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LORMAN, Miss. – Its longest home series of the season will take place this weekend for the Alcorn State University baseball program when it hosts Butler in a four-gamer at Willie E. "Rat" McGowan Stadium.
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The series will kick-off Friday at 1 p.m., followed by a doubleheader Saturday starting at noon and will wrap-up Sunday at noon.
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The Braves (2-2) opened the season by winning two-of-three at the MLB Urban Invitational. Victories included an 11-3 decision over Prairie View A&M and a 6-5 outcome over Southern.
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Alcorn played its home opener Monday in a grueling 16-inning affair against Murray State where the Racers were able to escape with an 11-8 result. The Braves trailed 8-4 heading into the ninth inning then they came back to tie it. Alcorn used nine different pitchers and the game last 5 hours and 10 minutes.
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Junior
Kirt Cormier is the reigning SWAC Hitter of the Week winner. Through four games, Cormier is hitting for a .571 average, .625 on-base percentage and .857 slugging. All three totals rank first in the conference after the first weekend.
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Both Cormier and senior
Walter Vives are riding four-game hitting streaks. Junior
A.J. Makarewicz has a four-game on-base streak.
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Butler (3-1) opened the season by beating La Salle twice 3-1 and 6-5, and splitting a pair with Ohio 15-4 and 0-4.
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The Bulldogs are playing under first-year head coach Dave Schrage after he spent the last five years at South Dakota State. He inherited a Butler team that went 14-40 overall last season. Schrage brought in eight freshman.
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Gehrig Parker has led the team at the plate with a .417 batting average on five hits in 12 at-bats. The Bulldogs have used a lot of arms as 13 different pitchers have been on the mound, and none for more than five innings.
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Friday and Sunday's games can be heard live on the radio via 91.7 FM or wprl.org with Charles Edmond as the voice of the Braves.
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