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Winner Florida A&M FLORIDA 17-16, 12-3 SWAC
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Jackson St. JACKSON 16-20, 6-9 SWAC
Winner
Florida A&M FLORIDA
17-16, 12-3 SWAC
23
Final
8
Jackson St. JACKSON
16-20, 6-9 SWAC
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 R H E
Florida A&M FLORIDA 3 0 0 2 0 14 4 0 23 20 1
Jackson St. JACKSON 1 0 3 3 1 0 0 0 8 11 2

W: McKenzie, Jackson (2-0) L: Derek Arrocha (2-4)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Rattlers Strike Tigers and Claim Series

JACKSON, Miss. — There are blowouts, and then there are performances like Saturday. Jackson McKenzie launched two home runs and drove in six, Jay Campbell matched him with six RBIs of his own, and Florida A&M put up one of the most staggering offensive outputs in program history — erupting for 23 runs on 20 hits in an 23-8 thrashing of Jackson State at Braddy Field. The Rattlers improved to 17-16 overall and 12-3 in SWAC play.

The story of the game — the story of the season, perhaps — was the sixth inning. Trailing 8-5 heading into the frame, FAMU sent 17 batters to the plate and scored 14 runs on nine hits without making a single out for nearly half the inning. McKenzie led the charge with a go-ahead grand slam to left that blew the game open. Campbell added a three-run homer later in the same inning. Caden Kresak had a two-RBI double. William Brown knocked in two with a double. Josue Figueroa drew a bases-loaded walk for a run. When the dust settled, FAMU had sent 14 runs across in a single inning and turned a three-run deficit into an eleven-run lead.

McKenzie set the tone early. In the first inning, with two runners on, he homered to right-center to give FAMU a 3-0 lead before Jackson State had recorded a single out in the top of the first. He finished the afternoon 3-for-5 with two home runs, six RBIs and three runs scored — a dominant performance from the DH slot that underscored just how dangerous FAMU's lineup has become.

Campbell was equally relentless. The third baseman went 3-for-6 with a double, a home run, six RBIs and two runs scored. His three-run homer in the sixth — the exclamation point of FAMU's historic frame — came on an 0-2 pitch and made it 19-8. He added a two-RBI ground-rule double in the seventh to push the final to 23-8.

The Rattlers spread the damage everywhere. Kresak went 3-for-5 with a double and four RBIs. Alex Monile was 3-for-5 with two doubles and two RBIs. Matthew Perez went 3-for-5 and scored twice. Figueroa reached base six times on a hit and three walks, scored three runs and drove in two. Brown was 2-for-4 with a double, two RBIs and four runs scored. Every starter in the lineup contributed, and the Rattlers drew seven walks on the afternoon.

Jackson State gave FAMU a scare early. Jesus Campa allowed seven earned runs on nine hits in 3.1 innings as the Tigers came back to lead 8-5 through four, powered by three home runs from Tyree Reed — who went a staggering 4-for-4 with five RBIs on the afternoon. But McKenzie replaced Campa on the mound and was a different story entirely, going 3.2 innings, allowing just two hits and one unearned run, and striking out two to earn the win and improve to 2-0.
 

Key Stats — Florida A&M 23, Jackson State 8

Batting
Jackson McKenzie — 3-5, 2 HR, 6 RBI, 3 R, BB (grand slam + solo HR; W on mound)
Jay Campbell — 3-6, HR, 2B, 6 RBI, 2 R (3-run HR and 2-RBI double)
Caden Kresak — 3-5, 2B, SF, 4 RBI, 3 R
Alex Monile — 3-5, 2 2B, 2 RBI, 3 R
Josue Figueroa — 1-2, 2B, 2 RBI, 3 R, 3 BB
William Brown — 2-4, 2B, 2 RBI, 4 R, BB, HBP
Matthew Perez — 3-5, 2 R

Pitching
Jackson McKenzie (W, 2-0) — 3.2 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2 K
Jesus Campa — 3.1 IP, 9 H, 7 R, 7 ER, 2 BB, 3 K
 
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