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Auburn University at Montgomery Athletics

GDeloney
10
Winner Auburn Montgomery AUM 9-12
3
Thomas University TU 11-19
Winner
Auburn Montgomery AUM
9-12
10
Final
3
Thomas University TU
11-19
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Auburn Montgomery AUM 3 0 0 1 0 1 0 5 0 10 17 0
Thomas University TU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 10 2

W: Deloney, Garrett (0-0) L: D. Wood (0-0)

Game Recap: Baseball | | Jordan Lindsay

Offensive Showcase Leads Baseball to Series-Opening Win Against Thomas

THOMASVILLE, Ga. ----- The AUM baseball team defeated Thomas University on Friday night in the opening game of a three-game road series with a final tally of 10-3.  The Warhawks and the Night Hawks will conclude the series with a doubleheader on Saturday.

NOTES
• AUM improved to 9-12.
• The Night Hawks fell to 11-19.

STANDOUT PERFORMERS
• Nathan Langley singled three times in six attempts on Friday evening, knocking in three runs.
• Hunter Hillyer singled twice and scored twice.
• Tanner Russell reach three times via single, double and walk and drove in one run.  He scored twice in the game.
• Junior Garrett Deloney started on the hill, lasting eight innings, striking out three and allowing just one earned run.
• Peguero and Hollingsworth each had two hits for the Night Hawks, with Peguero driving in two

HOW IT HAPPENED
• Returning to the ways of the AUM team of old this season, the Warhawks struck for three in the top of the first.  Donovan Chandler reached with a walk and one out in the inning, and Hillyer followed with a single.  With two runners on, Russell drove in Chandler to crack the score column.  With two outs in the inning, Flynn and Curtiss Johnson each singled to move the lead to 3-0 in favor of the Warhawks.
• The score stayed where it was until the top of the fourth when following singles by Davis and Houston Davenport, Langley singled in Davis to move the score to 4-0.
• The Warhawks improved the lead to 5-0 in the top of the sixth when Cosby doubled in Russell.
• Flynn drew a bases-loaded walk in the top of the eighth to move the lead to 6-0 in favor of Auburn Montgomery.  With two outs in the inning, Davis doubled in two to push the score to 8-0.  Not to be outdone, Langley followed Davis with a two-run double of his own to push the score to 10-0. 
• Hollingsworth homered in the bottom of the eighth to put the Night Hawks on the board.
• Peguero singled in two to bring Thomas within 10-3 in the bottom of the ninth, but the Warhawks won the contest 10-3.

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
• AUM stranded 12 runners on base.  Thomas left six on the base paths.
• The Night Hawks had two costly errors while the Warhawks did not commit a single defensive lapse.

UP NEXT
• The Warhawks and the Night Hawks will conclude the weekend series tomorrow, March 18, beginning at 11 a.m. CDT.

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