HOUSTON, Texas | Jackson State collected double-digit hits but it wasn't enough as the Tigers fell to Texas Southern 15-9 in the second game of the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) series at MacGregor Park on Saturday.
Robert Tate Jr. finished 3-for-5 (including a home run) with 3 RBI and a pair of runs scored, five others players each picked up a pair of hits. Tyree Reed finished 2-for-3 with a pair of runs scored, while Pierre Cebral and Payton Boines each went 2-for-4. Hederick Torres and Wilbert Perez each picked a pair of hits.
Trae Burton (0-2) suffered the loss.Â
How It Happened
- 1st inning (top) - Pierre Cabral singled, RBI (0-0); Tyree Reed scored; Jackson State 1-0.
- 1st inning (bottom) - Byron Robinson singled to second base, RBI (0-0); Jonathan Trejo advanced to second; Christopher Chavez advanced to third; Zachari Pace scored. Evan Joubert walked, RBI (0-0); Byron Robinson advanced to second; Jonathan Trejo advanced to third; Christopher Chavez scored, unearned; Texas Southern 2-1.
- 2nd inning (bottom) - Christopher Chavez singled to right field, RBI (0-0); Zachari Pace advanced to third; Nate Lopez scored. Evan Joubert singled to right field, 2 RBI (0-0); Jonathan Trejo advanced to third; Christopher Chavez scored; Zachari Pace scored; Texas Southern 5-1.
- 3rd inning (top) - Edwin Lemus Hudson Jr. flied out to rf, SAC, RBI (0-0); Robert Tate Jr. scored; Texas Southern 5-2.
- 3rd inning (bottom) - Nate Lopez singled to left field, RBI (0-0); Elijah Rodriguez advanced to second; Shaun Williams scored; Texas Southern 6-2.
- 4th inning (top) - Wilbert Perez homered, RBI (0-0); Texas Southern 6-3.
- 4th inning (bottom) - Evan Joubert homered, 2 RBI (0-0); Byron Robinson scored; Texas Southern 8-3.
- 5th inning (top) - Hudson reached first on an error by 2b (0-0); Cabral advanced to second; Reed scored, team unearned. Asafa Jones walked, RBI (0-0); Payton Boines advanced to second; Hudson advanced to third; Cabral scored.Diego Melendez flied out to lf, SAC, RBI (0-0); Hudson scored. Tate singled to center field, 2 RBI (0-0); Isaac McClenty advanced to second; Jones scored; Boines scored; 8-8.
- 6th inning (bottom) - Nate Lopez tripled, RBI (0-0); Elijah Rodriguez scored. Zachari Pace singled to right field, RBI (0-0); Lopez scored; Texas Southern 10-8.
- 7th inning (bottom) - Miguel Morales singled to right field, RBI (0-0); Joubert advanced to third; Robinson scored. Elijah Rodriguez singled to center field, RBI (0-0); Morales advanced to second; Joubert scored; Texas Southern 12-8.
- 8th inning (top) - Robert Tate Jr. homered, RBI (0-0); Texas Southern 12-9.
- 8th inning (bottom) - Robinson doubled, 2 RBI (0-0); Trejo scored; Chavez scored. Morales doubled, RBI (0-0); Robinson scored; Texas Southern 15-9.
Up Next
The two teams wrap up the series tomorrow at 1 pm in Houston.
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