CLEVELAND, Tenn. – The Auburn Montgomery Baseball Team fell in games two and three of its Gulf South Conference series at Lee University on Saturday, March 5, dropping the first contest of the twinbill 5-4 and the second 4-1.
 
The losses bring AUM's record to 12-9 overall and 2-4 in GSC play.
 
GAME ONE
Nick Freeman and Brody Syer both knocked a pair of hits, with Freeman driving in a pair of runs on an RBI double in the fifth inning. Syer additionally added an RBI double in the seventh.
 
Jackson Ceman scored a pair of runs in game one while Kasey Clark added a hit and a run.
 
Starting pitcher Andrew Cronan gave up just one earned run on eight hits over five innings pitched. Jax Morris tossed 2.2 innings of scoreless relief out of the bullpen while Clay Slagle (2-2) shouldered the loss after conceding the game's final two runs in the bottom of the ninth
 
The Flames struck first in game one on a two-RBI double in the third, but the Warhawks were able to cut their deficit in half in the fourth via a Corey Armstrong single up the middle that resulted in a Flame throwing error plating the Warhawks' first run. Kasey Clark got the rally going with a one-out single up the middle before eventually being brought home.
 
AUM grabbed a 3-2 lead in the top of the fifth on Freeman's two-RBI double down to left field line. Clayton Philips led off the frame with a walk and was brought around to third on a sacrifice bunt turned throwing error off the bat of Ceman to set up the opportunity for Freeman.
 
Lee tied up the score at three in the bottom of the sixth inning, after a pair of singles and a walk led to a sacrifice fly. Morris was able to diffuse the situation by recording the inning's final two outs, including a strikeout with the bases loaded to end the frame.
 
AUM retook the lead in the top of the seventh on Syer's two-out RBI double down the right field line that plated Ceman. Ceman was hit by pitch with one out to get things going, and was brought to second on a groundout by Freeman.
 
The Flames led off the ninth with a pair of singles to right field, followed by a bunt base hit to load the bases with nobody out. After a strikeout by Slagle, the Flames knocked the walk-off base hit to left to take the contest 5-4.
 
GAME TWO
Ceman and Freeman both logged a team-high two hits, with Ceman registering a run scored. Syer accounted for a hit and an RBI to extend his on-base streak to 21 games while Zach Dew also added a hit.
 
Clay Slagle (2-3) took the loss in the rubber match. Sam Steigert scattered one run over a team-high four innings out of the bullpen while Will Collins conceded just one run over 1.1 innings of relief.
 
Lee wasted no time getting on board, tallying a pair of runs on two RBI singles to go up 2-0 after one inning of play.
 
After giving up another run to the Flames in the bottom of the second, AUM struck for its lone run in the top of the third on Syer's RBI knock to right. Ceman, who scored on the hit, set up the opportunity with a one-out double to right center.
 
The Flames would tack on another run in the bottom of the sixth with a solo home run before giving way to the 4-1 final score.
 
The Warhawks will return home next week for a seven-game home stand, beginning with a Tuesday, March 8 contest against Georgia Southwestern at 4:00 p.m.
                                                   
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