MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- The Auburn University at Montgomery baseball team used a game-winning fielder's choice ground ball off the bat of Hayden Grier to cap a 14-13 walk-off win over Georgia Southwestern State University on Tuesday night at Q.V. Lowe Field.

Georgia Southwestern, receiving votes in the preseason Top 25 poll by the National Collegiate Baseball Writer's Association (NCBWA), erased an 11-3 deficit to tie things up at 13-13 before the Warhawks pushed across the winning run.

FROM THE DUGOUT

Score: AUM 14, GSW 13
Records: AUM 4-4 | GSW 4-3
Location: Montgomery, Ala. | Q.V. Lowe Field
Series: AUM leads 41-29
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HIGHLIGHTS

• Georgia Southwestern used a double down the line to jump in front 1-0 after a half inning of work.
• A wild pitch and a Cooper Doughman RBI single up the middle pushed AUM in front 2-1 after the first frame.
• Kasey Clark's two-RBI single in the second and Jarren Wright's two-RBI double in the third helped AUM open up a 6-2 advantage.
• Zach Dew added an RBI single and RH Frankland converted a sacrifice fly as the home team built an 8-2 advantage.
• With two on and two out in the fifth inning, Clark clubbed a three-run homer to right field as AUM led 11-3 after five innings.
• Five runs in the sixth, three runs in the seventh, and two runs in the eighth helped Georgia Southwestern battle back and tied the game at 13-13.
• Frankland worked a one-out walk and Nick Freeman pinch-ran for him to get the last of the ninth inning started. Doughman followed with an infield single, and Freeman advanced to third on a GSW throwing error.
• JC Tunnell pinch hit and reached first on a bunt single to load the bases, and Grier reached on a fielder's choice to break up a double play and deliver a 14-13 win for the Warhawks.

ON THE MOUND 

• Ryan Slaten drew the start and allowed three runs on four hits with four strikeouts in five innings of work.
• Lucas Baggett allowed a pair of unearned runs on one hit in one inning of relief.
• Brett Pitts (2-0) earned the win after he walked one batter and notched a trio of groundouts to keep GSW off the scoreboard in the ninth inning.

NOTABLES

• Doughman registered the first five-hit game by a Warhawk since Caleb Beaver went 5-for-6 in a 17-13 win over the University of Alabama in Huntsville on March 20, 2022.
• Clark posted the first five-RBI game of the year by an AUM player.
• Seven players in the lineup recorded a multi-hit game in the contest.
• The Warhawks scored a season-high 14 runs and pounded out a season-high 20 hits. The 20 hits also mark the most since that March 20, 2022 contest against UAH.

WORDS FROM THE WARHAWKS 

• "What a game," said head coach Franklin Bush. "We found a way to win a game and we do not take that lightly. You learn so much from each opportunity and we have much to learn from this one. We have to find consistency in the pursuit of our standard. That is what we are chasing. The ability to meet the standard from pitch to pitch. Cannot wait to get back to work tomorrow with this team and this coaching staff."

UP NEXT

The Warhawks open Gulf South Conference action on Friday, February 16 at Valdosta State University. 
   
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