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Auburn University at Montgomery Athletics

Donovan Chandler Action
5
Winner Auburn Montgomery AUM 1-0
4
Spring Hill SPR 0-1
Winner
Auburn Montgomery AUM
1-0
5
Final
4
Spring Hill SPR
0-1
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Auburn Montgomery AUM 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 5 9 0
Spring Hill SPR 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 11 2

W: Boan, Jackson (1-0) L: Hunter DArmond (0-1) S: Langley, Nathan (1)

Game Recap: Baseball | | Jordan Lindsay

Baseball Wins in Final Inning for First NCAA Victory

MOBILE, Ala. ----- The Auburn Montgomery baseball team defeated Spring Hill College on Friday afternoon for their first NCAA Division II victory with a final tally of 5-4 on opening day.

NOTES
• AUM improves to 1-0.
• The Badgers fall to 0-1.

STANDOUT PERFORMERS
• Nathan Langley went 2-for-4 with a home run, stolen base and two runs scored at the dish and closed the game out for his first save of the season.
• Junior Curtiss Johnson recorded his first two hits in an AUM uniform.
• Donovan Chandler led off a sixth inning rally when he doubled down the right field line.
• John-Mark Cosby and Brandon Davis each had a single and an RBI in the game.
• Garrett Deloney started for Auburn Montgomery, lasting four innings and allowing just two first inning runs.
• Freshman Hank Scott threw 3 1/3 innings in relief of Deloney.
• Sophomore Jackson Boan recorded a double play in relief, throwing just one pitch.  He earned the win in the contest.
• Brandon Harigel and Justin Collier each had a home run in the contest for the Badgers.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
• In the top of the first, Langley recorded his first hit in an AUM uniform when he launched a home run over the left field fence.
• A leadoff, first-pitch home run by Collier in the bottom of the first tied the contest.  Spring Hill led 2-1 after the first inning.
• In the top of the sixth, Chandler laced a Kiene fastball down the right field line to start the inning.  A Langley single then brought in Chandler.  After a stolen base by Langley, Cosby roped a single into the outfield to give the Warhawks the first lead in the ballgame.
• In the bottom of the sixth, a strikeout by Hank Scott stranded three Badger baserunners.
• Spring Hill was able to tie the game in the bottom of the eighth on a one out single.  With the go-ahead run on third base, Boan's lone delivery of the game was grounded to second and the Warhawk middle-infield battery of Langley and Davis were able to convert the double play to keep the game tied heading to the ninth inning.
• Curtiss Johnson led off the ninth inning with a single and was followed by a Russell hit by pitch.  After Huston Davenport was hit by a pitch to load the bases, Davis drove in Johnson to give Auburn Montgomery the lead once again.  A fielder's choice off the bat of Chandler drove in the insurance run the team needed as they headed to the bottom of the ninth with a two run lead.
• Harigel homered for the Badgers with two outs in the bottom of the ninth but ultimately, the Badgers fell to AUM 5-4.
 
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
• The Warhawks did not commit any errors in the contest while the Badgers tallied two.
• Spring Hill stranded nine runners on base.  AUM left six on base
• Auburn Montgomery fell victim to double plays in the game and Spring Hill grounded into one.
• The Badgers out hit the Warhawks 11-9.

 UP NEXT
The Warhawks will return to action on Saturday, Feb. 4, when they will face the Badgers of Spring Hill in the final two games of the three-game set.  First pitch is set for 12 p.m.
 
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