TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (Interstat) — Florida A&M pounded Texas Southern 13-2 Friday night at Mike Martin Field at Dick Howser Stadium. The Rattlers improved to 26-22 overall, while the Tigers fell to 18-20.

Matthew Perez keyed the Florida A&M attack with a 2-for-5 effort including a three-run homer in the eighth inning and three RBIs. Caden Kresak went 3-for-5 with an RBI, Jackson McKenzie drove in two runs and Jay Campbell added two hits and an RBI.

Texas Southern took a 2-0 lead in the fourth on RBIs by Derek Gipson and Anthony Ruiz, but the Rattlers answered with a run in the bottom half and seized control with four runs in the fifth. Florida A&M scored six more across the sixth, seventh and eighth innings, capped by Perez’s homer.

Garrett Workman earned the win with 5 1/3 innings of relief, allowing two runs on nine hits while striking out two. Clark Lincoln struck out three over 2 2/3 scoreless innings. For the Tigers, Jose Luccioni took the loss, giving up two earned runs on no hits in 4 1/3 frames.