VERO BEACH, Fla. --The Florida A&M Rattlers rallied to score three in the ninth inning and walked it off on a senior Jalen Niles walk from junior Carlos Peguero that scored junior Jakoby Stanley to pick up the 7-6 win over the Grambling Tigers Friday.
Junior Cody Williams (1-0) got the win out of the bullpen for Florida A&M (3-2). The right-hander went 0.2 shutout innings, giving up one hit, no walks and striking out two. Freshman Carson Kelly also pitched well, going 4.1 innings, surrendering two runs, both earned, on three hits, walking two and striking out three.
Junior Janmikell Bastardo led the way offensively for the Rattlers, going 2-for-4 in the ballgame with a double, a home run, a walk and two RBI. Freshman Broedy Poppell furnished a noteworthy performance at the plate as well, going 2-for-3 with a double, two walks and an RBI. Senior Sebastian Greico also chipped in, going 1-for-5 for Florida A&M with a home run and an RBI.
HOW IT HAPPENED
The Rattlers got on the board immediately, starting their scoring with one run in the bottom of the first inning. Florida A&M got on the board thanks to Bastardo's RBI double.
The Rattlers lost the lead they built in the first, but got back on the board in the third trailing 3-1. Florida A&M picked up a run on Bastardo's one-out solo home run off of senior Randy Reyes, which tightened the Tigers lead to 3-2.
Grambling built their lead to 4-2 before the Florida A&M offense got back to work, tying the ballgame at four in the fourth. The Rattlers added two runs in the frame, the big hit being an RBI double from Poppell.
Grambling then broke the tied and took a 6-4 lead before Florida A&M scored three runs in the bottom half of the ninth to grab the win, walking it off on a Niles walk from Peguero that scored Stanley.
GAME NOTES
» The Rattlers power output was led by Bastardo, who compiled two extra base hits in the ballgame.
» Florida A&M's highest scoring inning was the ninth, when it pushed three runs across.
» Florida A&M pitchers faced 42 Grambling hitters in the game, allowing 12 ground balls and four fly balls while striking out eight.
» The Rattlers drew 11 walks from Grambling pitching.
» Bastardo led the Rattlers at the plate, going 2-for-4 with a double, a home run and two RBI.
» Grambling was led offensively by junior Ashton Inman, who went 3-for-4 with a home run and two RBI.
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