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It has been an impressive roll for Jackson State, which has ticked off 10 straight wins en route to a 14-6 record. The Tigers swept three from Alcorn State at Braddy Field over the weekend to reach 8-1 in the SWAC. Now, the Tigers take the show on the road, playing their next eight games away from home. This will be a test for coach Omar Johnson’s club. Included in this trip is a game tonight at Southeastern Louisiana, two against Florida A&M; and another at Ole Miss. Kendall Logan, from Natchez and Copiah-Lincoln Community College, has been JSU’s heavy hitter, batting .414 with six homers and 23 RBIs. Three other regulars are hitting .300: Charles Epperson (.338, four homers), Glenn Walker (.328) and Frank Solis (.300). Desmond Russell is 4-1 with a 1.77 ERA, and Quintavious Drains is 3-3, 4.54. It’ll be interesting to see what those stats look like after the road swing.
P.S. Ben Kingsley is emerging as a Ferriss Trophy candidate at Delta State. The junior out of Meridian CC has a 17-game hit streak and is batting .397 with 22 RBIs and 17 runs for the 16-5 Statesmen, who haven’t had a Ferriss winner. … Another potential Ferriss candidate is Belhaven’s Anthony Doss, a former Southern Miss player who had a monster day (two homers, six RBIs) against Mississippi College on Tuesday. Doss is batting .424 with five bombs, 30 RBIs and 31 runs for a 22-12 team. … With its 15-7 win on Tuesday, BU is now 2-1 in Maloney Trophy Series play; MC is 1-2. … Shouldn’t make too much of USM’s 10-0 win at Ole Miss on Tuesday. It ain’t football. One game doesn’t mean a lot, though the Golden Eagles may have built some needed momentum for their Conference USA opener this weekend against Houston. UM was — and still is — smarting from losing its first SEC series to visiting Auburn.