GRAMBLING, La. | Despite a pair of late inning home runs, Jackson State dropped its third consecutive game in Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) play, dropping a 12-9 contest to Grambling State at Willis Reed Field on Thursday night.
Jackson State (13-17, 4-6 SWAC) jumped out early with three runs in top of the first inning, and the two teams traded runs over the next four innings before Grambling State grabbed a 10-6 lead in the bottom of the seventh inning. Jackson State got a two-run home run from Tyree Reed in the eighth to trim the lead to 10-8, and one from Diego Melendez in the ninth for the final margin.
Robert Tate Jr. led the way at the plate for Jackson State finishing 3-for-5 with a run scored and an RBI, while Hederick Torres finished 2-for-4 with a run scored and an RBI. Meanwhile, Melendez picked up two of the 11 Jackson State hits in the loss. Trae Burton (0-4) suffered the loss out of the bullpen working 5.0 innings in relief of starter Talmadge Davis.
How It Happened
- 1st inning (top) - Tyshon Patty singled to right field, RBI (1-1 BK); Pierre Cabral advanced to third; Robert Tate Jr. scored. Torres reached first on a fielding error by ss (3-1 BBFB); Patty advanced to third; Cabral scored, unearned. Melendez doubled to right field, RBI (0-2 KF); Torres advanced to third; Patty scored, unearned; Jackson State 3-0.
- 1st inning (bottom) - Charles Ashe III walked, RBI (3-0 BBBB); Cameron Hill advanced to second; Trey Bridges advanced to third; Hasani Johnson scored. Aidan Lopez flied out to cf, sacrifice fly, RBI (0-1 K); Bridges scored. Shannon Martin grounded out to 2b, RBI (2-2 KBBK); Julio Vasquez advanced to second; Ashe advanced to third; Hill scored, unearned; 3-3.
- 2nd inning (bottom) - Ashe III homered to left field, 2 RBI (2-1 BBK); Bridges scored; Grambling State 5-3.
- 4th inning (top) - Isaac McClenty doubled to right center, RBI (1-0 B); Torres scored. Robert Tate Jr. singled to center field, RBI (0-1 F); McClenty scored; 5-5.
- 5th inning (top) - Torres singled up the middle, RBI (2-2 BSFB); Patty scored, unearned; Jackson State 6-5.
- 6th inning (bottom) - Vasquez homered to left field, RBI (3-1 BBKB). Bridges reached first on a fielding error by cf, RBI (2-2 BFKB); Johnson advanced to second; Dillon Braxton advanced to third; Chris Marcellus scored. Hill walked, RBI (3-2 BFBFBFB); Bridges advanced to second; Johnson advanced to third; Braxton scored. Ashe flied out to rf, sacrifice fly, RBI (0-2 FK); Bridges advanced to third; Johnson scored; Grambling State 9-6.
- 7th inning (bottom) - Marcellus singled to left field, RBI (0-2 KSFF); Vasquez scored; Grambling State 10-6.
- 8th inning (top) - Reed homered to left field, 2 RBI (0-0); Payton Boines scored; Grambling State 10-8.
- 8th inning (bottom) - Daniel Soukup II advanced to second; Ashe scored on a balk. Marcellus reached on a fielder's choice, RBI (2-2 BFBF); Martin out at second rf to ss; Soukup scored.; Grambling State 12-8.
- 9th inning (top) - Melendez homered to left field, RBI (1-1 KB); Grambling State 12-9.
Up Next
The two teams meet in game two of the series at 3 p.m. on Friday.
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