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Jackson McKenzie
15
Winner Florida A&M FAMU 29-22
6
Southern U. SBR 28-22
Winner
Florida A&M FAMU
29-22
15
Final
6
Southern U. SBR
28-22
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Florida A&M FAMU 0 1 2 0 3 3 3 3 0 15 19 1
Southern U. SBR 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 3 0 6 10 1

W: Workman, Garrett (6-4) L: Myles Dismute (7-3)

Game Recap: Baseball |

McKenzie Hits for the Cycle at Rickwood, Rattlers Blast Southern 15-6

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Jackson McKenzie came to Rickwood Field on Thursday night and did something that will be talked about for a long time. The FAMU designated hitter hit for the cycle — single, double, triple and home run — going 4-for-6 with three RBIs and four runs scored to lead the Rattlers to a 15-6 victory over Southern University. Florida A&M improved to 29-22, erupting for 19 hits in five hours and 39 minutes of baseball that included a nearly two-hour rain delay.

McKenzie completed the cycle with the most dramatic hit last. In the eighth inning, with two outs and Jay Campbell standing on third after a triple down the right field line, McKenzie stepped in against Noah Bagby and sent the first pitch he saw over the right field wall for a two-run homer — his first home run of the game and the final piece of one of baseball's rarest individual achievements. The crowd at Rickwood erupted.

The cycle unfolded inning by inning. McKenzie singled through the right side in the third with Campbell and Monile on base to set up FAMU's three-run frame. He tripled to right center in the sixth and scored on an Ethan Miller RBI single. He doubled down the left field line in the seventh — after nearly two hours of standing in the rain — and scored on a Colton Ryals double. Then came the homer in the eighth. Four at-bats. Four extra-base hits and a single. The cycle.

Garrett Workman set the foundation, working 5.1 innings of two-earned-run ball on six hits while striking out three. He navigated around Southern's only real threat — a Jaylon Lucky two-run homer in the fourth — and kept the Rattlers in control until the rain arrived at the end of the sixth with FAMU ahead 9-3.

When play resumed just after 10:30 p.m., FAMU picked up right where it left off. Matthew Perez drove in four on the night — including a two-RBI single in the sixth and an RBI double in the second — doing the workmanlike damage that let McKenzie's cycle be the headline. Campbell added a triple and a double. Alex Monile went 3-for-3 before giving way to Ryals, who added a run-scoring double in the seventh. The Rattlers scored in five of the nine innings and sent 44 batters to the plate.

Clark Lincoln closed it out with 1.2 innings of clean relief after Tanner Walker ran into trouble in the eighth. Southern scored three late runs on four walks — a momentary blemish on a night that belonged entirely to Florida A&M and, above all, to Jackson McKenzie.

Key Stats — Florida A&M 15, Southern University 6
 
Batting
Jackson McKenzie — 4-6, HR, 3B, 2B, 1B (cycle), 3 RBI, 4 R
Matthew Perez — 3-6, 2B, 4 RBI
Jay Campbell — 2-4, 3B, 2B, 2 RBI, 3 R, 2 BB
Alex Monile — 3-3, 2B, 2 R, BB
Josue Figueroa — 2-5, 2 RBI, SF, R
Colton Ryals — 1-2, 2B, RBI, R

Pitching
Garrett Workman (W, 6-4) — 5.1 IP, 6 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 3 K
Clark Lincoln — 1.2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 2 K
Tanner Walker — 1.1 IP, 3 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 4 BB, 1 K
 
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