Jamaal Green at UAPB
4
Alcorn St ALCNBB 4-22, 2-9 SWAC
5
Winner Arkansas Pine Bluff UAPB 9-20, 2-9 SWAC
Alcorn St ALCNBB
4-22, 2-9 SWAC
4
Final
5
Arkansas Pine Bluff UAPB
9-20, 2-9 SWAC
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 R H E
Alcorn St ALCNBB 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 4 5 3
Arkansas Pine Bluff UAPB 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 5 6 4

W: Jaxson Lucas (1-2) L: Konkler, Hayden (0-1)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Braves Baseball Goes 1-1 in UAPB Series

PINE BLUFF, Ark. – The Braves baseball team had another close contest against the UAPB Golden Lions on Saturday. This time the game was forced into an extra inning, and Arkansas – Pine Bluff came out on top with the 5-4 victory.

Five Braves connected for hits in game two of the three-game series. Diego Lopez-Molina hit a double with three plate appearances for one run, and Jeremiah Farmer also went 1-for-3. Tyler Daniels had one hit with four at-bats, two RBIs, and one run. Jaylon Lucky went 1-for-4, and Kalum Banks, Jr. went 1-for-5.

Kewan Braziel started the game, pitching for 6.1 innings for five hits against and three runs (one earned). Hayden Konkler took the mound in the eighth inning to throw for 2.0. He was credited with the loss, allowing one hit with one earned run.

The Golden Lions were the first to score, bringing in one runner on a fielder's choice and a throwing error to take a 1-0 lead. They extended the lead to 2-0 as another throwing error would score a second run.

Alcorn would answer in the fifth inning and go on a scoring run that stretched two innings. In the fifth, Chris Tillman scored on an error by the UAPB shortstop to cut Arkansas Pine Bluff's lead to 3-1. In the seventh, the Braves added two more runs as Daniels singled to right field to score Lopez-Molina, then came home on another UAPB error.

UAPB went on to get within one of Alcorn's lead, scoring one run in the bottom of the seventh frame on a bases-loaded walk. The Golden Lions tied the Braves in the eighth on a sacrifice fly and took the win in the tenth on a wild pitch.

Alcorn State will return to the Torii Hunter Baseball Complex on Sunday, April 9, when they take on UAPB in game two of the weekend series. The first pitch is set for 1 p.m.

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