LORMAN, Miss. – The Braves Baseball team play host to Prairie View A&M in a Southwestern Athletic Conference beginning on Friday, April 29 and concluding on Sunday, May 1.
Prairie View is 24-18 on the season and 14-4 in conference play and sits at No. 1 in the SWAC West Division. The Panthers are coached by Auntwan Riggins in his seventh season and he is 10-6 against the Braves. PV gave Alcorn its first win of the season but took the series in Prairie View 17-10, 10-9, and lost 8-7.
Brayden Johnson leads the Panthers at the plate with a .413 batting average and a .663 slugging percentage. He has played in 31 games with 27 starts for 104 at-bats, 27 runs, and 43 hits (nine doubles, one triple, and give homer runs), for 22 ribbies.
Roberto Maldonado is PV's ace pitcher with 10 appearances and 10 starts for a 6-2 record. The junior from McAllen, Texas has a 3.86 ERA with 67.2 innings pitched and 72 innings strikeouts.
The Braves are 2-26 overall and 2-15 in the SWAC in their first season under the helm of coach Reggie Williams. Jamil Betancourt heads the Alcorn offense with a .304 batting average. He has played in 26 games with 22 starts for 69 at-bats, six runs, 21 hits (one double), and six RBIs.
The first game of the series is set for 6 p.m. on Friday at William 'Rat' McGowan Statdium with a single contest on Saturday at 3 p.m. and Sunday at 1 p.m.
