BATON ROUGE, La. (Interstat) — The Southern Jaguars defeated the Alabama A&M Bulldogs 13-7 on Friday afternoon at Alex Box Stadium/Skip Bertman Field in a Southwestern Athletic Conference matchup.

Southern improved to 23-21 overall, while Alabama A&M fell to 7-43. The Jaguars have won two straight against the Bulldogs, following a 9-8 victory Thursday.

Glenn Green III led Southern at the plate, going 2-for-5 with a home run and three RBIs. Kameron Byrd went 2-for-5 and drove in four runs. Kenyon Hughes added two hits and two RBIs. For Alabama A&M, Keondre Fields went 2-for-3 with two RBIs.

The Jaguars struck first with a four-run bottom of the first inning. Ryan Hunter and KJ White Jr. scored on Byrd’s two-run single. Jacoby Radcliffe came home on Hughes’ single, and Byrd scored on a fielder’s choice by Green.

Alabama A&M answered in the top of the second. Keondre Fields singled, advanced on a sacrifice bunt by Keilon Parnell and scored on Tervell Johnson’s RBI single to cut the deficit to 4-1.

Southern broke the game open in the fourth. Green led off with a solo home run. Later in the inning, Luis Ayala and Beny Bikar Jr. scored on Ryan Hunter’s two-run single. Jaylon Lucky doubled home Hunter, and Byrd singled to drive in Lucky, giving the Jaguars a 9-1 lead.

The Bulldogs mounted a comeback in the top of the fifth. Tarris Murray reached on a single, stole second and scored on Zak Rice’s RBI single. AJ Anderson singled, and Fields doubled to drive in Anderson and Rice. Fields later scored on a wild pitch, pulling Alabama A&M within 9-5.

Southern added a run in the bottom of the fifth on a sacrifice fly by Hunter that scored Ayala, making it 10-5.

Alabama A&M trimmed the lead to 10-7 in the sixth. Miles Jackson walked, advanced on a wild pitch and scored on a sacrifice fly by Rice. Brycen Hammonds singled, moved to third on a single by Murray and scored on a wild pitch.

The Jaguars sealed the victory with three runs in the eighth. Lucky walked, Radcliffe singled and both advanced on a stolen base. Byrd grounded out to drive in Lucky, Hughes singled to score Radcliffe, and Green doubled to bring home Hughes, stretching the lead to 13-7.

Myles Dismute earned the win for Southern, pitching 4.1 innings and allowing two earned runs on eight hits while striking out five. Jayden Lawrence threw two scoreless innings with two strikeouts. Stephen Tolbert and Caleb Ellis each pitched a scoreless inning with two and one strikeout, respectively. For Alabama A&M, Brady Baxter took the loss, allowing three earned runs in 3.2 innings.

Interstat’s game simulator projected a final score of Southern 7, Alabama A&M 2, and the ELO system gave Southern an 80.80 percent probability to win.