PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas – Texas Southern scored early and often Sunday as the Tigers claimed a 24-5 win at Prairie View A&M.
 
At Prairie View A&M's Tankersley Field, Texas Southern (15-15) jumped out to a 12-0 lead after two and a half innings of play and never looked back as they claimed the win after seven innings.
 
The host Panthers (9-19) fell to 4-10 in Southwestern Athletic Conference play. Texas Southern improved to 9-6 in the SWAC's West Division standings.
 
Angel Avalos (pictured) went 2-for-4 at the plate and had three of Prairie View A&M's four RBIs in the game. He hit his a team-leading fourth home of the season in the seventh inning, which also scored Darrien Williams in front of him.
 
The two-run blast by Avalos was the only real blemish on TSU pitcher Ryan Rios' final line. Rios struck out 11 while scattering nine hits and walking three en route to the complete-game victory. He was also charged for three runs in the bottom of the third inning, but only one of those was earned.
 
Avalos opened the scoring with an RBI single that scored Kevin Macias with no outs in the inning to cut the TSU lead to 12-1. Shannon Washington followed with an RBI single of his own to score Williams, who had reached base on an error. Avalos scored the team's third run, but came home on a double play that cut short PVAMU's rally.
 
Joel Rosario-Alecia and Andre Moore knocked five RBIs a piece for the Tigers. Every TSU player in the starting lineup picked up at least one RBI, and every player that batted Sunday got at least one hit.
 
Edward Robledo took the loss for the Panthers after being pulled from the game with no outs in the second inning. TSU scored three in the first and would push home seven in the second inning. PVAMU would use six different pitchers Sunday.
 
Cody Den Beste knocked a single in the bottom of the first inning to improve his hitting streak to six games. Avalos ran his hitting streak to 10 games, which marks a season high for the Panthers.
 
The win gave the Tigers a weekend series win over the Panthers. The teams split the overall season series, with each team winning three games apiece.
 
PVAMU returns to action Friday when they open a weekend series at Southern. All three games in Baton Rouge can be heard on the OpenMic Broadcast Network, with Mike Prince on the call.