HUNTSVILLE, Ala. – Jordan Jennings and Joshua Mack combined for seven hits, scored four runs and had one RBI each, but Southern University of New Orleans downed Oakwood University 25-7 and 4-2 Thursday afternoon in an HBCU Athletic Conference doubleheader at John Hunt Park. The Ambassadors fell to 0-15 and 0-8 in league play. Game 1 Jennings went 4-for-4 including a double, one RBI and scored two runs in the opener. Jorge Hernandez finished 2-for-3, including a solo homer, and scored a run. Mack and Jayden Rolling had one hit apiece. Oakwood trailed just 3-1 after the first inning, but SUNO erupted for 14 runs over the next three innings to win going away. Eli Kennedy (0-4) took the loss, allowing 13 runs, all earned, on six hits in 2.1 innings. He walked seven and struck out one. Game 2 Mack and Jeremy Matos finished 2-for-3 with a double each. Tedrus Hamilton went 1-for-3 with two RBI, while Derrick Sanders and Kyler Bradley had one hit apiece. The Ambassadors trailed 2-1 through four innings and tied the game at 2-2 in the bottom of the six innings, but the Knights pushed across two runs in the top of the seventh and Oakwood came up short in the bottom of the inning. Dakota Cobb (0-3) threw arguably his best game of the season, allowing four runs, three earned, on six hits in seven innings. He walked two and struck out one. The final game of the series is today at 12 p.m. Follow the Ambassadors Visit the official home of Oakwood University athletics at Oakwood University - Official Athletics Website.
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JENNINGS, MACK SHINE FOR OAKWOOD AGAINST SUNO
