Rattler baseball takes MEAC crown, earns first NCAA Regional berth in program’s history

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The FAMU baseball team won the Mid-Eastern Athletic Championship an 8-2 win over Bethune-Cookman (19-40, 14-10 MEAC) on Saturday at Perdue Stadium.

The win gave the Rattlers (23-23, 15-9 MEAC) a National Collegiate Athletic Association Regional berth for the first time in program history and their first MEAC baseball title since 1994. It also marks the seventh MEAC baseball championship for FAMU (1987, 1988, 1990-1992, 1994, 2015).

Brandon Fleming, Ricky Page, Chase Jarrell and Brian Davis were each named to the All-Tournament team, while Fleming was named the MEAC Tournament’s Most Outstanding Player.

Rattler starting pitcher Chase Jarrell (2-4) had a stellar outing as he worked 6 1/3 innings, tying for his second longest appearance of the season. Jarrell allowed just two runs on seven hits with five strikeouts and two walks.

FAMU reliever Alex Carrasco came in to pitch the final 2 2/3 scoreless innings and allowed just one hit with three strikeouts. Carrasco struck out the final two batters he faced in the ninth inning to complete the win.

AJ Elkins (2-for-4), Marlon Gibbs (2-for-3), Michael Birdsong (2-for-5) and Peter Jackson (2-for-4) all recorded multi-hits in the game for FAMU. Ryan Kennedy had two RBI and a run scored, while Jackson also added two RBI on the day.

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