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2024 Season Finale
Aliyah Hill
7
Winner MISSISSIPPI VALLEY MVSUBSB 12-35, 4-27 SWAC
3
Florida A&M FAMU 27-25, 22-8 SWAC
Winner
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY MVSUBSB
12-35, 4-27 SWAC
7
Final
3
Florida A&M FAMU
27-25, 22-8 SWAC
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY MVSUBSB 0 0 0 4 0 0 1 2 0 7 9 0
Florida A&M FAMU 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 3 11 1

W: Sierra, Armando (3-4) L: Jacob Granger (4-4)

Game Recap: Baseball | | Aliyah Hill, Assoc. A.D. Public Relations & Social Media

Delta Devils Defeat Florida A&M 7-3 to End Season

TALLAHASSEE, FL – The Mississippi Valley State Baseball defeated Florida A&M 7-3 on Friday to hand a senior day loss for the final game of the season.
 
Armando Sierra earned the win for MVSU. Sierra allowed 10 hits, three runs, over nine innings, striking out one, and walking two. 
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
In the fourth inning, junior Benny Hernandez hit a three-run homerun, and Jack Early hit an RBI single to push MVSU's lead to 4-0.

The Rattlers first put a run on the board in the sixth inning when Sophomore Jordan Brown came across to score the only run of the inning for Florida A&M off a sacrifice fly by Sebastian Greico to bring the lead 4-1.

In the top of the seventh inning, senior Maury Weaver singled down the left field line to bring Dreylin Holmes in to score pushing the MVSU lead to 5-1. Florida A&M picked up a run on senior Ty Jackson's solo home run, which brought the score to 5-2 in favor of the Delta Devils.

In the eighth inning, Benny Hernandez hit his second homerun of the day to extend the MVSU lead to 7-2. The Rattlers scored once on an RBI single off the bat of sophomore Broedy Poppell. Neither team scored again and Mississippi Valley took the win to end the season.
 
GAME NOTES
  • Mississippi Valley State finished with seven runs on nine hits
  • Mississippi Valley State was led offensively by junior Benny Hernandez, who went 3-for-4 with two home runs and five RBI.
  • Rattlers pitchers combined to strike out 15 Mississippi Valley State hitters.
  • Dreylin Holmes went 1-for-5, with a double, and one run scored
  • The Rattlers led the Delta Devils in hits 11-9
  • Mississippi Valley State's highest-scoring inning was the fourth, when it pushed three runs across the plate.
 
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