TSU Rallies In The 7th To Defeat Southern 6-5

TSU rallied back for a key SWAC West win as Lanay Carr’s walkoff RBI single in the bottom of the seventh gave TSU a 6-5 win over Southern University on Friday.
 
Karisma Garcia’s home run over the left field fence gave TSU an early 1-0 lead in the first but the Jaguars jumped ahead 2-1 after the third after loading the bases. The lead was brief as Angel Morales’ sac fly scored Pam Richardson in the third for the 2-all tie. TSU would move ahead in the third as Marisa Perla doubled and eventually scored on Ja’Lynn Swiney’s RBI double.
 
An error by TSU allowed SU to tie it in the fifth at 3-all. In the seventh with one out, a TSU fielding error followed by a single put two Jaguars on base. Pitcher Maren Berger forced a groundout for the second out but SU moved ahead by two runs on a two-out RBI double.
 
TSU’s Paris Johnson beat out the throw at first to open the bottom of the seventh and stole second with ease. Richardson became the tying run on base after drawing a walk which set up Karisma Garcia’s two-RBI double to knot the contest at 5-all. Two batters later, Lanay Carr singled home the winning run as pinch runner Madison Griggs scored from second.
 
Johnson finished 3-for-4 while Garcia was 2-for-3 with three RBI. Berger struck out six to earn her ninth win of the year.
 
The series concludes with a 12 p.m. doubleheader on Saturday at Memorial Park. At the end of Saturday’s games, TSU will honor nine seniors.