Walk-Off In Pearl

PEARL, Miss. – Keaten Hawk slapped a fielder's choice RBI to second base Sunday evening as Alcorn outlasted Jackson State 8-7 in 10 innings in the final game of the 2026 HBCU Power Series hosted by Major League Baseball at Trustmark Park in Pearl, Mississippi.
 
With the game tied 7-all in the bottom of the 10th inning, Alcorn (1-2) used a Rayfield Adams III single past Jackson State second baseman Ledy Alvarez to lead off the at-bat for the Braves. Kanious Davis wasted little time as he laid down a bunt single in the next at-bat to put the game-winning run int scoring position.
 
Jackson State (1-2) looked towards Talmadge Davis out of the bullpen to try and stop the threat, but he immediately issued a wild pitch, allowing both runners to advance 90 feet. With one out and the winning run on third, right fielder Keaten Hawk plated the speedy Adams from third with a chopper to second that saw the throw from Alvarez just wide of the glove of JSU catcher Hederick Torres.
 
The run saw the Braves erase a losing skid to their in-state foes that stretched back to 2019.
 
After Jackson State took the lead with a pair of runs in the opening half-inning, the Tigers advanced the lead to 6-0 courtesy a four-run fourth inning.
 
Alvarez drew a bases loaded walk for the first run of the frame, followed by a run-scoring single from Isaac McClenty. With the bases still loaded, Pierre Cabral delivered a two-run single through the left side to plate Alvarez and Tyshon Patty.
 
Alcorn answered in kind with four runs of its own in the bottom of the fifth.
 
An Adams single – one of his two on the night, drove across Chase Moore for the first Barves run of the night. That set the stage for Hawk to lace a two-run scoring single to right that brought around Adams and Jamir Holloway to cut that deficit at 6-3.
 
A wild pitch allowed Jaylyn Bennett to scamper in from third and make it 6-4 in favor of JSU.
 
The Alcorn scoring continued in the seventh as the Purple and Gold stepped ahead for the first time in the contest on the strength of a three-run frame.
 
Manuel Toro took the mound for the Tigers, immediately hitting Bennett and then throwing a wild pitch to push Davis and Bennett into scoring position, respectfully.
 
A Hawk single to right made it 6-5 as he plated Davis. And a Harris single three pitches later tied the contest at 6-all when Bennett scored.
 
The Braves took the 7-6 lead on a balk from Tigers reliever Jaedeyn Edwards.
 
JSU responded to tie the game and fore extra innings when Patty roped a two-out triple to center that scored Troy Wilson Jr.
 
The win went to Kanious Davis (1-1) out of the bullpen as he tossed one frame with just one hit allowed, a walk and two strikeouts. In his first Alcorn start, freshman Kayden Sutton went three innings on the bump, allowing six runs (three earned) on three hits, three strikeouts and four walks.
 
The loss was tagged to JSU reliever Joe Williams (0-1) who went an inning on the hill, surrendering one run on four hits and two strikeouts.
 
Alcorn was led offensively by four different players with two hits each, including Hawk who was 2-for-6 with four RBIs.
 
The Braves are back in action Tuesday, Feb. 17, as the Purple and Gold travel to No. 3 Mississippi State in Starkville, Mississippi, at Dudy Noble Field, Polk-DeMent Stadium with first pitch set for 4 p.m.
 
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