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GSU Baseball 2023
16
Winner Grambling GRAMBB 19-20
7
Alcorn ALCNBB 6-29
Winner
Grambling GRAMBB
19-20
16
Final
7
Alcorn ALCNBB
6-29
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Grambling GRAMBB 0 1 3 3 5 0 1 2 1 16 12 0
Alcorn ALCNBB 2 0 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 7 11 5

W: Mims III, Michael (1-0) L: J. Mason (0-1)

Game Recap: Baseball | | Curtis Ford

Grambling State Handles Alcorn State, Wins 16-7

LORMAN, Miss. | The Grambling State University baseball team erased an early 2-0 deficit on Tuesday afternoon, motoring past Alcorn State 16-7 en route to it's 14th Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) win of the season to remain perched atop the Western Division. 

The Tigers improved to 19-20 overall and 14-4 in the SWAC. Alcorn State fell to 6-30 and 3-15 in conference. 

Tiger Borom had a three-hit outing , going 3-for-5 with two RBI and three runs scored. Keanu Jacobs-Guishard and Jose Vargas also put together multi-hit games, with Jacobs-Guishard going 2-for-4 and Vargas going 3-for-4 with three RBI and a double. 

Grambling State racked up 12 hits as a team and took advantage of five errors by the Braves. 

Alcorn State put pressure on the Tigers early, loading the bases on three walks with one out. Back-to-back RBI singles gave the Braves a 2-0 lead. Michael Mims replaced Jacorery Boudreaux on the mound and retired the next two batters to end the inning. 

GSU got a run back in the the top of the second on a sacrifice fly by Vargas. In the the third inning, a two-RBi triple by Cameron Bufford put the Tigers in front 3-2. Bufford scored on a wild pitch, making it a 4-2 game. 

After the Braves added a run in the bottom of the frame, Grambling State began to distance themselves in the fourth. After Keylon Mack drew a leadoff walk, and a single from Jacobs-Guishard, Vargas ripped a two-RBI double to right field, putting the Tigers in front 5-3. A sacrifice bunt Kyle Walker and a sac fly from Trevor Hatton, stretched GSU's advantage to 7-3.

The Tigers tacked on five more runs in the fifth inning, extending its lead to 12-3.

Alcorn State State cut the gap 12-6 with three runs in the bottom of the sixth.

GSU grew the lead to 13-6 in the seventh on a solo homer from Trey Ware, his second long ball of the year. Aries Gardener drove a run home on a grounder in the eighth inning. A bunt single by Borom made it 15-6 Tigers. 

Leading 15-7 in the top of the ninth, Lamarcus Jones stroked a triple down the right field line. Nasir Frederick brought him home on a grounder to to second base, for the final score of the afternoon.

Mims (1-0) earned the win in a relief role for the Tigers. Mims surrendered one run on two hits with a strikeout and four walks. 

UP NEXT

Grambling State returns home for a three-game weekend series versus Prairie View A&M. The first game is scheduled for a 6 p.m. start on Friday, April 28. 

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