SAVANNAH, Ga.-
Blake Lee hit a three-run home run in the second inning to lead Savannah State to their first home win of the season with a 9-5 victory over St. Augustine's.
The win improves the Tigers overall record to 4-11.
St. Augustine's opened the game with three runs in the top of the first but SSU answered with five runs off one hit in the second.
Matt Nowacki led of with a walk and later scored on a wild pitch.
Julius Green walked and scored on an error by the second baseman. After Green's score, Lee blasted a three run shot over the left field fence that scored Joe McCrary,
Darien Campbell and Lee.
Dexter Kelley led off the third with a walk and later scored on a sacrifice fly by Nowacki to give SSU a 6-3 lead.
The Tigers scored three times off one hit and left the bases loaded in the fourth to expand their lead to 9-3.
St. Augustine's scored once in the sixth and once in the eighth for the final runs of the contest.
Four St. Augustine pitchers held SSU to just four hits.
Joe Jackson earned the win for SSU as he gave up 12 hits and five runs in seven innings while striking out two.
The Falcons had 13 hits and left 10 runners on base.
Wayne Lewis drove in two runs for St. Augustine while Larry Jones took the loss on the mound. Jones pitched 3.2 innings and gave up nine runs, two hits and seven walks