Prairie View defeats Texas Southern in 12‑7 slugfest
HEMPSTEAD, Texas (Interstat) — Zacarias Salinas homered twice and drove in three runs as Prairie View rallied past Texas Southern 12-7 on Sunday at Tankersley Field in a Southwestern Athletic matchup.
The Panthers trailed 7-0 entering the bottom of the sixth before exploding for nine runs. Michael Burroughs delivered a three-run homer, Ryland Duson added a solo shot, and Deshon Middleton doubled in a run. Salinas capped the inning with a solo homer. Prairie View added two more in the seventh on Salinas’ second homer, a two-run shot.
Texas Southern opened the scoring in the first inning and extended the lead to 7-0 on a solo homer by Evan Joubert in the fourth and a sacrifice fly in the sixth. Derek Gipson hit a three-run homer in the seventh for the Tigers.
Prairie View outhit Texas Southern 15-10. Kenneth Haynes earned the win with five innings of six-hit, four-run ball. Jaxston Fipps pitched 2.2 scoreless innings. Justin Mayes started for Texas Southern, allowing one earned run in four innings with five strikeouts. The Tigers fell to 18-15 overall, while the Panthers improved to 6-31.