Written by Michael Thervil
It is a great day for baseball in Houston at Daikin Park, home of the World Champion Houston Astros. Today is the first day and first game of the Cactus Jack HBCU Classic. If you don’t know what an HBCU is, it stands for “Historically Black Colleges and Universities”. Today's first match up on the diamond was between Grambling State University and Jackson State University.
To the crowd, this was a cold game in terms of temperature; however, the fans of both teams did their best to mitigate that by heating up the stadium by cheering on their prospective teams. By the fifth inning, the score was tied 4-4. By the top of the 7th inning, the score was tied again, this time 6-6 between the two teams. The tied score between the two teams continued for the rest of the game. It wouldn't be until the bottom of the 9 inning that some sort of scuffle occurred on first base over an “out” which also resulted in a shoving match between two of the team players.
Because of the spectacular plays made by both teams, it led to a tied score in the 9th inning. Hence, the game went into overtime at the 2-hour 39-minute mark. At the top of the 10th inning (overtime), Grambling University scored against Jackson State University, which put Grambling State University in the position to win this game. Final score Grambling State University 8 and Jackson State University. Total game time with an extra inning – 3 hours and 53 minutes. For highlighted stats, take a look at the box scores below.
Grambling State
Player | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | WP | BK | HBP | IBB | AB | BF | FO | GO | NP |
Randy Reyes | 5.0 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 26 | 0 | 7 | -- |
Javier Martinez | 2.0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 12 | 1 | 2 | -- |
Payton Allen (W, 1-0) | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 4 | -- |
Totals |
| 9 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 48 | 4 | 13 |
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Jackson State
Player | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | WP | BK | HBP | IBB | AB | BF | FO | GO | NP |
Gonzalez, Erick | 4.1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 20 | 2 | 1 | -- |
Lewis, CJ | 2.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 1 | -- |
Thomas, Miles | 0.2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | -- |
Didder, Nkosi (L, 0-1) | 3.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 14 | 1 | 3 | -- |
Totals |
| 10 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 36 | 48 | 7 | 6 |
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