ITTA BENA, MS - The Mississippi Valley State University baseball team fell 11-9 to Alabama A&M University at Magnolia Field on Senior Day.
Seniors pictured from left to right: Quin Bennett, Isaiah Valenzuela, Ty Washington, Maury Weaver, Armando Sierra, Will Menendez, Dreylin Holmes, Hunter Stallings, Jack Early, Dylan Whitfield, Kyndell Dolphin, and Davon Mims.
HOW IT HAPPENED
Mississippi Valley State opened the scoring with one run in the second inning to grab a 1-0 lead.
AAMU responded in the third scoring three runs on a two-out rally.
In the bottom of the fourth, MVSU added a run on the board with a solo HR to left field by
Kyndell Dolphin bringing the score 3-2.
MVSU erupted in the sixth inning with six runs scored on seven hits including a 2 RBI double by
Benny Hernandez, to take an 8-3 lead.
In the top of the eighth, AAMU scored six runs and too an 11-9 lead that sealed the game.
GAME NOTES
- Mississippi Valley State finished with nine runs on 15 hits, had three errors and left eight on base.
- Ty Washington went 2-for-4, with three runs scored
- Benny Hernandez went 2-for-5, with two RBI and one run scored
- Elias Pena went 3-for-5, with two RBI and one run scored
- Armando Sierra surrendered three runs (one earned) on six hits, struck out three and walked one in 6.0 innings
- Isaiah Valenduela, Dylan Whitfield and Brayden Eftink worked in relief
- Mississippi Valley State's highest-scoring inning was the sixth, when it pushed six runs across the plate.
UP NEXT
The Delta Devils will face the Rattlers of Florida A&M University in a three game series starting on Thursday, May 16 at 4pm CT at Moore-Kittles Field in Tallahasse, Florida.
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