The Grambling State Tigers closed out the weekend baseball series against the Prairie View A&M Panthers with a clean sweep of the doubleheader on Saturday afternoon at Tiger Field. The Tigers won the first game 3-2 and the second game 4-1 thus ending an eight-game losing streak.
The Tigers improved to 12-25 overall and 7-11 in the Southwestern Athletic Conference’s Western Division while the Panthers dropped to 25-21 overall and 12-9 in league play.
A solo home run to left field by third baseman Courtney Jones at the bottom of the sixth inning proved to be the deciding factor in the Tigers’ victory in the first game.
Righty Branden Waters went the distance in this complete game victory by striking out five batters while allowing only one walk and one earned run along with five hits in this game.
Prairie View A&M was led by catcher Brian McGinty who was one for three at the plate while driving home a run along with scoring one.
Righty Mathew Chase got the loss despite a valiant effort while allowing only three hits and no walks while striking out four batters.
In the second game, the Tigers took a 4-0 lead by scoring a pair of runs in both the first and second innings and never looked back en route to their victory.
First baseman Marvin Mercer went two for two at the plate while driving home a pair of runs with a double to left field in the first inning.
Catcher Carl Johnson hit a two run homer to dead center field to score the Tigers’ final runs of the game in the second inning.
Center fielder Gerald Bartholemew was two for three at the plate while scoring a run.
Righty Demetrius Marshall went the distance in this complete game victory by striking out ten batters while allowing only three hits and one earned run.
Prairie View A&M was led by shortstop Wilford White who went one for two including a run batted in along with scoring a run.
Righty Fernando Almaguer was said to be responsible for the loss in this game.