The Jackson State baseball team will play the next three Southwestern Athletic Conference series at home beginning this weekend against Bethune-Cookman.

Game times at Braddy Field are 6 p.m. Friday, 3 p.m. Saturday, and 1 p.m. Sunday, with all three games streamed on the Jackson State Sports Network.

The Tigers (22-17 overall, 6-12 SWAC) are coming off a series win at Alabama A&M, as Jackson State won the final two games in Huntsville. Jatavis Melton had back-to-back games with two doubles and a home run in the Tigers' 14-8 and 15-7 wins on Saturday and Sunday. In four games last week, Melton hit .529 (9-17) with five doubles, two home runs, nine runs scored, and six RBI.

Ty Hill is second in the SWAC and 17th in the nation in batting average (.417), second in the SWAC and 13th in the country in on-base percentage (.529), is third in the SWAC in on-base plus slugging% (1.211), is second in the league in slugging% (.682), and is tied for the lead league in doubles (14). Hill is also tied for sixth in hits (56), tied for seventh in triples (three), has a career-high four home runs, and is fourth in RBI (47).

Nationally, the Tigers are tied for ninth in scoring (9.2 runs per game), tied for seventh in triples (18), 14th in total runs (351), and tied for 13th in on-base percentage (.426). Jackson State is third in the SWAC in batting average (.308), and fifth in ERA (7.37).

Bethune-Cookman (20-18, 11-5) was swept in a three-game series at SWAC East co-leader Alabama St. Luis Tuero (.350 avg., 27 runs, 20 RBI), Hylan Hall (.346 avg., four HR, 31 RBI), and Robert Moya (.333, 6 HR, 31 RBI) lead the Wildcats.

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