Box Score NEW ORLEANS (May 20) - The University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff Baseball team bows out of the 2016 Southwestern Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament with a 4-2 loss to Jackson State, here Friday morning at Wesley Barrow Stadium.
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UAPB finished the contest with four hits, whereas JSU tallied seven.
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Aderly Perez led the Golden Lions from the plate with two hits in four at-bats and driving one run.Â
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Cornelius Copeland for JSU finished the contest with three hits in four at-bats and scoring one run.
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Miguel Yrigoyen (9-3) received the win for JSU. He gave up four hits and struck out seven in nine innings of work.
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C.J. Lewington received the loss for UAPB. Lewington gave up seven hits and three earned runs in six and one-third innings of work. Skylar Henson, the SWAC Relief Pitcher of the Year, struck out one in one and two-thirds innings of work.
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Michael Bradley gave the Golden Lions a 1-0 lead in the top of the first inning as he scored on a JSU error.
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JSU took the lead in the bottom of the second inning on a Campbell two-run homer to right fight giving the Tigers a 2-1 lead over the Golden Lions.
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The Tigers added to their lead in the bottom of the fifth inning with Copeland scoring on an UAPB error and C.J. Newsome scoring on a Jesus Santana sacrifice fly to centerfield, giving JSU a 4-1 lead over UAPB.
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Jaqueese Moore scored the Golden Lions' second run of the game in the top of the sixth inning as he scored on a Perez single up the middle for the 4-2 finale.
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UAPB Notes:Â UAPB wins first SWAC Baseball Tournament game in school history; Skylar Henson is named the SWAC Relief Pitcher of the Year and is a First Team All-Conference selection;
Carlos James' fourth 20-plus win in his tenure at UAPB…
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Henson is the second Golden Lion under James' tutelage to receive such an honor. In 2013,
Isias Alcantar was named the SWAC Player of the Year
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