BELLEVUE, Wash. | Jackson State scored multiple runs in five innings and collected 18 hits, and held off a furious rally to defeat Seattle 13-12 at Bannerwood Park on Saturday night to win the series.
Jackson State (9-7) scored three runs in the third inning, fifth, and sixth innings; while they also added a pair of runs in the seventh and eighth using eight extra-base hits to pull away early before a five-run eighth inning by Seattle trimmed the lead to just one.Â
Isaac McClenty led the Tigers at the plate finishing 4-for-5 with a run scored and three RBI with a double and a triple. He was joined in multiple hits by Pierre Cabral finished the night 3-for-5 with three runs scored and a pair of RBI with a double and a home run, while Edwin Lemus Hudson Jr. finished 3-for-3 with four runs scored and an RBI wth a pair of doubles. Hederick Torres finished 3-for-3 with a run scored and four RBI and a double.
Robert Tate Jr. also picked up a pair of hits in the win.
Kevin De Los Santos (1-1), the third of nine pitchers used on the night by Jackson State, picked up the win working 0.2 inning allowing one run on one hit. Derek Arrocha pitched for the consecutive day, picking up his first save working the ninth in scoreless relief. Â
How It Happened
- 3rd inning (top) - Pierre Cabral doubled to left field, RBI (3-1); Robert Tate Jr. scored. Edwin Lemus Hudson Jr. doubled down the lf line, RBI (1-1); Cabral scored. Hederick Torres singled to left field, RBI (3-2); Hudson scored; Jackson State 3-0.
- 3rd inning (bottom) - Tyler Jackson reached on an error by p (2-1); Kenneth Rhein advanced to third; Hunter Komine scored, unearned; Jackson State 3-1.
- 4th inning (bottom) - Komine singled to center field, advanced to second on an error by cf, 2 RBI (0-2); Payton Knowles advanced to third, scored on an error by cf, unearned; Hayden Carlson scored; Sebastian Lopez scored; Seattle 4-3.
- 5th inning (top) - Torres singled up the middle, advanced to second on the throw, RBI (1-0); Hudson scored. Isaac McClenty doubled to left center, out at third cf to c to 3b, 2 RBI (0-0); Tyshon Patty scored; Torres scored; Jackson State 6-4.
- 5th inning (bottom) - Carlson advanced to second on a wild pitch; Lopez scored on a wild pitch; Jackson State 6-5.
- 6th inning (top) - Torres doubled to right field, 2 RBI (2-1); Hudson advanced to third; Cabral scored; Tyree Reed scored. Payton Boines flied out to cf, SAC, RBI (2-1); Torres advanced to third; Hudson scored; Jackson State 9-5.
- 6th inning (bottom) - Carlson walked, RBI (3-2); Tyler Horner advanced to second; Brandon Stinnett advanced to third; Royce Hale scored. Jared Stevenson walked, RBI (3-0); Carlson advanced to second; Horner advanced to third; Stinnett scored; Jackson State 9-7.
- 7th inning (top) - Reed flied out to lf, SAC, RBI (0-2); McClenty scored. Cabral homered to left field, RBI (1-1); Jackson State 11-7.
- 8th inning (top) - Patty doubled to left field, RBI (3-2); Hudson scored. McClenty singled through the right side, RBI (1-1); Patty scored; Jackson State 13-7.
- 8th inning (bottom) - Stevenson singled to shortstop, RBI (3-2); Carlson advanced to second; Cash Erdman advanced to third; Horner scored. Knowles flied out to cf, SAC, RBI (1-2); Carlson advanced to third; Erdman scored. Komine grounded out to 1b unassisted, RBI (0-1); Stevenson advanced to second; Carlson scored. Rhein homered to left field, 2 RBI (3-2); Stevenson scored; Jackson State 13-12.
- Up Next
The two teams meet in the final game of the series at T-Mobile Park on Sunday.
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