The 2016 Edition of the Grambling State University (GSU) Baseball Team will make their home debut with a 3-game series beginning February 26th – February 28th against the University of Pittsburgh. The home opener scheduled for Tuesday February 23rd against LeMoyne Owen College has been canceled due to inclement weather. Three single games against the University of Pittsburgh are scheduled for Friday February 26th at 3:00 pm, Saturday February 27th at 2:00 pm, Sunday morning February 28th at 11:00 am. GSU’s opening home series will take place at Ruston High School Baseball Stadium this week due to needed repairs to Wilbert Ellis Field at RWE Jones Park on the campus of GSU. The Ruston High School Baseball Stadium is located at 300 Ball Park Rd. in Ruston off of U.S. Hwy 167 South.
The GSU Baseball Team opened their 2016 season by participating in the Annual Major League Baseball (MLB) Urban Youth Academy Tournament at Wesley Barrow Field in New Orleans. After opening the season on February 19th with a 15 – 0 win over arch rival Southern University, the Tigers dropped their remaining two games to the University of New Orleans by a score of 11 – 8 on February 20th and a one-run loss to Western Division conference foe Prairie View 4-3 on Sunday. Their record currently stands at 1 – 2. (Coach Cooper may want to include some comments here regarding the opening games in New Orleans here. If not, please make final edits and release to our internal and external media outlets.)
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