JACKSON - Miss. - Bethune-Cookman managed only three hits as Jackson State took the weekend series openr, 13-2, Friday night at Braddy Field.



Darryl Lee opened the game with a leadoff walk, but the Wildcats (10-12, 3-1 SWAC) fanned three times in a quiet first. 

Jackson State (14-7, 2-2 SWAC) jumped all over B-CU starter Tanner Boccabello in the second, posting seven runs - six of them with two outs - on four hits and a B-CU error. 

Neither team recorded another hit until the fifth, when B-CU finally got on the board after an Andrey Martinez single and Irvin Escobar homer to make it 7-2. 

The Tigers moved into run-rule range in the bottom of the fifth after a three-run homer, two RBI-triple, and wild pitch that pushed the lead to 13-2. 

B-CU stranded a runner in the sixth, but that was all as the Wildcats fell away in seven innings, 13-2. 

Tanner Boccabello took his first loss of the season after just over four innings in which he allowed 10 runs - eight earned - on six hits with three walks and just one strikeout. 

• Escobars homer was his first of the season - and first since the 2023 season in which he had three on the year - it is the fifth homer of his career. 
• B-CU struck out 13 times as a team. 

Game two of the three game series is set for a 4 p.m. EST start on Saturday. 

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