By Curtis Ford, Grambling State Associate AD for Athletic Communications
GRAMBLING — Grambling State put on an offensive show on Saturday afternoon, hitting six home runs in a 15-5 drubbing of Texas Southern in seven innings at Wilbert Ellis Field at R.W.E. Jones Park.
Five G-Men accounted for the six homers with Cameron Hill homering twice. Hill went 3-for-4 with four RBI.
Nyan Hayes, Chris Marcellus, Keanu-Jacobs-Guishard and Shannon Martinwere the other G-Men to hit homers.
Nine of Grambling State’s 15 hits were extra base hits.
Payton Allen (2-1) notched his second win of the season, working 5.0 innings and surrendering two runs on three hits. He fanned two batters and issued one walk.
Trenton Shaw finished the job after entering the game in the sixth inning giving up three runs (one earned) in 2.0 innings of action. He also struck out two batters and walked one.
Grambling State (9-12 overall, 5-0 SWAC) got on the board quickly on an RBI single by Hill in the bottom of the first to give GSU a 1-0 lead.
GSU’s bats charged up in the bottom of the second when Jacobs-Guishard and Marcellus walloped back-to-back homers to left field, growing Grambling State’s lead to 3-0 with one out. A sacrifice fly by Jaylyn Bennett pushed the advantage to 4-0.
Hill smacked his first home run of the game in the third inning, a solo shot that made it 5-0.
The G-Men continued to pound TSU (8-16, 3-2) in the fourth inning. Following a leadoff single by Marcellus, Martin smashed a two-run homer to give GSU a 7-0 lead. A two-run shot by Hill gave GSU a 9-0 advantage.
Hayes made it 10-0 in the fourth with a solo homer, opening a 10-run lead over Texas Southern.
TSU never recovered from the early onslaught as GSU kept Texas Southern at bay and cruised to the 15-5 run-rule victory in seven innings.
Kewan Braziel (2-5) was charged with loss after giving up five runs on five hits in 2.0 innings of work.
UP NEXT
Grambling State wraps its series with Texas Southern on Sunday at Wilbert Ellis Field at R.W.E. Jones Park. First pitch is scheduled for 1 p.m.
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