FAMU baseball drops doubleheader to NCCU

TALLAHASSEE, Florida - Florida A&M baseball coach Willie Brown almost came up with the right moves Saturday in an attempt to avoid dropping a doubleheader to North Carolina Central at Moore-Kittles Field.

Starting with a lineup shuffle to start the second game, Brown seemed to have the right personnel in the right place for the Rattlers to force an extra inning of the seven-inning game. But the Eagles mounted a six-run rally to beat FAMU 8-3 and sweep a MEAC doubleheader.

The Eagles took the first game 18-3, pounding out 18 hits. The doubleheader win was a first for NCCU against the Rattlers since the 2006 season. The loss was FAMU's sixth in a row, dropping the Rattlers to 3-5 in the MEAC and 7-22. Eagles improved to 5-6 in the league and 5-25 overall.

FAMU had never lost two consecutive games to the Eagles on its home field. Brown was attempting to avoid that when he made wholesale changes to the lineup that started the first game.

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