Morehouse Wins First Game of Weekend Series Against Tuskegee 

Braves World Series Trophy Tour to Highlight Sunday’s Double Hitter

The Maroon Tigers of Morehouse College won their first game since the COVID-19 pandemic shut down baseball at the premiere all-male HBCU on Saturday, defeating Tuskegee University 8–4.

Saturday’s game was the prelude for a weekend series that will feature a display of the Atlanta Braves 2021 World Series Trophy before the start of the double hitter on Sunday. Morehouse Coach Antonio Grissom expects the Braves trophy tour to bring over 2000 fans out to see the World Series trophy and the Morehouse-Tuskegee clash on the diamond. read more

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I’ve been writing about baseball for a long time. I’ve interviewed hundreds of college baseball players, most of the players at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU). I’ve only met two young men playing baseball at the HBCU level, who told me that their dream was not to play professional baseball. There is a large percentage of Black college baseball student-athletes who want to pursue professional baseball as a career; despite the fact, Major League Baseball seldom send scouts to watch HBCU baseball games. read more

Tuskegee-Morehouse Split Historic Season Opener

MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA ( Cascade Publishing House) It was a cold and blustery day. Intermittent rain fell from the sky, some of the droplets appeared like snowflakes as they swirled and floated to the turf in the ballpark once home for the Montgomery Rebels in the old Southern League. The combatants lined up along their respective baselines, the national anthem played over the public address system, and the umpires went over the ground rules. There would be no banging on trash cans, and signs, if stolen, had to employ the old fashion technique perfected during twentieth-century baseball. read more

Morehouse Defeats Tuskegee 3-2 In Pitching Duel

The Morehouse College Maroon Tigers defeated Tuskegee University Golden Tigers 3-2 on Saturday. Tuskegee entered the game ranked number six in the HBCU Baseball Poll for the small school division. Tuskegee drops to 11-11 on the year, while Morehouse improved its record to 5-13.

The game was marred by poor defensive play by each team. But showcased outstanding pitching from both pitching staffs.

Daron Bowling, a junior from Cincinnati, Ohio started the game for Morehouse. The southpaw pitched 4 2/3 innings before leaving the game with a strained muscle in his pitching arm. Bowling surrendered two unearned runs on two hits. He struck out 6 batters.

Bowling left the game knotted up at 2-2. Anthony Dodd, a junior who attended Creekside High School in Fairburn, Georgia held Tuskegee at bay for 4 1/3 innings to pick up his first collegiate win . Dodd struck out five and gave up two hits.

After trailing most of the game 2-0, Tuskegee tied it in the 5th inning on a single by Ricky Green which drove in Doug Johnson. Green later scored on an error.

Trey Nelson was equally superb on the mound for Tuskegee. He pitched well enough to win. Nelson went the distance striking out 4 and giving up 2 earned runs. The winning run was scored on a throwing error by Tuskegee’s catcher, Matthew Reed in the eighth inning.

Tuskegee’s coach Reginald Hollins was not pleased with the defensive performance from his squad. Hollins said “it was a poorly played game on both sides.” Tuskegee committed four errors and Morehouse had three miscues.

“Pitching has been our strength all year and we got good pitching today,” said Coach Robert Mitchell of Morehouse.

The win puts Morehouse atop the SIAC standings. The two schools will play a double-hitter tomorrow at Perkerson Park in Atlanta.

Harold Michael Harvey is an American novelist and essayist, the author of Paper puzzle and Justice in the Round, Easier to obtain Than to Maintain: The Globalization of Civil Rights by Charles Steele, Jr.; and the host of Beyond the Law with Harold Michael Harvey. He can be contacted at haroldmichaelharvey.com.