The Prairie View A&M University baseball team rallied from four runs down in the final at bat to defeat Huston-Tillotson 12-11 to complete a doubleheader sweep Tuesday at Tankersley Field.
 
Tyler Gordon's walk off single to right center field scored Jalyn Baker, whose infield single deep in the hole at second base scored Kevin Macias with the tying run. In all, the Panthers scored three runs with two outs to complete the sweep. PVAMU took game one, 9-0.
 
Prairie View A&M returns to action Friday in the opening game of a three-game series at Grambling St.
 
Game 1 - Panthers 9, Huston-Tillotson 0: Steven Williams and Xavier Jefferson each homered and had three hits in the opener.
 
Williams' two-run homer in the first with two outs scored Jefferson for a 2-0 lead. In the second, Brashad Jones doubled down the left field line and moved to third on bunt single by Jefferson. With two outs, Jones scored on a wild pitch ahead of a Williams' infield single, scoring Jefferson for a 4-0 lead.
 
A five-run fifth broke the game open. Tyler Gordon walked, stole second, and with one out, stole third. Jefferson then homered to right to extend the lead to 6-0. Anthony Fernandez then singled to left field and scored on Cody Den Beste's double to left center. Following a walk to Williams and a wild pitch that moved Den Beste to third, Carson Lee's single to left field scored Den Beste. Kevin Macias followed with a singled to right, scoring Williams for the final margin.
 
Andreas Faltesak, Cassity Land (1-0), and Phillip Gay combined to limit Huston-Tillotson to four hits.
 
Game 2 – Panthers 12, Huston Tillotson 11: Den Beste went 4-for-5 with three runs scored and had an RBI single in the five-run seventh.  
 
Trailing 4-1 in the third, PVAMU regained the lead in the home half of the inning. Avery Williams doubled to right center field and scored on an RBI single by Jefferson, who was out at second trying to stretch the hit into a double. Den Beste and Steven Williams then followed with singles, moving Den Beste to third. After S. Williams stole second, Jayln Baker reached on an error, with both runners scoring on the play. Kevin Macias then singled through the right side, moving Baker to third. Tyrone Gordon's sacrifice fly scored Baker to put the Panthers ahead, 5-4.
 
However, Huston-Tillotson (8-12) regained the lead with two runs in the fourth, fifth and sixth innings, and added an additional run in the seventh.
 
Trailing 11-7 in the ninth, pinch hitter Carson Lee singled to right field and scored on an Avery Williams' double to left center field. After Jefferson reached base on a fielding error, Den Beste's single to left scored A. Williams to cut the deficit to 11-9. Steven Williams' groundout to shortstop scored Jefferson to cut the margin to 11-9 before the final heroics to earn the win.
 

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