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6
6
Texas Southern TSU 20-23
8
Winner Florida A&M FAMU 28-22
Texas Southern TSU
20-23
6
Final
8
Florida A&M FAMU
28-22
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Texas Southern TSU 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 6 10 2
Florida A&M FAMU 2 0 1 0 1 0 4 0 X 8 14 1

W: Walker, Tanner (4-2) L: Justin Mays (5-4) S: Williams, Cody (6)

Game Recap: Baseball |

FAMU Defeats TSU 8-6 in SWAC Tournament Opener

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — The Rattlers came to Rickwood Field — America's oldest professional baseball park — and they put on a show. Jay Campbell homered to right field. Jordan Brown delivered a two-RBI single with two outs and the game hanging in the balance. Florida A&M erased a two-run seventh-inning deficit and walked off with an 8-6 victory over Texas Southern, improving to 28-22 on the season with a performance the historic ballpark won't forget.

Caleb Granger set the foundation. The right-hander worked six innings of one-run baseball on four hits, navigating threat after threat with poise while Texas Southern starter Justin Mays — who struck out 11 Rattlers — kept the game tight. FAMU built a 4-1 lead through six and put it in the bullpen's hands.

Texas Southern surged for five in the seventh — a Lopez RBI single, a two-run Ruiz single aided by a Figueroa error and a Robinson two-run homer to right-center — turning a comfortable lead into a 6-4 deficit. For a lesser team, the game ends there. The Rattlers answered immediately.

In the bottom of the seventh, Campbell singled and reached second on a throwing error. McKenzie walked. Miller bunted both runners over. Colton Ryals singled home Campbell. Ryals stole second. Texas Southern intentionally walked Figueroa — bringing up Brown with the bases loaded, two outs and the game on the line.

Brown singled to center. Two runs scored. FAMU led 7-6. William Brown followed with a single through the left side to plate Figueroa and make it 8-6. Four runs, four hits, two outs — a statement inning from a team that refuses to blink.

Clark Lincoln worked a clean eighth and Cody Williams closed out the ninth on 13 pitches — three up, three down — earning his sixth save of the season. Tanner Walker, who inherited the five-run seventh and was on the mound when FAMU retook the lead, was credited with the win.

Rattlers will play the winner between Jackson State/Southern on Thursday at 4 p.m. EST on SWAC TV.
 

Key Stats — Florida A&M 8, Texas Southern 6

Batting
Jay Campbell — 2-4, HR (3rd inning, to RF), SF, 2 RBI, 2 R
Jordan Brown — 1-4, 2 RBI (go-ahead 2-run single, 2 outs, 7th inning)
William Brown — 2-4, RBI, R, SAC
Caden Kresak — 2-4, BB, 2 R
Colton Ryals — 1-1, RBI, R, BB, SB

Pitching
Tanner Walker (W, 4-2) — 1.0 IP, 5 H, 5 R, 5 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
Caleb Granger — 6.0 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 3 BB, 2 K
Clark Lincoln — 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K
Cody Williams (S, 6) — 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K
 
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