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Brett Washington vs Southern 2023
6
Southern SU 5-13, 1-2 SWAC
16
Winner Grambling GRAMBB 6-13, 2-1 SWAC
Southern SU
5-13, 1-2 SWAC
6
Final
16
Grambling GRAMBB
6-13, 2-1 SWAC
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Southern SU 0 0 2 1 0 3 0 6 6 0
Grambling GRAMBB 4 1 0 0 4 0 7 16 17 1

W: Washington , Brett (1-0) L: Christian Davis (0-1) S: Bershell, Kendrick (1)

Game Recap: Baseball | | Curtis Ford

GSU Dominates Southern 16-6 in Series Finale

GRAMBLING, La. | The Grambling State University baseball team overpowered Southern on Sunday afternoon at Wilbert Ellis Field at R.W.E. Jones Park, pummeling the Jaguars 16-6 in 7 innings to earn an early season Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) series win. 

Cameron Bufford drove in four runs for GSU (6-13 overall, 2-1 SWAC), going 3-for-4 with two doubles, a single and a walk. Keylon Mack was also a tough out, going 4-for-5 with four singles and an RBI. As a team, Grambling State totaled 17 hits, while the Tigers' pitching staff limited Southern (5-13, 1-2) to just six hits.

Jacorey Boudreaux got the start on the mound for GSU, going 3.1 innings, surrendering three runs on three hits and six walks. Brett Washington (1-0) was credited with the win in relief, going 2.0 innings, fanning two batters and allowing three runs on two hits and a pair of walks. 

Bufford got the Tigers on the board first with an RBI single into left field. Mack followed that with a run scoring base knock of his own to make it 2-0 in the first inning. Jose Vargas picked up the third RBI single in row for GSU, bringing Mack around to score. A wild pitch plated Grambling State's fourth run off the frame, extending the advantage to 4-0.

Bufford continued to punish Jaguar pitching in the second inning, stroking an RBI double to the right centerfield wall, giving the Tigers a 5-0 lead. 

Southern cut into the lead in the top of the third, bringing a pair of runs around to score, making it 5-2 in favor of GSU. SU's Jaylen Armstrong pulled the Jaguars slightly closer in the fourth with a RBI single through the right side of the infield.

In the bottom of the fifth, Daylon Ardoin drew a bases loaded walk with one out, giving the Tigers a three-run cushion at 6-3. Terry Burrell III came through with a huge two-RBI double to left field. Ardoin was thrown out at third after getting caught in a run down, but Burrell advanced to third on the play. 

Tiger Borom scored Burrell on a double through the right side of the infield that skipped the first baseman, growing GSU's lead top 9-3.

Southern tried to make a game of it in the sixth, adding three runs to make it 9-6. 

In the seventh inning, Grambling State put the Jaguars away scoring seven runs to enact the 10-run rule. What was even more impressive was that GSU scored all seven runs with two outs. 

Kendrick Bershell earned his first save of the year, suppressing Southern's bats for 1.1 innings, allowing no hits and striking out two batters. 

Christian Davis (0-1) was saddled with the loss after going 2.0 innings and giving up five runs on five hits and a walk. 

UP NEXT
Grambling State travels to Lafayette, La. For a midweek tilt versus Louisiana on Tuesday at M.L. "Tigue" Moore Field at Russo Park.

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