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MIkel Pryor
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2
Jackson State JSU 16-16
4
Winner Alabama State ALST 18-18
Jackson State JSU
16-16
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Final
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Alabama State ALST
18-18
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Jackson State JSU 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 7 0
Alabama State ALST 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 X 4 9 2

W: Power, Trey (2-2) L: Spurgeon, Stevins (2-2)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Alabama State Rallies for 4-2 Win Over Jackson State

MONTGOMERY, Ala. | Alabama State University baseball rallied from a 2-0 deficit to earn a 4-2 SWAC win over Jackson State at the Wheeler-Watkins Baseball Complex on Saturday.

The Hornets tied the game 2-2 in the sixth before scoreing two runs in the bottom of the eighth inning to take the lead for good.

Freshman Trey Power (2-2) got the win out of the bullpen for Alabama State (18-18, ). The left-hander went 3.1 shutout innings, giving up three hits, two walks and striking out two. Junior Esaid Pena started the ballgame and went 5.2 innings, surrendering two runs, zero earned, on four hits, walking two and striking out seven.

HOW IT HAPPENED

Trailing 2-0, the Hornets first put runs on the board in the sixth inning. Freshman Alex Espaillat drove in two runs for Alabama State with a single, that scored junior Kameron Douglas and junior Luke Parmentier.

The score stayed at 2-2 until the eighth inning, when the Hornets put runs on the scoreboard once again. Alabama State plated two runs off of Jackson State pitching, punctuated by a run-scoring double off the bat of senior Mikel Pryor, which brought the Hornets lead to 4-2. The score remained 4-2 for the rest of the game, as Alabama State held on for the win. 77 83 14 4 4

GAME NOTES
» Pena struck out seven Tigers hitters.
» Alabama State's highest scoring inning was the eighth, when it pushed two runs across.
» The Hornets out-hit the Tigers at a 9-7 clip.
» Alabama State went 4-for-12 (.333) with runners in scoring position.
» Alabama State pitchers limited Jackson State to just 1-for-5 (.200) with runners in scoring position.
» Alabama State pitchers faced 36 Jackson State hitters in the game, allowing six ground balls and eight fly balls while striking out nine.
» The Hornets drew four walks from Jackson State pitching.
» Senior Kyler McIntosh led the Hornets at the plate, going 2-for-4 with a double and an RBI.
» Jackson State was led offensively by senior Jordan McCladdie, who went 2-for-3.
» Senior Eric Elliott led the Tigers pitching staff, throwing six innings of two-run ball.

Alabama State and Jackson State close out the three-game series on Sunday at 1 p.m.

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