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6
Eastern Illinois EASTERN 1-1
7
Winner Florida A&M FLORIDA 1-1
Eastern Illinois EASTERN
1-1
6
Final
7
Florida A&M FLORIDA
1-1
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Eastern Illinois EASTERN 1 1 2 0 0 0 2 6 6 0
Florida A&M FLORIDA 0 2 3 0 0 1 1 7 12 2

W: C. Williams (1-0) L: D. Boruff (0-1)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Florida A&M secures 7-6 walk-off win over Eastern Illinois

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. --The Florida A&M Rattlers earned a win in walk-off fashion, responding to score one in the bottom of the seventh after Eastern Illinois tied it up in the top half, sealing the victory on Justin Lopez's solo home to knock off the Panthers 7-6 Saturday.

Cody Williams (1-0) picked up the victory out of the bullpen for Florida A&M (1-1). The right-hander went 0.2 innings, giving up one run on one hit, allowing no walks and striking out two. Jackson McKenzie also made an impact on the mound for the Rattlers, throwing three innings, giving up one run on two hits, with no walks and five strikeouts.

HOW IT HAPPENED

Trailing 2-0, the Rattlers first put runs on the board in the second inning. Caden Kresak drove in two runs for Florida A&M with a single, that scored Ethan Miller and Will Brown.

The Panthers then scored two runs to retake their advantage heading into the third inning, when the Rattlers responded by getting back on the scoreboard themselves. which brought the Rattlers lead to 5-4.

Florida A&M kept Eastern Illinois scoreless before building their lead to 6-4 in the sixth inning.

Eastern Illinois then rallied to tie the ballgame at 6-6 before Florida A&M walked it off in the bottom of the seventh on Lopez's one-out solo home run.

GAME NOTES
» Alex Monile compiled three hits in the game for Florida A&M.
» McKenzie struck out five Panthers hitters.
» Florida A&M's highest scoring inning was the third, when it pushed three runs across.
» Florida A&M took the lead at 5-4 in the bottom half of the third and never lost that advantage.
» Florida A&M hitters hit three dingers in the ballgame.
» The Rattlers out-hit the Panthers at a 12-6 clip.
» Florida A&M pitchers limited Eastern Illinois to just 1-for-11 (.091) with runners in scoring position.
» Florida A&M pitchers faced 33 Eastern Illinois hitters in the game, allowing eight ground balls and four fly balls while striking out eight.
» Justen Crews led the Rattlers at the plate, going 2 for 4 with a home run and an RBI.
» Eastern Illinois was led offensively by J. Love, who went 3 for 4 with two doubles, a home run and four RBIs.
 

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