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FAMU baseball pitcher, former NFC star, Caleb Granger strikes out 10 in win over Jackson State
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Senior Caleb Granger had everything working on Thursday, striking out 10 Jackson State hitters over seven innings of work to help propel the Florida A&M Rattlers over the Tigers 10-1.
In addition to his 10 strikeouts, Granger (4-2) went seven shutout innings while giving up two hits and walking none for FAMU (10-16, 5-2). Junior Cody Williams also made an impact on the mound for the Rattlers, throwing two innings, giving up one run on two hits, with no walks and three strikeouts.
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At the plate, the Rattlers were paced by graduate student Sebastian Greico , who went 2-for-4 on the day with a double, a home run, a walk and an RBI. Senior Ty Jackson put together a noteworthy effort as well, going 3-for-6 with a double and two RBI. Redshirt senior Jalen Niles also helped out for FAMU, putting together three hits in five trips to the plate while adding three RBI.
The Rattlers got the scoring started early, putting one run on the board in the bottom the first inning with the game still scoreless. Jackson came across to score the lone run of the inning for FAMU and get them on the board.
The Tigers failed to push any runs across before the Rattlers built on their lead in the fourth inning. FAMU picked up two runs when a single from Niles scored Greico and junior Jakoby Stanley , which brought the score to 3-0 in favor of the Rattlers.
FAMU kept JSU scoreless before expanding their lead to 4-0 the following inning. The Rattlers scored once on an RBI single off the bat of Stanley.
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FAMU kept the Tigers scoreless before building on their lead in the seventh inning. The three-run fram for the Rattlers was puncuated by a two-RBI double from Jackson. bringing the FAMU advantage to 7-0.
JSU got within 7-1 until the Rattlers scored again in the eighth inning to stretch its lead to 10-1. FAMU scored three runs in the frame, buoyed by a two-run single off the bat of Niles. The score remained 10-1 for the rest of the game, as the Rattlers coasted to the win.
This article originally appeared on Tallahassee Democrat: FAMU Baseball: NFC alum Granger strikes out 10 in win over Jackson State
