FRANKFORT, Ky. – Baseball defeats SIAC opponent Tuskegee 14-6 that pushes them to a 2-1 series win as 10 seniors played their final games at Alumni Field.
 
Kentucky State opened the series with a tough 8-11 loss, while taking the final two games 7-3 and 14-6.
 
Ten Thorobreds played their final games at Alumni Field, Brady Bibbs, John Micheal Etheridge, Byron Famble, Tavon Gibbs, Josh Graves, Aram Kumar, Dominic Lawson, Jared Pierce, Roby Schank, and Adren Thompson.
 
Game 1: Kentucky State 8, Tuskegee 11
At the top of the third inning, the Golden Tigers controlled the contest 6-0.
 
Kentucky State followed with a scoring surge led by a two-run home run by Lawson in the bottom of the third inning. Famble followed with a single to left field, sending Collier Higgs across home plate to bring the Thorobreds to within three of the 6-3 Tuskegee lead.
 
Antonio Chamber singled deep into center field, sending both Daniel Moore and Kelton Saylor home to close come within one of the 6-5 Golden Tiger lead.
 
Saylor's game-tying run came on a single into center field, allowing Lawson to score at tie the game at 6-6 in the sixth inning. Kentucky State took the lead as Moore and Saylor scored on an error by the Golden Tigers. The Thorobreds held an 8-6 lead at the end of the sixth inning.
 
A late rally in the 8th and 9th inning gave Tuskegee an 11-8 victory in game one of the doubleheader.
 
Game 2: Kentucky State 7, Tuskegee 6
At the bottom of the second inning, the Thorobreds would score on a wild pitch, and a sacrifice fly by Schank sent Thompson home, giving Kentucky State a 2-0 lead.
 
Lawson singled in the fourth inning, allowing his teammate Schank to score, extending the Thorobreds lead 3-1.
 
One run was added early in the fifth inning as Chambers crossed home on a wild pitch and Jared Pierce doubled on a ball hit deep into left field, batting in both Famble and Thompson to give Kentucky State a 6-1 lead.
 
Tuskegee would attempt to rally in the sixth inning scoring two runs to bring themselves to within three as they trailed 3-6 going into the bottom of the sixth. Moore sent the final batter in the on a double, sending his team to a 7-3 victory that split the doubleheader with Tuskegee.
 
 
Game 3: Kentucky State 14, Tuskegee 6
Kentucky State controlled the final game of the series with a 14-6 victory led off by Thompson with a single into left field batting in Higgs. The Golden Tigers walked Famble with the bases loaded, walking Schank past home plate.

The Golden Tigers scored multiple runs taking a 6-2 lead in the top of the fifth. Higgs hit a sacrifice fly to right field, allowing Lawson to score a close on the Golden Tiger 6-3 lead.

A high-scoring sixth inning led to Kentucky State taking a 7-6 lead. The inning began with Pierce and Higgs hitting sacrifice flies into the outfield, scoring a run on each. Saylor reached the plate twice in the inning scoring with the first tying the contest and the second giving Kentucky State a one-run lead.

Lawson hit the center field fence in the seventh inning with the bases loaded, allowing all runners to score and give the Thorobreds a 10-6 lead.

The game's final runs began with a two-run single by Lawson, followed by a one-run single to center field. Thompson was walked, allowing Lawson to score the contest's final run.
   
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