DI/DII/DIII/NAIA/Baseball
By Michael Coker/Black College Nines
These are just some of the recent rumblings (4/12/2015) of Historically Black College and University (HBCU) baseball games played. There’s plenty to talk about so far this season with nationally top 10 rankings, come from behind victories, ninth-inning walk-offs, tenth-inning walk-offs. Pass ball walk-offs, bases loaded walk-offs, three run home run walk-offs and walk-off RBI singles.
How about last week-ends come from behind wild slug fest! No. 1 Alabama State down 8-2 to Mississippi Valley State in the sixth inning. A nine-run sixth inning after two outs, gave the Hornets baseball team a 15-11 win.
No. 4 Norfolk States Senior pitcher Stephen Butt struck out a career-high 13 batters over eight innings leading NSU to its ninth straight win and a three-game sweep of Maryland Eastern Shore in a 5-3 victory last Sunday.
Butt allowed just three hits and one run in eight innings, walked just one batter and fanned 13, “three shy of the school record”.
No. 4 Benedict College baseball team completed a three game series sweep over Clark Atlanta, taking a 13-8 victory over the Panthers. The “Tigers Andre Collum was 3-for-3 with a solo home run”, while “Kevin Davis was 2-for-4 with three RBIs and two stolen bases”. The Tigers exploded for eight runs in the third inning improve to 21-14 overall and 12-4 in the SIAC.
Morehouse upset No. 10 ranked Paine College in one of the best games of the season. Morehouse pulled out a 12-11 win. The Maroon Tigers led 11-5 in the ninth inning, but squandered six runs to Paine in the final inning. Morehouse left fielder Jared Maner scored the winning run with a bases-loaded walk in the bottom of the tenth inning.
Paine tied the game in the ninth, three walks, an error, a single and a grand slam. The game was tied 11-11. Morehouse took two of the three games against Paine.
No. 3 Edward Waters Tigers overwhelming four-game Gulf Coast Athletic Conference (GCAC) series sweep of Voorhees. EWC defeated VC by the same score 11-1 & 11-1 improve to 25-18 overall, 10-2 in the GCAC maintaining first place in the conference.
Catch the entire 2015 season right down to this week ends action of Black College Nines ranked top 10 HBCU baseball programs.
Friday April 17, 2015
SWAC
#1 Alabama State vs. Alcorn State Montgomery, Ala 1:00 PM Live Stats
#1 Alabama State vs. Alcorn State Montgomery, Ala Game 2 Live Stats
GCAC
Morris College vs. #3 Edward Waters 1:00 PM
Morris College vs. #3 Edward Waters Game 2
RRAC
#8 Wiley vs. LSU Shreveport 4:00 PM
#8 Wiley vs. LSU Shreveport Game 2
Saturday April 18, 2015
MEAC
#9 Bethune-Cookman vs. North Carolina A&T Daytona Beach, Fla. 1:00 PM
#9 Bethune-Cookman vs. North Carolina A&T Daytona Beach, Fla. Game 2
Coppin State vs. # 4 Norfolk State Baltimore, Md. 1:00 PM
Coppin State vs. # 4 Norfolk State Baltimore, Md. Game 2
#7 North Carolina Central vs. Savannah State Durham, N.C. 1:00 PM
#7 North Carolina Central vs. Savannah State Durham, N.C. Game 2
SWAC
#10 Southern vs. #2 Arkansas-Pine Bluff Baton Rouge, La. 12:00 PM Live Stats
#10 Southern vs. #2 Arkansas-Pine Bluff Baton Rouge, La. Game 2 Live Stats
#1 Alabama State vs. Alcorn State Montgomery, Ala 1:00 PM Live Stats
#5 Jackson State vs. #3 Alabama A&M Jackson, Miss. 1:00 PM
#5 Jackson State vs. #3 Alabama A&M Jackson, Miss. Game 2
CIAA
#1 Winston-Salem State vs. St. Augustine’s 1:00 PM
#1 Winston-Salem State vs. St. Augustine’s 3:00 PM
#2 Virginia State vs. Lincoln (Pa.) 1:00 PM
#2 Virginia State vs. Lincoln (Pa.) 3:00 PM
SIAC
Tuskegee University vs. #9 Paine Augusta, Ga. 12:00 PM
Tuskegee University vs. #9 Paine Augusta, Ga. Game 2
#4 Benedict vs. Miles Birmingham, AL 12:00 PM
#4 Benedict vs. Miles Birmingham, AL Game 2
GCAC
Trinity College vs. #3 Edward Waters 1:00 PM
Trinity College vs. #3 Edward Waters Game 2
#6 Talladega vs. Voorhees 2:30 PM
RRAC
#8 Wiley vs. LSU Shreveport 4:00 PM Senior Day Ceremony Before Game 1
#8 Wiley vs. LSU Shreveport Game 2
Sunday April 19, 2015
MEAC
Coppin State vs. # 4 Norfolk State Baltimore, Md. 12:00 PM
#9 Bethune-Cookman vs. North Carolina A&T Daytona Beach, Fla. 1:00 PM
#7 North Carolina Central vs. Savannah State Durham, N.C. 1:00 PM
SWAC
#10 Southern vs. #2 Arkansas-Pine Bluff Baton Rouge, La. 1:00 PM Live Stats
#5 Jackson State vs. #3 Alabama A&M Jackson, Miss. 1:00 PM
CIAA
#1 Winston-Salem State vs. St. Augustine’s 1:00 PM
#1 Winston-Salem State vs. St. Augustine’s 3:00 PM
#2 Virginia State vs. Lincoln (Pa.) 1:00 PM
#2 Virginia State vs. Lincoln (Pa.) 3:00 PM
SIAC
Tuskegee University vs. #9 Paine Augusta, Ga. 1:00 PM
#4 Benedict vs. Miles Birmingham, AL 1:00 PM
GCAC
#6 Talladega vs. Voorhees 12:00 PM
RRAC
Southwest vs. #7 Jarvis Christian 12:00 PM
Southwest vs. #7 Jarvis Christian Game 2