Fulmore tosses three-hit shutout as Lady Tigers defeat Pine Bluff 7-0

PINE BLUFF, Ark. – Texas Southern University's Jasmin Fulmore continued her run of excellence in the pitcher's circle as she led the Lady Tigers to a 7-0 win Friday at Arkansas–Pine Bluff.
 
Fulmore struck out seven batters and allowed only three hits and walked one en route to her third shutout of the season, and first to last all seven innings.
 
The Lady Tigers (14-11) improved to 5-2 in Southwestern Athletic Conference play with the victory. Arkansas–Pine Bluff (9-21) fell to 4-6 in league play.
 
With the shutout of the Golden Lions, Fulmore has now pitched 29 consecutive innings without giving up an earned run. She improved her season record to 6-2, and has picked up the win in her last five starts.
 
At the plate, the Lady Tigers gave Fulmore plenty of run support as TSU scored four runs in the third inning to take a comfortable lead. Gisella Paranich opened the scorin that inning with a bases-loaded double, and then came home when Sierra Valdez knocked a single on the 14th pitch of her at-bat against UAPB pitcher Kiara Beth Hall.
 
Paranich and Valdez each knocked two base hits in the game for the Lady Tigers, as did Madilynn Marek and Dominique Tello. Valdez tallied two RBIs, while Marek drove in a run with an RBI single in the top of the sixth that allowed Jocilynn Ellis to score the second of her two runs in the game.
 
The Lady Tigers and Golden Lions conclude their three-game series Saturday with a doubleheader that begins at noon at the Torii Hunter Baseball, Softball and Little League Complex.