Prairie View pounds Mississippi Valley State 14‑4

HEMPSTEAD, Texas (Interstat) — Michael Burroughs homered and drove in four runs, leading Prairie View to a 14-4 rout of Mississippi Valley State on Saturday afternoon at Tankersley Field. The Panthers improved to 12-34, while the Delta Devils fell to 12-36.

Prairie View amassed 19 hits, scoring in five different innings. Burroughs went 2 for 4 with a home run and four RBIs, highlighted by a two-run blast in the eighth. Jordan Williams drove in four runs on a 2-for-3 day, including a three-run double in the sixth. Hunter Ham homered and finished 3 for 3 with three runs. Tyvon Moore and Zacarias Salinas each had three hits and an RBI.

Mississippi Valley State took a 4-0 lead in the first on Jace Jones’ solo homer and added runs in the fourth and sixth, but Prairie View responded with a five-run fifth and a four-run sixth to pull away. Alejandro Marquez earned the win, allowing six hits and four earned runs over six innings with six strikeouts. Kamar Dove tossed two hitless innings of relief. Camden Farmer pitched one-third of an inning for the Delta Devils.