GAME 1 | Prairie View A&M 6, Alcorn State 3
PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas --Freshman Mac Bowie put together a brilliant performance at the plate Sunday, hitting two homers to help propel the Prairie View A&M Panthers over the Alcorn State Braves 6-3.
Senior Leonardo Bravo (3-1) got the win for Prairie View A&M (12-32, 8-11). The right-hander went 7.1 innings, giving up three runs, all of them earned, on seven hits, allowing three walks and striking out five. Senior Seve Medrano also pitched well, going one shutout inning without allowing a hit, walking none and striking out one.
Bowie went 2-for-3 at the plate, supplementing his two home runs with two RBIs. Sophomore Landon Williams added to Bowie's awesome power-hitting performance by going 1-for-3 with a home run and two RBI along with one walk. Senior Jayden Williams also chipped in for the Panthers, going 3-for-4 with a double.
HOW IT HAPPENED
The Panthers got the scoring started early, putting two runs on the board in the bottom the first inning with the game still scoreless. Senior Brayden Johnson drove in two runs for Prairie View A&M with a single, that scored freshman Sonnier Moses and senior Jayden Williams.
The Panthers then held the Braves scoreless before expanding their lead in the sixth inning. Prairie View A&M scored three times, with an output that included home runs from both sophomore Landon Williams and Bowie, which brought the score to 5-0 in favor of the Panthers.
Alcorn State narrowed Prairie View A&M's lead to 5-3 before the Panthers stretched the advantage to 6-3 in the eighth inning. The Panthers added a run on Bowie's two-out solo home run off freshman Kanious Davis. The score remained 6-3 for the rest of the game, as Prairie View A&M held on for the win.
GAME NOTES
» The Panthers got two home runs off the bat of Bowie.
» Senior Jayden Williams picked up three base hits in the game for Prairie View A&M.
» Bravo struck out five Braves hitters.
» The Panthers power output was led by Bowie, who picked up two extra base hits in the ballgame.
» Prairie View A&M's highest scoring inning was the sixth, when it pushed three runs across.
» Prairie View A&M grabbed a 2-0 lead in the bottom half of the first and didn't surrender that lead for the remainder of the game.
» Prairie View A&M hitters hit three dingers in the ballgame.
» The Panthers out-hit the Braves at a 10-7 clip.
» Moses stole two bases in Sunday's game.
» Prairie View A&M went 3-for-6 (.500) with runners in scoring position.
» Prairie View A&M pitchers limited Alcorn State to just 1-for-7 (.143) with runners in scoring position.
» Prairie View A&M pitchers faced 38 Alcorn State hitters in the game, allowing eight ground balls and 11 fly balls while striking out seven.
» Bowie led the Panthers at the plate, going 2-for-3 with two home runs and two RBI.
