MONTGOMERY, Ala. ------ The Auburn Montgomery baseball team defeated the Albany State Golden Rams by way of a two-out, five-run bottom of the eighth inning on Wednesday afternoon with a final score of 9-4.

NOTES
• AUM improved to 19-20.
• Albany State fell to 11-22.

STANDOUT PERFORMERS
• Curtiss Johnson went 2-for-3 with three RBIs and a free base.
• Senior John-Mark Cosby had two hits and two runs batted in.
• Brandon Davis recorded a hit and an RBI.
• Donovan Chandler walked and scored two runs.
• Hank Scott and Seth Arroyo combined for five innings of scoreless relief.
• Freshman Hunter Hillyer struck out four in four innings in his first career start, allowing just two earned runs.
• Scotty Smith had an RBI single.
• Bryant Prather hit a two-run home run for the Golden Rams.

 HOW IT HAPPENED
• After Eichelberger singled with one out in the top of the first, Prather hit a two-run shot to give Albany State an early 2-0 lead.  Arrington singled later in the inning to move the lead to 3-0.
• After Chandler was hit by a pitch and subsequently stole second, Nathan Langley walked to put two on with no outs.  Following a sacrifice bunt by Trevor Flynn, Johnson singled up the middle to plate Chandler and Langley to bring AUM within one run.  Later in the inning with two outs, Davis walked with the bases loaded on eight pitches to tie the game at three.
• Russell led off the bottom of the third with a double and eventually scored on a fielder's choice and throwing error combination by the Albany State third baseman.  The Warhawks led 4-3 after three innings.
• AUM would not hold the lead long as the Golden Rams tied the game in the next half inning.  With runners on the corners and two outs, Roulhac singled up the middle to tie the game.  The run however, was unearned.
• The game would remain tied until the bottom of the eighth, when the AUM offense erupted for five runs.  Parker Moman led off the inning with a single, Michael Tedford and Chandler walked to load the bases.  After Langley flew out to the shallow part of right field, and the runners held.  The next hitter, Flynn walked to give the Warhawks the lead with two outs.  On 3-2, Johnson was hit by a pitch to double the lead.  A batter later, Smith provided his infield single to make it a 7-4 ballgame.  Then a single by Cosby drove in two more runs and the Warhawks had a comfortable lead heading to the ninth.
• Albany State tallied a pair of two out singles, but ultimately fell to Auburn Montgomery, 9-4.

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
• The Warhawks had two errors.  The Golden Rams committed one defensive miscue.
• AUM left nine runners on base.  Albany State left seven on the base paths.
 
UP NEXT
The Warhawks will return to action on Friday, April 14 when they travel to Georgia Gwinnett to take on the Grizzlies.  First pitch is scheduled for 6 p.m.