Baseball 4/29/2021 2:50:00 PM

Game Central | Savannah State Baseball vs. Edward Waters

GAME CENTRAL

BLACK COLLEGE WORLD SERIES
GAME 5

Savannah State (No. 2 Seed | 13-6)
Vs.
Edward Waters (No. 6 Seed | 15-25)

TIME: 2:30 p.m. CST/3:30 p.m. EST April 29, 2021
LOCATION: Montgomery, Ala. | Riverwalk Stadium
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MONTGOMERY, Ala. – Savannah State baseball opened the inaugural Black College World Series on Wednesday, losing to Florida Memorial in game three of the four-day, double-elimination tournament.

The Tigers are set to play Edward Waters at 2:30 p.m. CST/3:30 p.m. EST today after the Jacksonville, Florida team beat Rust College in the first game of the consolation bracket earlier on Thursday.

Originally, the World Series was designed with two divisional brackets split between NCAA Division II and NAIA. Savannah State was seeded at No. 1 in the D-II division after finishing the regular season 13-5. Lane College and Kentucky State pulled out of the World Series, so the divisions were dissolved and a new bracket was formed with no divisions. When the new bracket was formed, the Tigers were seeded No. 2 overall based on their regular-season record behind Xavier University.

SCOUTING REPORT | GAME 5
Edward Waters has been an Achilles heel for Savannah State this year. They first faced off on March 9 in a doubleheader in Savannah. Edward Waters won both games, 7-10 and 10-9.

In the team's third matchup this season, at the Jax Diamond Classic in Jacksonville, Florida, Savannah State led the game 4-1 through seven innings. Edward Waters' Cayden Frankie hit a grand slam in the eighth to seal up a 7-4 victory. Edward Waters is the only team Savannah State has lost three games to this year.

Christian Harkey, who was tabbed with his second loss of the season on Wednesday, and Andrew Mann lead the Tigers' bullpen this season.

Harkey is 4-2 overall with a 2.67 ERA and 41 strikeouts after 33.2 innings pitched. Head Coach Carlton Hardy learned Harkey was pitching in summer leagues and sent the senior catcher to the mound this season with remarkable success. Mann, a first-year transfer at SSU, is having a stellar season. He's 4-0 overall with a 3.41 ERA and a team-high 37 strikeouts after 28 innings. pitched.

At the plate, Savannah State is led by Dwayne Franklin who's batting .400 right now. Franklin has 24 runs on 22 hits with 18 RBI and is slugging .527. Luis Lamarche is batting .340 with 17 runs and hits this season. Phillip Woullard (.298), Champion Robbins (.317), Andrai Wright (.295) and Gabriel Patxot (.289) are also having stellar seasons.

ABOUT SAVANNAH STATE BASEBALL
Savannah State baseball first took the field in 1916. For over 50 years, they played mostly club level baseball against semi-pro teams and non-college teams until the program joined the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC) in 1969. From 1969-199, the Tigers won over 200 games. The 1976-77 squad won the school's first conference championship, beating Bethune-Cookman for the SIAC baseball title. The Tigers won five consecutive SIAC Championships from 1995-1999. In 2013, after elevating to NCAA Division I, Savannah State baseball won the school's first Division I title, beating Bethune-Cookman in the 2013 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) Championship. Several Tigers have been drafted to play Major League Baseball.

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Players Mentioned

#2 Gabriel Patxot: UTL; 5' 8"; Freshman; R/R

#8 Champion Robbins: 2B; 6' 1"; Redshirt Freshman; R/R

#9 Andrew Mann: RHP; 6' 2"; Redshirt Freshman; R/R

#31 Christian Harkey: RHP; 6' 2"; Redshirt Senior; R/R

#35 Andrai Wright: 1B; 6' 4"; Redshirt Sophomore; R/R

#24 Luis Lamarche: 3B; 5' 11"; Senior

Players Mentioned

#2 Gabriel Patxot
: 5' 8"; Freshman; R/R
: UTL

#8 Champion Robbins
: 6' 1"; Redshirt Freshman; R/R
: 2B

#9 Andrew Mann
: 6' 2"; Redshirt Freshman; R/R
: RHP

#31 Christian Harkey
: 6' 2"; Redshirt Senior; R/R
: RHP

#35 Andrai Wright
: 6' 4"; Redshirt Sophomore; R/R
: 1B

#24 Luis Lamarche
: 5' 11"; Senior
: 3B