SWAC Tournament Game 4 - Southern 8, Alabama A&M 3‏
Duane Lewis 05/20/09

Southern came back from a 3-1 deficit to defeat Alabama A&M 8-3 in the2009 SWAC Baseball Tournament. The Jaguars (26-14) advance to play Grambling State at 6 p.m. Thursday. The Bulldogs (14-30) scored a pair of runs in the top of the first on anRBI triple and Alton Ellison, who then scored on an error to give AlabamaA&M a 2-0 lead.

The Jaguars scored in the bottom of the first on an RBIdouble by Victor Franklin.AAMU added a run in the third when Fabian Harperscored on an error. Southern scored a run on an RBI single by Frazier Hall in the fourthinning and a solo home run by James Armstrong in the fifth, the first homerun of the Tournament.

The Jaguars took the lead for good with a five-run seventh inning .BradMcDavid’s RBI single scoring Frazier Hall put Southern ahead 4-3. GregWhitfield’s three-run homer to left field and an RBI fielder’s choiceby Ozzie Lamos gave SU an 8-3 lead. Daniel Garcia (4-0) got the win for Southern, going seven innings allowingsix hits and three runs (one earned), walking none and striking out one.

Grant Mattix (3-4) took the loss for Alabama A&M, which will play JacksonState at noon in an elimination game.