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PINE BLUFF, Ark. — Florida A&M baseball refused to let the lead slip away. Trailing 5-5 heading into the seventh, the Rattlers scored two in the seventh, added two more in the ninth and blew the game open with a four-run ninth-inning surge to finish off Arkansas-Pine Bluff 11-5 on Sunday. FAMU improved to 9-13 overall and 4-2 in conference play.
William Brown was at the center of everything. The second baseman went 4-for-5 with three RBIs, two stolen bases and two runs scored, providing a relentless spark at the top of the Rattler order from the first pitch to the last out. He doubled the lead in the ninth with a fielder’s choice RBI, then came around to score on Justin Lopez’s clutch single.
Shortstop Matthew Perez matched him blow for blow, going 2-for-5 with three RBIs including a go-ahead RBI double in the fourth and a sacrifice fly in the ninth that pushed the lead to 9-5. Perez was patient, productive and poised in every big moment FAMU needed him.
FAMU trailed 3-1 after an ugly second inning in which Arkansas-Pine Bluff pushed across three runs on two walks and a pair of hits against starter Jesus Campa. But the Rattlers answered immediately. William Brown led off the third with a home run to left — his first of the season — and Perez followed with an RBI single to knot the game at 3-3.
The Rattlers kept swinging in the fourth. Myles Potter crushed a solo home run to left to put FAMU back in front 4-3, and Perez delivered again — lashing a two-out RBI double to right-center that scored Jordan Brown and made it 5-3. UAPB crept back, tying the game 5-5 with single runs in the fourth and fifth, keeping the pressure on.
Clark Lincoln steadied the ship out of the bullpen. The right-hander worked three clean innings, allowing just one unearned run on two hits while striking out two, keeping the Rattlers within striking distance long enough for the offense to close it out. Jackson McKenzie followed with 2.2 innings of shutout baseball to seal it, allowing just one hit and punching out two in the final frames.
FAMU broke it open in the seventh when Ethan Miller singled, a pair of Golden Lion errors opened the door, and Alex Monile delivered a sacrifice fly to score Miller. William Brown followed with an RBI single to push the margin to 7-5, and the Rattlers never looked back.
The ninth inning was a statement. After Alex Monile and Jordan Brown got on, William Brown’s RBI fielder’s choice made it 8-5. Perez’s sacrifice fly scored another, and Lopez — pinch hitting for Jay Campbell — singled to right and hustled to second as Justen Crews came around to score on a UAPB error. Lopez later moved to third on a passed ball before Miller struck out to end the inning, but the damage was done. FAMU had sent 10 men to the plate and plated four more.
Jordan Brown added two hits and two stolen bases out of the nine-hole, and Colton Ryals contributed a hit and a run scored to a well-balanced 13-hit attack. The Rattlers drew seven walks on the afternoon and manufactured runs in five different innings.
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Key Stats — Florida A&M 11, Arkansas-Pine Bluff 5
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Batting
William Brown — 4-5, HR, 3 RBI, 2 R, 2 SB
Matthew Perez — 2-5, 2B, 3 RBI (SAC fly, RBI double in 4th)
Myles Potter — 1-2, HR, 2 RBI (solo HR to left, 4th inning)
Jordan Brown — 2-5, 2 R, 2 SB
Justin Lopez — 1-1, RBI (pinch-hit single, 9th inning)
Alex Monile — 1-1, RBI (SAC fly, 7th inning)
Pitching
Clark Lincoln (W) — 3.0 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 2 K
Jackson McKenzie — 2.2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 2 K
Jesus Campa — 3.1 IP, 4 H, 4 R, 2 ER, 5 BB, 1 K
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