The Prairie View A&M baseball team fell in extra innings to Grambling at home 18-11 Friday at Tankersley Field.
 
Corbin Jamison had a season-high four hits for the Panthers. Steven Williams hit a solo homer and had two hits as did Calvin Rucker and Tyler Gordon.
 
Trailing 6-3, PVAMU took its first lead in the bottom of the sixth. Andrew Garcia walked and Rucker singled to lead off the inning. Xavier Jefferson reached on sacrifice bunt and a Grambling error to allow Garcia and Rucker to score to cut the deficit to 6-5. Gordon's single to center field scored Jefferson to tie the game. Jamison reached on a bunt single, and Brashad Jones walked to load the bases. With one out, Ezekiel Bear singled to right field, scoring Jamison and Jones to give the Panthers an 8-6 lead.
 
After Grambling tied the score in the top of the seventh, Prairie View A&M took it right back in the home seventh. Rucker singled to lead off the inning and pinch runner Demarie' Smith advanced to third on a bunt single by Jefferson. Gordon's safety squeeze bunt scored Smith to put the Panthers ahead. Jefferson later scored in the inning as a PVAMU runner was caught in a rundown for an 11-9 lead.
 
Leading 11-10, Prairie View A&M added a run in the bottom of the eighth on an RBI triple by Williams, scoring Daniel Lingua who was hit by a pitch to led off the inning.
 
The Tigers tied the score in the top of the ninth and broke the game open in the 10^th inning.
 
Game two of the series is Saturday at 2 p.m., with game three Sunday at 1 p.m. at Tankersley Field.
 

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