SEATTLE, Wash. | Jackson State used a three-run eighth inning to cut the deficit to just two, but it wasn't enough as the Tigers fell to Seattle 6-4 at T-Mobile Park on Sunday.
Jackson State (9-8) fell behind 6-1 before Payton Boines connected for his first home run of the season before using a pair of doubles by Tyree Reed and Pierre Cabral trimmed the deficit to 6-4. The Tigers got a pair of runners on with one out in the top of the ninth before the final two outs were registered. Despite the loss, Jackson State won the series with wins on Friday and Saturday.
Reed finished 2-for-4 with a run scored and an RBI - with both hits coming as doubles - while Boines finished 2-for-4 with a run scored and an RBI.
Jayden Lopez (2-1) suffered the loss, working 6.0 innings and allowing four runs on four hits with four strikeouts.
How It Happened
- 1st inning (bottom) - Sebastian Lopez flied out to lf, SAC, RBI (3-2); Payton Knowles scored; Seattle 1-0.
- 2nd inning (top) - Hederick Torres flied out to lf, SAC, RBI (1-0); Edwin Lemus Hudson Jr. scored, unearned; 1-1.
- 4th inning (bottom) - Lopez doubled down the lf line, RBI (0-1); Tyler Horner scored. Knowles walked, RBI (3-2); Cash Erdman advanced to second; Josh Cunnigan advanced to third; Lopez, S scored; Seattle 3-1.
- 5th inning (bottom) - Lopez homered to left field, RBI (1-0); Seattle 4-1.
- 7th inning (bottom) - Kenneth Rhein doubled down the lf line, RBI (0-0); Knowles scored. Horner singled to right field, RBI (1-0); Rhein scored; Seattle 6-1.
- 8th inning (top) - Payton Boines homered to left field, RBI (0-2). Tyree Reed doubled to left field, RBI (0-1); Tyshon Patty scored. Pierre Cabral doubled down the lf line, RBI (2-2); Reed scored; Seattle 6-4.
Up Next
Jackson State stays on the road, facing Nicholls on Tuesday night.
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