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Tigers To Play Final Non-Conference Game At UAPB

5/9/2023 10:30:00 AM

The Jackson State baseball team will travel to face Arkansas-Pine Bluff in the Tigers' final non-conference game of the season Wednesday at 3 p.m.

Live stats will be available via gojsutigers.com in this second meeting of the teams this season.  JSU won at home 8-6 on February 28.

Jackson State (25-20) is coming off a third consecutive Southwestern Athletic Conference Eastern Division series win, defeating Florida A&M in the final two games over the weekend.

The Tigers hit .361 against the Rattlers, with Myles White, Daniel Bannon, and Jatavis Melton each with five hits in the series, with Bannon extending his hitting streak to a season-best 18 games. Ty Hill hit his sixth homer of the season in Friday's game, and Caleb Evans' grand-slam on Sunday sparked the final-game win as the Tigers also tied the season series with the FAMU at three wins apiece.

Ty Hill ranks third in the SWAC in batting average (.410), second in the SWAC and 11th in the nation in on-base percentage (.527), is third in the SWAC in on-base plus slugging% (1.192), is third in the league in slugging% (.665), and is tied for sixth in the league in doubles (15). Hill is also tied for seventh in hits (62), tied for third in triples (four), has a career-high six home runs, and is fourth in RBI (51).

Nationally, the Tigers are tied for 13th in scoring (8.8 runs per game), tied for sixth in triples (21), are 20th in total runs (396), and is 15th in on-base percentage (.422). Jackson State is third in the SWAC in batting average (.309), and fourth in ERA (7.09).

Arkansas-Pine Bluff (17-27) has won five games in a row, all in SWAC Western Division play with two victories over Southern and a series sweep at Alcorn. JaKobi Jackson leads the Golden Lions in hitting (.372 avg).

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