HOUSTON — The Prairie View A&M baseball team dropped the first of the three game series 10-4 to Texas Southern Friday evening at McGregor Park.
 
In the first frame, with runners on first and third base, a single through the left side from Dalton Horner sent Daniel Lingua home for the first run of the game.  
With the bases loaded a single to third base from Calvin Rucker allowed Alex Martinez to come in for another home touch, and an early 2-0 lead.

The Panthers were down 3-2 in the top of the third inning, before a single to left field brought Martinez in for the tying 3-3 run.

Horner scored the team's final run of the game in the fifth inning, on a miscue by the Tigers. The game was knotted at 4-4, before TSU pulled ahead in the final innings and PVAMU was unable to answer.

Rucker gathered two RBI in two hits.  Brian Williams allowed only seven hits on 28 batters faced.

The series will continue on Saturday, April 27 at 2 p.m. at McGregor Park in Houston.