Bethune Cookman defeats Southern 10-6

Courtesy of the Southwestern Athletic Conference Watch ReplayBox Score ATLANTA, Ga. – No. 2 seed (East) Bethune-Cookman went on a sizzling three-inning run for all its scoring in a 10-6 win over No. 3 seed (West) Southern to advance in the Southwestern Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament at Russ Chandler Stadium. The Wildcats had two in the sixth, five in the seventh and three in the eighth against Southern’s bullpen. This was after trailing 3-0.  “We struggled at times in the regular season with situational hitting. But in the championship innings – six…

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Florida A&M shuts out Prairie View 1-0 in SWAC Tourney elimination game

Coutresy of Florida A&M Athletics Team R H E Prairie View A&M 0 4 0 Florida A&M 1 9 0 W: Dallas Tease (2-3) L: Haidermota, Adam (4-5)  S: Zach Morea (3) ATLANTA, Ga. —Sophomore Dallas Teaseand senior Zach Morea combined to toss a shutout on Friday as the Florida A&M Rattlers blanked the Prairie View A&M Panthers 1-0. Tease (2-3) started and picked up the win for Florida A&M (26-28), going seven shutout innings while giving up four hits, walking three, and striking out two. Morea was dealing out of the bullpen as well, going two…

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Alabama State spanks Alabama A&M 17-9

Courtesy of Alabama State Athletics 17 Winner Alabama State 17-11, 6-2 SWAC 9 Alabama A&M 10-14, 2-6 SWAC Team R H E Alabama State 17 20 2 Alabama A&M 9 10 0 W: Rivera, Ricardo (5-0) L: E. Crenshaw (2-3) HUNTSVILLE, Ala. | Ian Motos, Cristian Lopez, Jayden Sloan and Jamal George combined for 13 RBI to lead Alabama State University to a 17-9 win over Alabama A&M University on Saturday at Bulldog Baseball Field.   INSIDE THE MATCHUP  FINAL:  Alabama State 17 | Alabama A&M 9 Location: Bulldog Baseball Field | Huntsville, Ala.  Records: Alabama State 17-11, 6-2 SWAC | Alabama A&M 10-14, 2-6 SWAC  Get Social: Twitter: @BamaStateBB |…

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FAMU Baseball takes it on the chin against Troy, 12-2

Courtesy of FAMU Athletics 12 Winner TROY 2 FAMU Team R H E TROY 12 15 2 FAMU 2 5 1 W: Fruit, Zach (3-1) L: Townsend, Jared (0-2) TALLAHASSEE, FL —The Florida A&M Rattlers had a tough showing on Wednesday, falling to the Troy Trojans by final score of 12-2. Junior Jared Townsend (0-2) got the ball to start for Florida A&M (12-13) and took the loss. Junior Grant Harrison was a bright spot for the Rattlers, coming out of the bullpen and throwing one scoreless inning, allowing no hits, with one walk and two strikeouts.…

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Grambling baseball sweeps doubleheader against Alcorn State

Courtesy of Curtis Ford, Grambling State Athletics GRAMBLING, La. | The Grambling State University baseball team earned two Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) victories in a doubleheader on Saturday afternoon, defeating Alcorn State 20-3 and 7-6 at Wilbert Ellis Field at R.W.E. Jones Park. Game 1 Grambling State (8-14 overall, 4-1 SWAC) dominated Alcorn State (1-17, 0-5) from start to finish in the opening contest. The Tigers torched the Braves’ pitching staff for 20 runs on 13 hits. GSU also exercised patience at the plate, drawing 13 walks.  Grambling State jumped in…

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FAMU Baseball to take on Florida Gulf Coast this weekend

The Florida A&M Baseball (5-9, 0-0 SWAC) team is gearing up for a three-game home series against Florida Gulf Coast ( 12-2, 0-0 ASUN) this weekend at Moore-Kittles field. The first game takes place Friday afternoon , with first pitch scheduled for 5:00 PM EST. Saturday’s matchup is scheduled for 2:00 pm and the series finale on Sunday will begin at noon CST. The two teams last matched up in 2021, a 3-2 defeat for the Rattlers; FAMU is 3-12 all-time against FGCU.

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Alabama A&M pounds Prairie View, 13-1

Courtesy of Alabama A&M Athletics 13  AAMU 1 PVAMU Team R H E AAMU 13 12 1 PVAMU 1 6 3 W: Hall , Jackson (1-0) L: E. Breeden (1-1) NEW ORLEANS, La. __ Alabama A&M baseball got back in the win column on Friday as they defeated Prairie View A&M, 13-1, at Maestri Field on the opening day of the Andre Dawson MLB Classic. Jared Tribett (Lumberton, Miss.) drove in a game-high four runs on the day, going 2-for-3 from the plate along with scoring two runs and hitting a solo homer. Meanwhile, both Tommy Easley (Acworth, Ga.) and Mekhi…

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Grambling State goes down in extra innings to Alabama State

Courtesy of Curtis Ford Grambling State Athletics NEW ORLEANS, La. | The Grambling State University baseball team pushed Alabama State into extra innings, but wasn’t able to finish the job, falling 10-4 in 10 innings on opening day of the Andre Dawson Classic in New Orleans, La. on Friday evening. GSU (1-5) struggled to get consistent offense at the plate, scattering five hits throughout the game. The Tigers made most of its noise off of the strength of two home runs.  Jose Vargas smacked his first long ball of the year, with…

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2023 SWAC Baseball tournament to take place in Atlanta

Courtesy of the Southwestern Athletic Conference BIRMINGHAM, Ala.- The Southwestern Athletic Conference has announced that the upcoming 2023 SWAC Baseball Tournament slated for May 24-28 will be hosted in downtown Atlanta at Mac Nease Baseball Park at Russ Chandler Stadium. “We’re extremely excited to host our upcoming baseball tournament in the City of Atlanta,” said SWAC Commissioner Dr. Charles McClelland. “Aside from what we envision being an extremely exciting and competitive baseball tournament, the City of Atlanta undoubtedly will offer our fans and supporters a wide variety of leisure and recreational activities, restaurants,…

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Bethune-Cookman Baseball brings in highest-ranked JUCO class in program history

Courtesy of Bethune-Cookman Athletics DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Bethune-Cookman head baseball coach Jonathan Hernandez has landed another nationally ranked recruiting class this year as the Wildcats skipper and his staff haul in the 37th ranked JUCO recruiting class in the country. The JBB, a Junior-College baseball publication, has ranked B-CU’s JUCO signing class as the 37th best in the country for this recruiting cycle. This marks the 3rdtime a recruiting class has been ranked nationally under Hernandez’s tenure.Hernandez and his staff inked 11 Junior-College players who arrived on campus this Fall in Daytona Beach.  “We are very…

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