TALLAHASSEE, Fla. --Freshman Matthew Perez put together an outstanding outing at the plate Saturday, hitting two home runs to help propel the Florida A&M Rattlers past the Prairie View A&M Panthers 11-1.

Freshman Garrett Workman (3-2) got the win for Florida A&M (13-12,). The left-hander went six innings, giving up one run on six hits, allowing four walks and striking out seven. Senior Cody Williams also pitched well, going one shutout inning without allowing a hit, walking one and striking out two.

Perez went 2-for-4 at the plate, supplementing his two home runs with two RBIs. Sophomore Josue Figueroa added to Perez's awesome power-hitting performance by going 3-for-4 with a double, a home run and three RBI. Junior Justen Crews also chipped in for the Rattlers, going 2-for-3 with a home run and two RBI.

HOW IT HAPPENED

The Rattlers got on the scoreboard first, starting in the second inning.

The Panthers failed to push any runs across before the Rattlers offense got back to their scoring ways the next inning. which brought the score to 6-0 in favor of the Rattlers.

Prairie View A&M narrowed Florida A&M's lead to 6-1 before the Rattlers stretched the advantage to 9-1 in the fourth inning.

Florida A&M held the Panthers scoreless before expanding their lead in the sixth inning. The Rattlers scored twice on Figueroa's two-run homer, bringing the Florida A&M advantage to 11-1. The score remained 11-1 for the rest of the game, as the Rattlers coasted to the win.

GAME NOTES
» The Rattlers got two home runs off the bat of Perez.
» Figueroa compiled three hits in the game for Florida A&M.
» Workman struck out seven Panthers hitters.
» The Rattlers had both Perez and Figueroa crush multiple extra-base hits in the ballgame.
» Every Florida A&M starter reached base safely in the win.
» Florida A&M's highest scoring inning was the fourth, when it pushed three runs across.
» The Rattlers had control of the rest of the game after jumping ahead of the Panthers 3-0 in the bottom of the second.
» Workman put together six innings of one-run ball for the Rattlers.
» Five Rattlers had multiple hits in the ballgame.
» Florida A&M hitters hit four home runs in the ballgame.
» The Rattlers out-hit the Panthers at a 14-6 clip.
» Florida A&M went 4-for-7 (.571) with runners in scoring position.
» Florida A&M pitchers limited Prairie View A&M to just 1-for-9 (.111) with runners in scoring position.
» Florida A&M pitchers faced 32 Prairie View A&M hitters in the game, allowing five ground balls and five fly balls while striking out nine.
» The Rattlers drew five walks from Prairie View A&M pitching.
» Figueroa led the Rattlers at the plate, going 3-for-4 with a double, a home run and three RBI.
» Prairie View A&M was led offensively by senior T. Bush, who went 1-for-3 with an RBI.
» Senior L. Bravo led the Panthers pitching staff, throwing 2.2 innings of three-run ball.