HOUSTON, Texas --Sophomore Landon Williams racked up five RBIs to help lead the Prairie View A&M Panthers over the Alabama A&M Bulldogs 10-6 on Friday.
Sophomore Landyn Grant (1-0) started on the mound and picked up the win for Prairie View A&M (1-0). The left-hander went seven innings, giving up two runs, both of them earned, on four hits, allowing no walks and striking out four. Sophomore Demarques Thompson also made an impact on the mound for the Panthers, throwing one scoreless inning while allowing no hits, with one walk and two strikeouts.
Williams went 3-for-3 with a double, a home run and a walk in addition to his five RBIs for the Panthers. Sophomore Michael Smith compiled a noteworthy performance at the plate as well, going 1-for-4 with a home run, a walk and two RBI. Senior Brayden Johnson also helped out for Prairie View A&M, putting together three hits in five trips to the plate while adding a double and an RBI.
HOW IT HAPPENED
The Panthers got the scoring started early, putting one run on the board in the bottom the first inning with the game still scoreless.
Prairie View A&M got an RBI single from Williams, scoring Smith from second base.
After the Bulldogs rallied to tie the ballgame at one, the Panthers came back to retake the lead in the third inning.
Prairie View A&M scored twice on Williams' two-run homer, which brought the score to 3-1 in favor of the Panthers.
Alabama A&M narrowed Prairie View A&M's lead to 3-2 before the Panthers stretched the advantage to 6-2 in the fifth inning.
Prairie View A&M held the Bulldogs scoreless before expanding their lead in the seventh inning.
Senior Jayden Williams crossed home plate with the lone run of the inning for the Panthers,
bringing the score to 7-2 in favor of Prairie View A&M.
Alabama A&M got within 7-4 until the Panthers scored again in the eighth inning to stretch its lead to 10-4.
Prairie View A&M scored three runs in the frame, buoyed by a
two-run homer from sophomore Landon Williams.
Alabama A&M put two runs on the scoreboard before the game was over, but the Panthers still coasted to the 10-6 win.
GAME NOTES
» Prairie View A&M got three-hit games from both sophomore Landon Williams and Johnson.
» The Panthers power output was led by sophomore Landon Williams, who had two extra base hits in the ballgame.
» Sophomore Landon Williams drove in five runs for Prairie View A&M.
» Every Prairie View A&M starter reached base safely in the win.
» Prairie View A&M's highest scoring inning was the eighth, when it pushed three runs across.
» Prairie View A&M grabbed a 1-0 lead in the bottom half of the first and didn't surrender that lead for the remainder of the game.
» Grant put together seven innings of two-run ball for the Panthers.
» The Panthers out-hit the Bulldogs at an 11-5 clip.
» Senior Jayden Williams stole two bases in Friday's game.
» Prairie View A&M went 7-for-13 (.538) with runners in scoring position.
» Prairie View A&M pitchers limited Alabama A&M to just 2-for-12 (.167) with runners in scoring position.
» Prairie View A&M pitchers faced 42 Alabama A&M hitters in the game, allowing five ground balls and 15 fly balls while striking out six.
» The Panthers drew seven walks from Alabama A&M pitching.
» Sophomore Landon Williams led the Panthers at the plate, going 3-for-3 with a double, a home run and five RBI.
» Alabama A&M was led offensively by senior D. Joseph, who went 3-for-5 with an RBI.
» Senior Trey Scott led the Bulldogs pitching staff, throwing 4.1 innings of three-run ball.
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