BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (Interstat) — Arkansas-Pine Bluff Golden Lions defeated Bethune-Cookman Wildcats 13-8 on Saturday evening at Jerry D. Young Memorial Field in a Southwestern Athletic Conference game. The Golden Lions improved to 24-33 while the Wildcats fell to 38-20.

Arkansas-Pine Bluff collected 17 hits and two sacrifice hits to Bethune-Cookman’s 10. Brendan Hamlin pitched 3.2 scoreless innings with one strikeout, earning top star honors. Zyon Hamilton went 2 for 5 with three RBIs, Vinny Saumell was 3 for 5 with two RBIs and Jose Vasquez drove in two runs. Aaron Grant added three hits and an RBI.

For Bethune-Cookman, Jeter Polledo went 2 for 3 with two RBIs and Andrey Martinez had two RBIs on two hits. The Wildcats scored eight runs across the fourth and sixth innings but could not overcome the Golden Lions’ lead.

Arkansas-Pine Bluff scored nine runs in the first four innings and seven in the eighth. The Golden Lions had lost to Alabama State the previous day. Bethune-Cookman had beaten Grambling on Thursday. The teams had split their four prior meetings this season.