PINE BLUFF, Ark. | Jackson State dropped the opening game of its Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) series to UAPB on Friday 5-0 at the Torii Hunter Baseball Complex.
Brandon Haston (3-7) suffered the loss working 7.1 innings allowing five runs on nine hits with a pair of strikeouts. Shemar Harris came out of the bullpen for the final 0.2 innings recording a strikeout. Jackson State (27-18, 14-11 SWAC) finished the game with six hits led by Jordan McCladdie finishing 2-for-4 with a double and stolen base.Â
Wilbert Perez finished 2-for-4 for Jackson State in the loss.
How it HappenedÂ
- 2nd inning - Trinidad DeLaGarza singled up the middle, RBI; Jesus Riera advanced to third; Vinny Saumell scored, UAPB 1-0.
- 4th inning - Kentavious Veal singled, RBI; Riera advanced to third; Saumell scored. Gavin Terry grounded out to 2b, RBI; Veal advanced to third; Riera scored, UAPB 3-0.
- 8th inning - Riera hit by pitch, RBI; Saumell advanced to second; Dane Small advanced to third; Ben VanMaanen scored, DeLaGarza flied out to lf, SAC, RBI; D. Small scored, UAPB 5-0.
Up Next
The two teams play game two of the series on Saturday with first pitch at 2 pm.
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