck out the final two hitters to close the game in the seventh.
ON THE MOUND
- Ricardo Rivera (6-0) struck out four and yielded one run on four hits to earn the win.
- Jesse Caver (4-4) allowed six runs, five earned on 12 hits with five strikeouts to take the loss for the Tigers.
- Sebastian Colon worked 2.0 scoreless innings and allowed three hits.
INSIDE THE BOX
- The Hornets had 12 hits, notching double-digit hits for the 20th time this season.
- Matos went 2-for-4 with a two-run home run.
- Jack Hay was 2-for-4 with a run scored and triple.
- Lapread went 2-for-4 with a triple and two RBI.
- Lopez had two singles and an RBI.
HOW IT HAPPENED | GM 2
- Ty Hlll's two-run home run put Jackson State up 2-0 in the top of the first.
- Daniel Bannon singled in a run to give the Tigers a 3-0 lead in the second inning.
- The Hornets scored two runs in the bottom of the third. Matos scored on a King sacrifice fly and Jack Hay scored on a Lopez single to right field.
- Lapread hit a solo home run to tie the game 3-3 in the bottom of the third.
- The Tigers put the go ahead run at third base, but Sebastian Colon got a ground out to end the threat in the top of the sixth.
- Lapread hit his second home run of the game, belting a two-run homer to put Alabama State ahead 5-3 in the seventh.
- Lopez walked and scored on an Ian Matos sacrifice fly to extend the lead to 6-3 in the eighth.
- Jackson State scored two runs in the ninth to trim the lead to 6-5 and had the tying run at third base. Randy Flores made a leaping catch on a Myles White line drive for the final out.
ON THE MOUND | GM 2
- Sebastian Colon (2-2) picked up the win, allowing no runs with a strikeout.
- Brandon Haston (1-1) allowed two runs on three this to suffer the loss for Jackson State.
- Adiel Meledez worked 1.2 scoreless innings with two strikeouts in his first appearance of the season
- Luis Rodriguez recorded the final out to pick up his fourth save.
INSIDE THE BOX | GM 2
- Lapread went 2-for-3 with two home runs and three RBI.
- King, Lopez and Flores drove in one run apiece.
UP NEXT: Alabama State travels to South Alabama on Tuesday at 5 p.m. in Mobile, Ala.
