MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- The Auburn University at Montgomery baseball team snapped a five-game losing streak on Friday night as they exploded for 13 runs on 11 hits in a 13-6 win over Christian Brothers University in the squad's Gulf South Conference opener.
Cooper Doughman had a bases-clearing double in the second inning and finished 2-for-5 with five RBI, while Kasey Clark added a pair of doubles and four RBI. Brody Syer joined the party with his first home run of the year and finished 2-for-4 with two RBI and two runs scored.
FROM THE DUGOUT
Score: AUM 13, CBU 6
Records: AUM 2-8 (1-0 GSC) | CBU 5-4 (0-1 GSC)
Location: Montgomery, Ala. | Q.V. Lowe Field
Series: AUM leads 14-1
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HIGHLIGHTS
- Nick Freeman walked to lead off for the Warhawks and then subsequently stole second base. Jackson Ceman then rolled an RBI single up the middle to plate Freeman and give AUM the first lead.
- CBU answered to tie the game in the top of the second inning as they used two singles and a fielding error to score a run.
- The Warhawks exploded for seven runs in the last of the second. Freeman registered a sacrifice fly and a bases-clearing double for Doughman that one-hopped the wall in right-center to break things open 6-1.
- AUM added two more as Clark's double bounced off the base of the wall in right to score Zach Dew and Doughman and make it 8-1.
- The Buccaneers notched a run in the top of the third and three in the top of the eighth inning on a Ben Brocato three-run home run to center to make it 9-6.
- AUM secured the game with a two-run single to center for Doughman, followed by a two-run double for Clark, his second of the game to make it 13-6 Warhawks.
ON THE MOUND
- Andrew Cronan (1-0) picked up the win for the Warhawks. He worked 5.1 innings and allowed two earned runs on nine hits against six strikeouts.
- Michael Myers gave up two hits and struck out two men in 1.2 innings of relief work.
- Wade Chandler gave up three unearned runs with two strikeouts in two-thirds of an inning.
- Brett Pitts (1) earned his first save for AUM with 1.1 scoreless innings of relief.
NOTABLES
- Clark added his fifth multi-hit game of the season for AUM.
- Syer clubbed his first home run of the season and second of the year for the Warhawks.
- Doughman drove in five runs, a season-high for an AUM player through the first 10 games of the year.
- The Warhawks totaled five extra-base hits, including four doubles and a home run, which is a season-best.
WORDS FROM THE WARHAWKS
"I thought we put together a good team win tonight," said head coach
Marty Lovrich. "We obviously are not pleased with the errors and we need to clean those up defensively, but I thought our hitters took some positive steps tonight. We talked before the game about focusing on having better at-bats and letting the results come with that. [Andrew] Cronan really battled for us on the mound tonight. He was not feeling well and did not have his best stuff but he really worked through it. His last 30-pitch stretch was big to get us into the sixth inning, and we had some guys step up out of the bullpen. Every game you can get in the GSC is a good win, and we needed a win in a bad way to get some confidence back."
UP NEXT
AUM continues Gulf South Conference play on Saturday, Feb. 18 with a doubleheader against Christian Brothers University at 1 p.m. at Q.V. Lowe Field at the AUM Baseball Complex.
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