HEMPSTEAD, Texas (Interstat) — Joshua Prieto and Joshua Pena combined for eight hitless innings as Texas Southern routed Prairie View 13-0 on Friday evening at Tankersley Field.

Prieto struck out three over five innings, and Pena added three scoreless frames as the Tigers improved to 17-14. The Panthers fell to 5-30.

Texas Southern jumped ahead in the first on an RBI single by Jonathan Trejo and a two-run single by Byron Robinson. Christopher Chavez went 4-for-5 with two RBIs, scoring twice and driving in runs in the first, second and sixth innings. Byron Robinson finished 3-for-4 with two RBIs and three runs.

The Tigers added two runs in the third on a two-run error by Prairie View first baseman Nate Lopez, then scored on a double by Zachari Pace. Evan Joubert doubled in two runs in the eighth, and Miguel Morales reached on an error that plated two more. Texas Southern finished with 15 hits while holding Prairie View to three.

Isaac Herrera took the loss, allowing eight hits and four earned runs in five innings with one strikeout.