Albany State broke through with a run in the fourth on T. Jordan’s sacrifice fly that plated N. Lloyd for a. 1-0 lead. Lloyd reached earlier on a lead-off walk before moving to third on a pair of wild pitches.
Lloyd pushed the margin to 2-0 when he doubled in L. Ross with nobody out in the fifth. M. Bell’s sacrifice fly pushed across N. Hernandez for a 3-0 advantage. Hernandez had been hit by a pitch just moments before.
Kentucky State got on the board in the eighth. Aram Kumar walked and swiped second base. With one down, Kelton Saylor singled up the middle to make it 3-1. However, the Golden Rams got the run back in their at bat. Zane Ross singled and eventually scored on an error.
Down to their last at bat, the Thorobreds managed to score three runs while knotting the game at 4-4. Byron Famble opened the stanza with a single before hustling to third on a double from Daniel Moore. Kumar’s base hit plated Moore. Two batters later, Saylor singled in a run. With one down, a fielding error loaded the bases. Antonio Chambers ripped a base hit through the left side, sending the tying run via Kumar across the plate.