Box Score Good hitting is often contiguous, and the Grambling State University Tigers caught the hitting bug early Tuesday (April 5), lighting up the scoreboard and cruising past Texas College 20-8 in a midweek non-conference matchup.

Things didn't go well for Texas, and everything was going the Tigers' way, in the first inning.

GSU (12-16, 8-4 SWAC) had its first three batters walked, second basemen Larry Barraza and first baseman Tray Bell popped up two consecutive sacrifice fly balls, and Wesley Drain and Angel Peguero scored.
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In the second inning third baseman Daniel Barnett hit a hard two RBI double down third base line, and Drain and Peguero scored again. Right fielder Nicholas Wheeler smacked a pitch to left field for a 330 foot home run scoring three runs.  GSU led 8-1 after five innings.

Grambling State starting pitcher Caleb Nunez, 18, of Cinncinatti, Ohio, picked up his first collegiate win.

"We got off to a slow start, GSU coach James Cooper said. "We only had two hits going into the fifth inning. When you have slow starts like that against better teams you end up on the wrong side of the winner's bracket at the end of the ball game.

"We picked it up I'm excited that we got the win."

GSU will travel to Baton Rouge Thursday (April 7) for a three game series against SWAC competitor Southern University Jaguars with games scheduled for Friday, Saturday and Sunday.