BIRMINGHAM (Interstat) — Kenney Fabian pitched seven innings of no-hit baseball, allowing four earned runs despite not surrendering a hit, and the Arkansas-Pine Bluff Golden Lions held off the Bethune-Cookman Wildcats 6-4 on Wednesday night at Jerry D. Young Memorial Field.

Fabian, who entered with a 2-0 record and a 0.69 ERA over his previous two starts, struck out one and faced 29 batters. He gave up four runs in the fifth inning on a combination of walks, hit batters and defensive miscues before exiting after the seventh. Jalen Porter earned the save with two scoreless innings, striking out one.

The Golden Lions, now 23-32, seized control immediately. In the top of the first, Weston Gingerich flied out before Zach Wieder doubled down the left-field line. Aaron Grant singled up the middle to bring home Wieder, then Lazaro Alvarado doubled to left-center, putting runners at second and third. Blake Coleman singled to second base, scoring Grant, and Nick Hockemeyer followed with a sacrifice fly to center field that plated Alvarado. Arkansas-Pine Bluff led 4-0.

Arkansas-Pine Bluff added a run in the second. Konner Giddley singled up the middle, advanced to second on a wild pitch and moved to third on a groundout. Gingerich’s sacrifice fly to left field brought Giddley home.

The lead grew to 6-0 in the fourth. Zyon Hamilton tripled down the right-field line and scored on a single up the middle by Giddley.

Bethune-Cookman, now 37-19, answered in the bottom of the fifth. Jeter Polledo was hit by a pitch, Christopher Watson singled down the right-field line and Sergio Rivera laid down a bunt single to score Polledo. Andrey Martinez then blasted a three-run homer to left field, pulling the Wildcats within 6-4. The Wildcats loaded the bases later in the inning but could not score again.

Arkansas-Pine Bluff added an insurance run in the ninth. Gingerich doubled to right field, Wieder bunted for a single and Grant delivered a sacrifice fly to center.

Bethune-Cookman threatened in the bottom of the ninth. Watson singled, advanced to second on a wild pitch and reached third on a groundout. A rain and lightning delay halted play for more than an hour. After the resumption, Darryl Lee struck out swinging, and Martinez walked. Sammy Seplowe pinch-ran and stole second, but Michael Rodriguez grounded out to shortstop to end the game.

Fabian’s stat line featured four earned runs on zero hits, a rarity that reflected how the Wildcats manufactured their offense through walks, hit batters and aggressive baserunning. His previous outings included a win over Jackson State on May 14 and a win over Grambling on May 8.

Key offensive contributors for Arkansas-Pine Bluff included Wieder, who finished 3-for-4 with a double and two runs scored; Grant, who went 2-for-4 with two RBIs; Giddley, who was 2-for-4 with an RBI; Coleman, who had two hits and an RBI; and Gingerich, who drove in a run on a sacrifice fly. For Bethune-Cookman, Jean Zambrano pitched four innings, allowing one earned run on four hits with one strikeout. Martinez went 1-for-4 with the three-run homer.

The game was the third meeting this season between the Southwestern Athletic Conference rivals. Arkansas-Pine Bluff had lost two of the previous three matchups, all played at Bethune-Cookman in early May.

Interstat’s game simulator had projected a final score of Arkansas-Pine Bluff 4, Bethune-Cookman 8. Interstat’s ELO system had projected Bethune-Cookman with a 79.10 percent probability to win.