MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- The Auburn University at Montgomery baseball team got a pair of RBIs from Brody Syer, Jackson Ceman registered three hits and scored three runs, and Kasey Clark clubbed a pair of doubles, but the Warhawks ultimately came up short in a showdown with 29th-ranked Valdosta State University on Friday night at Q.V. Lowe Field.

FROM THE DUGOUT

Score: AUM 3, #29 VSU 7
Records: AUM 18-26 (10-15 GSC) | VSU 27-12 (16-9 GSC)
Location: Montgomery, Ala. | Q.V. Lowe Field
Series: VSU leads 13-4
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HIGHLIGHTS

• Both teams traded runs in the first inning thanks to a Valdosta State sacrifice fly and a two-out Brody Syer RBI single through the right side.
• Syer drove in his second run of the night with an RBI groundout to make it 3-2 Valdosta State after three innings.
• Two-way player JP Gates cracked a two-run home run to centerfield for the Blazers to open up a 5-2 lead.
• Kasey Clark added an RBI double in the seventh to pull the Warhawks a run closer, but a solo homer by the Blazers, their third of the night, helped seal a 7-3 win.

ON THE MOUND 

• Clay Slagle (3-5) allowed five runs, four earned with one strikeout in six innings of work.
• Wade Chandler logged 3.0 innings of relief work. He allowed a pair of runs and struck out a pair of Valdosta State hitters.

NOTABLES

• Syer totaled his 19th multi-RBI game and Clark added his 21st multi-hit game of the season.
• Clark also tallied his 16th and 17th doubles of the season which moves him into a tie for first in the league in that category.
• Ceman posted three hits and scored three runs to tie his season-high in that category. 

UP NEXT

The Warhawks finish the weekend against 29th-ranked Valdosta State University on Saturday, April 22nd with a doubleheader at 1 p.m. AUM's Senior Day festivities will begin at 12:40 p.m.
   
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