GRAMBLING, La. | The Grambling State University baseball team dropped both ends of its doubleheader versus Texas Southern on Saturday afternoon at Wilbert Ellis Field at R.W.E. Jones Park. 
 
GSU lost the first game 14-4 and fell in the nightcap 12-11. The G-Men moved to 4-7 on the year, while TSU improved to 4-8. 
 
Game 1 – TSU 14 GSU 4 (7 innings)
 
Grambling State struggled to slow down Texas Southern's bats, surrendering 14 hits including six extra base hits and one home run. 
 
Starting pitcher Trenton Shaw (1-1) surrendered four runs on four hits and seven walks. He delivered five strikeouts in a four-inning outing. 
 
Martavius Thomas went 2-for-4 with a home run. 
 
Grambling State ran into trouble early in the first inning when Texas Southern loaded the bases with no outs. After a walk brought in the first run, Shaw settled down and got GSU got out of the inning without surrendering another run. 
 
Martavius Thomas tied the game 1-1 in the bottom of inning with a solo homer to left field.
 
GSU briefly took the lead in the third inning when Trey Burrell scored on a balk. Burrell reach after a base hit, a steal of second and advance to third on the same play. 
 
However, Texas Southern regained control scoring 10 unanswered runs to take a commanding 11-2 lead in the sixth inning. TSU would push that lead to 14-4 to claim the run rule win. 
 
Texas Southern's James Malone (1-1) got the win after allowing four runs on six hits in five innings of work. He had five strikeouts and issued two walks. 
 
Game 2 – TSU 12 GSU 11 (7 innings)
 
GSU trailed by nine runs at one point but rallied for eight runs over the final two innings. Grambling State outhit TSU 13-9 in the second contest with Cameron Hill pacing the G-Men going 3-for-5 at the dish with four RBI and a three-run homer. 
 
Grambling State fell behind quickly, trailing 6-0 heading into the bottom of the second inning. 
 
Chenar Brown got GSU on the board with an RBI single in the second inning. 
 
After falling behind 12-3 in the sixth inning, the G-Men mounted a furious late rally. Hill highlighted a five run sixth for GSU with a three-run homer to cut TSU's lead to 12-8. 
 
After reliver Derrell Fletcher made quick work of TSU in the top of the seventh, Grambling State continued to put pressure on Texas Southern in the bottom of the frame. 
 
Jaylyn Bennett drew a pinch-hit walk which was followed by a single by Burrell. Both runners advanced to second and third courtesy of a wild pitch with one out. After a strikeout, Nyan Hayes brought both runs around to score with a double to the left field wall, making it a 12-10 game.
 
Shannon Martin's RBI single into centerfield pulled GSU within a run, brining Hill to the plate as the potential winning run, but a pop out to first base ended the rally and preserved to win for Texas Southern. 
 
GSU's Mason Martinez (1-1) was tagged with the loss after lasting 1.1 innings. Martinez didn't allow a hit but allowed three runs (two earned) on three hits. He also struck out a pair of batters. 
 
Kewan Braziel (1-3) earned the win after limiting Grambling State to a pair of runs on six hits in three innings. 
 
UP NEXT
Grambling State welcomes Wiley University to town on Wednesday for a single game. First pitch is scheduled for 6 p.m. at Wilbert Ellis Field at R.W.E. Jones Park. 
 
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