On April 2, in front of a crowd of 400 at Nagle Field in Houston, Texas, the Panthers split a two game series with the Texas Southern Tigers.The first game was all Prairie View with a final score of 13 to 5. Early in the first inning, both teams were scoreless and combined for only one hit.
In the second inning, Prairie View stunned the Tigers with 5 hits and 5 runs bringing the score to 5-0.
TSU struck back before the end of the half by striking out Prairie View’s Paul Johnson and getting 2 runs to bring the score to 5-2 with Prairie View still on top.
After the half, Prairie View dominated the rest of the game despite having more errors, by outscoring the Texas Southern 8 to 5.
Leaders for Prairie View in game one were Marcus Crockett and Stephen Williams both with three RBI’s and Anton Daley followed in with 2. As a team Prairie View brought in 11 RBI’s versus Texas Southern’s four.
In game two, Texas Southern answered back defeating the Panthers 11 to 3. The first inning of the game resulted in two Panthers striking out and two runs for Texas Southern with no players left on base. The rest of the first half, Texas Southern continued to take control of the game scoring two more times and striking out two more Panthers.
The fourth inning both teams were scoreless and neither team had any hits. Finally in the fifth, Prairie View scored their first run, but Texas Southern answered with five more runs bringing the score to 1 to 9.
Texas Southern went on to score two more times along with Prairie View and ended the game with the final score of 11 to 3 in their favor.
Since the start of the season, these two rivals have met five times and TSU leads three games to two.
Prairie View Panthers are currently 21-18 overall, 16-8 at home, 3-10 on the road, and 8-6 in the SWAC. The Panthers next game is April 8 here against Arkansas Pine Bluff (8-27 overall; 4-9 SWAC) at 3p.m. Be sure to go out and support the team.