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
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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.
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Donovan Chandler led off a sixth inning rally when he doubled down the right field line.
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John-Mark Cosby and
Brandon Davis each had a single and an RBI in the game.
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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.
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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.
