{"id":210311,"date":"2026-03-29T05:36:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-29T05:36:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/210311\/"},"modified":"2026-03-29T05:36:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-29T05:36:08","slug":"rattlers-rout-the-hornets-florida-am","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/210311\/","title":{"rendered":"Rattlers Rout the Hornets &#8211; Florida A&#038;M"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>                    &#13;<br \/>\n                        &#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/a5.png\" alt=\"Alabama State University\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                Next Game:<\/p>\n<p> Alabama State University<\/p>\n<p>3\/29\/2026 | 1:00 PM<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                    Mar. 29 (Sun) \/ 1:00 PM&#13;\n                <\/p>\n<p>                    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sidearm-story-template-next-game-opponent-logo\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/a5.png\" alt=\"Alabama State University\"\/><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                        \u00a0Alabama State University&#13;\n                    <\/p>\n<p>                    <a class=\"sidearm-story-template-next-game-details-history\" href=\"https:\/\/famuathletics.com\/sports\/baseball\/opponent-history\/alabama-state-university\/18\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">History <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                             &#13;<\/p>\n<p>                    TALLAHASSEE, Fla. \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/famuathletics.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/garrett-workman\/5464\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"5464\" target=\"_blank\">Garrett Workman<\/a> was a different pitcher on Saturday afternoon. The left-hander carved through the Alabama State lineup for 7.2 innings, stranding threat after threat and repeatedly leaving Golden Hornets on base while FAMU&#8217;s offense built a lead that was never truly in doubt. Workman struck out seven, walked one and allowed just one earned run as the Rattlers opened their SWAC home series with a 9-1 victory in front of 352 fans at FAMU Baseball Stadium.<\/p>\n<p>Florida A&amp;M wasted little time taking control. In the bottom of the first against Alabama State starter Esaid Pe\u00f1a, <a href=\"https:\/\/famuathletics.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/caden-kresak\/5469\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"5469\" target=\"_blank\">Caden Kresak<\/a> drew a walk, <a href=\"https:\/\/famuathletics.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/matthew-perez\/5456\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"5456\" target=\"_blank\">Matthew Perez<\/a> singled to center and <a href=\"https:\/\/famuathletics.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/jay-campbell\/5446\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"5446\" target=\"_blank\">Jay Campbell<\/a> singled home the first run. Two batters later, <a href=\"https:\/\/famuathletics.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/justen-crews\/5448\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"5448\" target=\"_blank\">Justen Crews<\/a> doubled down the right field line to score two more, chasing Pe\u00f1a and sending FAMU to the dugout with a 3-0 lead after one. Pe\u00f1a lasted just one inning, walking three and hitting the strike zone inconsistently throughout his 35-pitch outing.<\/p>\n<p>The Rattlers kept building. <a href=\"https:\/\/famuathletics.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/josue-figueroa\/4492\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"4492\" target=\"_blank\">Josue Figueroa<\/a> walked to lead off the fourth and <a href=\"https:\/\/famuathletics.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/william-brown\/4508\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"4508\" target=\"_blank\">William Brown<\/a> plated him with a double to left. An RBI groundout from Kresak pushed the margin to 5-0. Then <a href=\"https:\/\/famuathletics.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/alex-monile\/5473\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"5473\" target=\"_blank\">Alex Monile<\/a> delivered again in the fifth, reaching on a fielder&#8217;s choice that scored Campbell from third to make it 6-0. FAMU spread the damage across five separate innings, keeping relentless pressure on a Golden Hornet bullpen that cycled through four pitchers on the afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>Workman&#8217;s performance was the story. His previous starts this season had been inconsistent, but Saturday he was in command from the outset \u2014 retiring the first three Golden Hornets in order, picking off a baserunner in the third and inducing two critical double plays when Alabama State threatened. He did not allow an earned run until the eighth, when Cale Clark and Niguel Jenkins singled and Fabian Santana plated one on a groundout. <a href=\"https:\/\/famuathletics.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/tanner-walker\/4499\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"4499\" target=\"_blank\">Tanner Walker<\/a> came on to finish the final 1.1 innings, allowing one hit and striking out two.<\/p>\n<p>Brown was productive throughout, going 2-for-4 with a double and a run scored. Campbell went 2-for-4 with an RBI and two runs scored from the three hole, and Kresak reached base three times to set the table at the top of the order. Crews delivered the big blow early, his two-run double in the first opening the floodgates.<\/p>\n<p>The victory improved Florida A&amp;M to 11-14 overall and continued what has become a strong stretch of baseball for the Rattlers, who have won five of their last six games heading deeper into the conference slate.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\nKey Stats \u2014 Florida A&amp;M 9, Alabama State 1<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\nBatting<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/famuathletics.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/william-brown\/4508\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"4508\" target=\"_blank\">William Brown<\/a> \u2014 2-4, 2B, R<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/famuathletics.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/jay-campbell\/5446\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"5446\" target=\"_blank\">Jay Campbell<\/a> \u2014 2-4, RBI, 2 R<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/famuathletics.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/justen-crews\/5448\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"5448\" target=\"_blank\">Justen Crews<\/a> \u2014 1-3, 2B, 2 RBI, R (key 2-run double, 1st inning)<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/famuathletics.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/matthew-perez\/5456\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"5456\" target=\"_blank\">Matthew Perez<\/a> \u2014 1-3, RBI, R<\/p>\n<p>Pitching<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/famuathletics.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/garrett-workman\/5464\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"5464\" target=\"_blank\">Garrett Workman<\/a> (W, 1-3) \u2014 7.2 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 7 K<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/famuathletics.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/tanner-walker\/4499\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"4499\" target=\"_blank\">Tanner Walker<\/a> \u2014 1.1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K<\/p>\n<p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; &#13; &#13; Next Game: Alabama State University 3\/29\/2026 | 1:00 PM &#13; Mar. 29 (Sun) \/ 1:00&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":210312,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[232,234,233],"class_list":["post-210311","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tallahassee","tag-tallahassee","tag-tallahassee-headlines","tag-tallahassee-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210311","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=210311"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210311\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/210312"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=210311"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=210311"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=210311"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}