Baseball Drops A Pair Against Alabama A&M

Box Score (Game 1) | Box Score (Game 2)

MADISON, Ala. – The Mississippi Valley State University baseball program led from the opening half-inning to the final half-inning of game one but fell victim to a walk-off before getting shutout in game two as it dropped both contests of the doubleheader.

The Basics

• Final Score (Game 1): Alabama A&M 5 | Mississippi Valley State 4

• Final Score (Game 2): Alabama A&M 5 | Mississippi Valley State 0

• Records: Mississippi Valley State (10-23-1, 4-17 SWAC) | Alabama A&M (10-31, 7-16 SWAC)

• Location: Madison, Alabama – James Clemens High School

• Series History: Mississippi Valley State Leads 66-64

• Winning Streak: Alabama A&M (W8) | Mississippi Valley State’s Last Win: March 20, 2022 (Game 2, 8-7)

Mississippi Valley State Top Performers

• Narvin Booker was impressive at the plate, going 4-for-6 (.667) with a pair of singles in each game to give him 11 multi-hit outings on the year.

• Davon Mims used his 2-for-4 doubleheader opener to stay one step ahead of Booker for the team lead regarding multi-hit affairs, collecting his 12th of the campaign plus driving in a run and scoring once.

• Jan Tolentino extended his on-base streak to 11-in-a-row with a base knock in the second contest while Jose Salazar-Ortega upper his streak to 14 straight in the series opener before going 0-for in the nightcap.

• Salazar-Ortega and Mims were joined by Chris Soeder as the Delta Devils with an RBI on the evening while Maury Weaver, Dreylin Holmes, and Treadwell Kennedy crossed home plate to go along with Mims.

• Hunter Stallings gave the Green and White a chance to win game one with a quality start of six innings and three runs allowed, surrendering just four hits and sitting down four as well.

• Juan Reyes recorded the first two strikeouts of his career in his second full scoreless inning of his freshman campaign with Isaiah Valenzuela hurling 2.1 solid innings with just a single run given up.

Notes

• Mississippi Valley has now lost more games in the SWAC when leading heading into the ninth as its won, going 2-3 so far in conference contests and 4-3 overall.

Game three will take place at 1 p.m. Sunday afternoon in Madison at James Clemens High School.

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