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MONTGOMERY, Ala. – The Alcorn State University baseball program opens SWAC play this week as the Braves (4-5) play a three-game series at Alabama State's Wheeler-Watkins Baseball Complex. The teams will square off at 6 p.m. in the series opener Friday, will play at p.m. on Saturday, and 1 p.m. on Sunday.
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Alcorn fell 6-1 in a non-conference meeting with Southern Tuesday, held at Pete Goldsby Field.
Brendly Martina homered for the second time in as many games for Alcorn's lone run.
Bukhari Brown (0-2) took the loss after giving up six runs, five of them earned, on 12 hits and walk. The junior out of Byram, Miss. recorded two strikeouts and faced 25 batters in 24 at bats through 4.1 innings.
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Justin Barna is hitting .333 to lead the Braves, while
Kyle Jenkins is right behind at .323 with a team-high 10 hits.
Hunter Wilson has 10 RBIs to lead the team in that category and has 50 putouts to pace the defense. In the bullpen,
Razedrick Winters owns a 0.00 ERA with two saves in three appearances.
Zachary Perez is 1-0 with a 3.00 ERA in three appearances.
Carlos Lopez leads the team with 20 strikeouts.
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The Hornets (5-4) fell to Texas Southern 4-2 in last year's SWAC title game and were picked to win the Eastern Division in this year's preseason poll. ASU took 2-of-3 against Southern last weekend with a fourth game postponed due to weather. Wednesday at Alabama, the team fell 11-1 to the Crimson Tide. The Hornets plated their one run in the fourth after Noel Cheneau reached on a fielder's choice and stole second and third. He then reached home on a wild pitch.
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Cheneau is hitting .500 with seven hits, two doubles, a homerun, six runs, and three RBIs to lead ASU's bats. Joseph Estrada follows with a .344 average, Hunter Phillips is at .333, and Ray Hernandez owns a .324. Estrada owns a team-high 12 RBIs and Hernandez leads the team with 12 hits. In the field, Hunter Allen has 76 putouts with eight assists and Gustavo Rios has 51 putouts and three assists.
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Darrius Wright (2-0) has thrown 12.0 innings with a 0.75 ERA. Chase Laney (2-0) has a 6.75 ERA with one save in 12.0 innings, and Darren Kelly (1-0) has made two starts with a 2.25 ERA through 12.0 innings.
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Alcorn is looking for its first win against the Hornets since the 2014 season. The Braves took the first game of a three-game home series 6-3 on April 12 that year. After ASU took an early 2-0 lead in the first, Alcorn brought in six runs on 12 hits to secure the decision. Ryan Fuentes earned the complete-game victory and allowed three runs on four hits and a walk with four strikeouts.
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