JACKSON, Mississippi - The Jackson State baseball team opened the season with two big wins over Florida A&M and Eastern Illinois Friday night at Robert "Bob" Braddy Field on the opening day of the JSU Tournament. JSU ended the day with a 2-0 record.In JSU's season opener, the Tigers beat the FAMU Rattlers 15-6. JSU recorded 13 hits and 12 RBI in the win. The Rattlers scored its six runs on 10 hits. Quintavious Drains picked up the win. In six innings of work he recorded nine strikeouts. Heath Blackburn suffered the loss for FAMU.
Charles Epperson and Ethan Bright led JSU's offensive efforts. Epperson went 4-4 at the plate with two runs and two RBI. Epperson also recorded the first home run of the season for the Tigers. Bright went 3-5 at the plate with a run scored and three RBI.
In JSU's second game of the season, the Tigers improved to 2-0 by beating Eastern Illinois 2-1. The game was originally scheduled to be played on Saturday, Feb. 18, but was rescheduled to 9:30 pm Friday night due to pending inclement weather on Saturday. The game was a defensive battle as JSU gave up five hits and Eastern Illinois allowed six runs.
JSU scored the first run of the game when Epperson scored on a Frank Solis single. EIU scored its only run of the game in the fourth inning. The Tigers scored the final run of the game when Gabriel Babineaux scored on an error.
Day two of the JSU Tournament should see a 90-plus percent chance of rain on Saturday, Feb. 18
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