It’s Lit:9th Inning Fireworks spark Jaguars win over GSU in Andre Dawson Classic

The Southern Jaguars baseball team took on the Grambling Tigers in the annual Andre Dawson Classic on February 16 at Wesley-Barrow Stadium in New Orleans, LA after 6-3 win over FAMU the day before.
The game featured a closely contested matchup between two very solid SWAC teams, the Jaguars and the Grambling Tigers, who had both won their opening matchups to start the season.
Tied with a score of 5 at the bottom of the 9th inning with 1 out, Southern’s own Coby Taylor, a junior infielder, stepped up to the plate and hit a homerun to give Southern a win in walk-off fashion.
“We talked about it before he came to the plate. I knew that he wanted to be that guy… I told him, ‘They’re going to throw you away. If you can stay through one here, you’ll get it, and sure enough, that’s exactly what happened,” said Head Baseball Coach for Southern, Kerrick Jackson.
After the Jaguars improved to 2-0 on the season after their second straight walk-off vs Grambling in the Andre Dawson Classic on Saturday afternoon, they also recorded a victory over Alcorn at Maestri Field on Sunday, February 17 to remain undefeated on the season.
The Jags will look to keep up their winning ways going forward to next weekend’s triple header vs Northwestern State (0-2) starting on Friday afternoon in Natchitoches to start off a lengthy road trip.