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BATON ROUGE, La. – The Alcorn State University baseball program is back in action Tuesday as the Braves (4-4) play a non-conference game against Southern (2-5) at Pete Goldsby Field. First pitch is scheduled for 6 p.m.
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Alcorn bookended a four-game series at Florida A&M over the weekend with an 8-5 win last Friday and a 7-2 victory on Sunday. The Rattlers took both games of a doubleheader on Saturday. With the score tied at 2-2 through four innings yesterday, Edward Jackson and Brendly Martina hit back-to-back homers to put the Braves ahead for good. The team added three insurance runs in the top of the sixth and held on for the 7-2 final. Jahborus Smith (1-1) picked up his first win of the season with 5.0 innings of work. He surrendered two earned runs on a hit and six walks while retiring four FAMU batters.
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Jenkins and Justin Barna are both hitting .333 to lead Alcorn's bats. Following them are Der'Vincent Hamilton at .296 and Nicholas Hayes-Saltare at .292. Jenkins also has team highs with nine hits and three doubles. Hunter Wilson is hitting .222 with 10 RBIs on six hits, a pair of doubles, and a homerun.
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Razedrick Winters has made three appearances in relief and owns a 0.00 ERA through 4.2 innings. He has given up three hits and a walk with five strikeouts and has earned two saves. Devon Key also has a 0.00 ERA after throwing 2.2 innings in one game. Zachary Perez (1-0) has a 3.00 ERA in 9.0 innings across three appearances, and Smith and Carlos Lopez (1-0) are both at a 5.73 ERA through 11.0 innings each.
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The Jaguars were scheduled for a four-game series at Alabama State, but the final game on Sunday was postponed due to bad weather. The Hornets took game one 14-0 Friday and the first game of a doubleheader 12-6 on Saturday, but SU jumped out to an early 6-0 lead in the nightcap through the first four innings and went on to grab its second win of the season 7-3.
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Rashard Raine is Southern's top hitter at .400, followed by Zavier Moore at .389 and Michael Wright at .333. Tyler LaPorte owns a .308 average and leads the Jags with eight hits. Moore has a team-high seven RBIs. On the mound, Wilhelm Allen (1-0) has a 2.25 ERA through 4.0 innings of relief and Daniel Franklin (1-0) has thrown 12.2 innings through two starts for a 2.84 ERA.
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Tuesday is the lone meeting between the programs during the regular season. The Braves and Jags last squared off in the third game of the 2017 season, a 6-5 decision for the Purple and Gold. Down 1-0 after the second inning, Alcorn put up two in the third and two in the fourth before using its bullpen to halt a comeback. Alum Austin Willis-Greene grabbed the win after striking out five in 5.1 innings.
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