Courtesy: SWAC
ATLANTA, Ga.- The Jackson State Tigers clinched a berth in the 2024 SWAC Baseball Tournament Championship game after claiming a 4-2 win over the Bethune-Cookman Wildcats.
Jackson State took a 3-0 advantage in the top of the fifth inning. The Tigers added a run in the top of the seventh inning. Jackson State’s Lenny Montesano drove in all four of the Tigers runs on three hits.
Bethune-Cookman pushed two runs across the plate in the bottom of the second inning. Jose Gonzalez tallied two RBIs for the Wildcats.
B-CU’s Tanner Boccabello was charged with loss after pitching 6.1 innings and allowing four earned runs on 13 hits.
Jackson State’s Je-andrick Lourens pitched six innings and allowed no earned runs while only giving up three hits. JSU’s Christian Womble picked up the save for the Tiger.
On Friday Jackson State dropped a 4-3 contest in the 2024 Pepsi Southwestern Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament to this same Bethune Cookman team in extra innings at Russ Chandler Stadium.
JSU moves on the face the winner of the Florida A&M and Grambling State game. Due to adverse weather conditions in the area the start time for the 2024 SWAC Baseball Tournament semifinal games were adjusted. The Florida A&M versus Grambling State game had a first pitch at 4:00 pm EST.