Box Score PINE BLUFF, Ark. (April 15) - The University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff Baseball scored five runs in the bottom of the eighth inning to propel to a 7-4 win over Texas Southern, here Friday afternoon at the Torii Hunter Baseball, Softball and Little Complex.
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UAPB finished the contest with six hits, while TSU tallied six.
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The Golden Lions had six players to finish with one hit apiece to lead UAPB.
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Gerreck Jimenez led the Tigers from the plate with three hits in five at-bats and driving in two runs.
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Blake Estep (2-3) received the win for UAPB. He gave up nine hits, four earned runs and struck out 10 in eight and one-third innings of work.Â
Skyler Henson got his third save of the year as he struck out two batters in two-third innings of work.
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Larry Romero (6-2) received the loss for TSU. Romero pitched eight innings, allowing six hits and striking out five in the 40 batters he faced.
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TSU grabbed an early 4-0 lead with the Tigers plating two runs in the top of the first and two runs in their half of the fourth.
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UAPB cut TSU's lead to 4-2 with the Golden Lions scratching a run in the bottom of the fifth inning and another in the bottom of the seventh inning.  A pair of
Tommy Haas sacrifice flies scored
Jacob Columbo in the bottom of the fifth and scored
Jaqueese Moore in the bottom of the seventh inning.Â
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The Golden Lions took the lead in the bottom of eighth inning with the Golden Lions scoring five runs in the inning for the 7-4 finale.
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