TUSKEGEE, Ala. –
Justin Murray had a pair of home runs and drove in five runs to help lead the Benedict College Tigers to a 15-2 victory over Tuskegee in the second game of a SIAC baseball doubleheader on Saturday.
Tuskegee scored five runs in the bottom of the seventh inning to rally to take a 12-8 victory in the first game.
Benedict moves to 12-16 overall and 7-14 in the SIAC. Tuskegee is now 7-31 overall and 6-19 in the SIAC.
Benedict pounded out 16 hits in the second game.
Isaiah Canty went 4-for-5 with four RBIs. Murry had a two-run homer in the first inning as the Tigers jumped out with four runs in the first inning, and then added a solo shot in the sixth inning. Canty had a two-run triple in the fourth inning.
Jayden Jordan went the distance, scattering seven hits and allowing two walks while striking out four.
In the first game, the score was tied 6-6 before Tuskegee took the lead with a run in the sixth inning. The Tigers scored two runs in the top of the seventh on a two-out, two-run homer by
Fareed Mizelle. Tuskegee scored five runs in the seventh, scoring all the runs with two outs and after back-to-back Benedict errors.
Benedict and Tuskegee will wrap up their conference series on Sunday at 1 p.m.