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Auburn University at Montgomery Athletics

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Marvin Gentry
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Columbus St. CSU 9-2
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Winner Auburn Montgomery AUM 4-9
Columbus St. CSU
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Auburn Montgomery AUM
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Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 R H E
Columbus St. CSU 2 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 7 13 2
Auburn Montgomery AUM 2 0 0 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 10 12 1

W: Galloway, Mario (1-0) L: C. English (0-1)

Game Recap: Baseball | | Cody Clark

Walk-off Blast Lifts Warhawks Past No. 5 Columbus State in 13-Inning Thriller

MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- The Auburn University at Montgomery baseball team used a three-run, walk-off home run courtesy of Jake Spivey to seal a 10-7 upset win over No. 5-ranked Columbus State University in 13 innings on Wednesday night at Q.V. Lowe Field.

FROM THE DUGOUT

Score: AUM 10, #5 CSU 7
Records: AUM 4-9 (2-1 GSC) | #5 CSU 9-2 (3-0 PBC)
Location: Montgomery, Ala. | Q.V. Lowe Field
Series: CSU leads 28-11
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HIGHLIGHTS

  • Columbus State got the scoring started with a Michael McDade two-run homer to take a 2-0 lead in the first.
  • The Warhawks responded with two singles and were helped by an error to get a run back, and added another on Cooper Doughman's fielder's choice ground ball to tie the game 2-2.
  • The score stayed tied until Brook Brannon's infield RBI single and Clayton Phillips' RBI fielder's choice put AUM up 4-2 after four innings.
  • The Cougars added a run in the fifth before a single, a double, a walk, a wild pitch, and a sac fly helped CSU plate a pair to take a 5-4 lead into the last of the seventh inning.
  • Nick Freeman added an RBI single in the bottom of the seventh, Jackson Ceman had an RBI groundout, and Brody Syer singled home another run as AUM responded and took the lead 7-5.
  • CSU was again up to the task, as two walks and two hit batters helped CSU tie the game at 7-7 after eight innings.
  • The game meandered its way to the 13th inning before, with two on and one out, Spivey drilled an 0-1 pitch beyond the wall for a 10-7 walk-off win over the fifth-ranked Cougars.

ON THE MOUND

  • Clay Weatherly drew the start and yielded two runs on one hit with two walks and a strikeout in 2.0 innings of work.
  • Michael Myers came on in relief and logged his second straight scoreless outing. He worked 2.0 innings with two hits allowed and a strikeout.
  • Daniel Swatek gave up two hits and struck out a pair for the Warhawks.
  • Cole Kehoe worked 1.2 shutout relief innings and allowed three base runners.
  • Mason Elmore got the final two outs of the top of the 12th inning to keep CSU off the scoreboard.
  • Galloway logged a scoreless 13th inning with one walk to help setup Spivey's walk-off winner.

NOTABLES

  • Spivey finished 1-for-2 on the evening with his first career dinger.
  • AUM also used a season-high 11 pitchers in the game.
  • Galloway picked up his second career win in an AUM uniform.
  • Seven different Warhawks drove in a run in the contest, which is also a season-high for the Warhawks.
  • Freeman went 4-for-6 on the night with a career-high four hits. He also added an RBI, two runs scored, and two stolen bases.
WORDS FROM THE WARHAWKS

"We are obviously still very early in the season, but this felt like a game we needed to win," said head coach Marty Lovrich. "We feel like we have been on the opposite end of a few of these already this year, in terms of dropping a game we felt like we should have won, so it felt good to get this one tonight going into another big Gulf South Conference weekend on the road. I've been coaching for 30-something years now, and I can honestly say I think that is the most pitchers I have used to try and win a baseball game. I am still a little disappointed about our team having way too many easy outs in late-game situations or when the game gets close, so we have to get better about having better approaches and being a tough out in those spots. But it was another good team win. We needed eveything we got from everyone tonight. I'm super proud of Spivey in that spot...we have not had that big swing this season and we needed something like that. I am proud of the way we were able to grind it out. I am excited about our first pitch in Livingston, Ala. on Friday afternoon."

UP NEXT

AUM continues Gulf South Conference play on Friday, Feb. 24 at 4 p.m. in Livingston, Ala. as the Warhawks hot the road to square off against the University of West Alabama Tigers.

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