MONTGOMERY, Miss. (Interstat) — Isaac Herrera threw six no-hit innings and the Prairie View Panthers routed the Alcorn State Braves 11-1 on Friday in a Southwestern Athletic Conference game at Foster Baseball Field at McGowan Stadium.

Herrera struck out seven and did not allow a hit or an earned run over six innings. He walked one batter and faced the minimum through the first three innings. His previous outings this season included a scoreless inning against Texas A&M on May 5 and a start against Alabama A&M on May 1 in which he allowed four earned runs in 3 2/3 innings.

The Panthers (9-34) broke the game open in the fourth inning, scoring five runs. Hunter Ham started the frame with a solo home run to left field. After John Lawson walked and stole second, Basilio Williams singled and stole second. Jordan Williams then singled to drive in Lawson and moved Basilio Williams to third. Jordan Williams stole second before Ethan Walker singled to score Basilio Williams. Tyvon Moore added a sacrifice fly to bring home Jordan Williams. Prairie View loaded the bases later in the inning on a walk to Ryland Duson and a walk to Zacarias Salinas, but Ham flied out to end the inning.

Prairie View added four more runs in the fifth and sixth innings. In the fifth, Basilio Williams singled and Jordan Williams doubled. Deshon Middleton grounded out to score Basilio Williams. In the sixth, Tyvon Moore doubled and Ryland Duson was hit by a pitch. Zacarias Salinas singled to drive in Moore, and Ham singled to score Duson. Later in the sixth, Jordan Williams singled to center field with the bases loaded, clearing the bases when the throw allowed two more runs to score. Prairie View scored 11 runs on 12 hits.

Jordan Williams finished 3 for 4 with three RBIs and three runs scored. Ham went 2 for 5 with a home run and two RBIs. Walker went 2 for 4 with an RBI and two stolen bases. Basilio Williams went 2 for 2 with a walk and three runs scored. Moore added a double and an RBI.

Alcorn State (4-39) managed six hits and scored its only run in the seventh inning. Clayvonjae Wright singled in the fifth, and Jamir Hollway and Chance Jackson also singled in that inning but the Braves left the bases loaded. In the seventh, Hollway walked, advanced to second on a groundout and scored on a single by Kanious Davis. Davis then stole second but was stranded.

The Braves used four pitchers. Devin Kriley started and allowed five earned runs on six hits in 3 1/3 innings while striking out five. Kayden Sutton allowed three earned runs in 1 2/3 innings. Nicholas Johnson pitched two innings, allowing one earned run on one hit with one strikeout. Jaxton Fipps pitched the seventh for Prairie View, allowing one earned run on one hit.

Prairie View had won a high-scoring game against Alcorn State earlier this season, 15-10 on Feb. 14. The Panthers entered Friday having lost five of their previous six games. Alcorn State had lost nine of its previous 10.

The two teams meet again Saturday and Sunday in the second and third games of the series.

Interstat’s game simulator had projected a final score of Prairie View 3, Alcorn State 2, while Interstat’s ELO system gave Prairie View a 74.40 percent probability to win.