ALBANY, Ga. -- Albany State University erased a four-run deficit and used a walk-off single in the bottom of the 10th inning as the Golden Rams completed the comeback to knock off the Auburn University at Montgomery baseball team 8-7 on Wednesday afternoon in the Peach State.

FROM THE DUGOUT

Score: AUM 7, ASU 8
Records: AUM 8-8 (4-2 GSC) | ASU 7-5 (5-1 GSC)
Location: Albany, Ga. | Golden Rams' Field
Series: AUM leads 6-3
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HIGHLIGHTS

• Albany State used a pair of hits, including an RBI double, to take a 1-0 lead after the first inning. 
• Kasey Clark led off the second frame with his fourth home run of the season, a solo shot to the opposite field for the lefty.
• Nick Freeman and Tyrese Rooks each added RBI singles in the second as AUM expanded the lead to 3-1.
• The Golden Rams tied the game on a pair of unearned runs in the third.
• Brendan York's fifth-inning solo home run pushed AUM back into the lead.
• With the bases loaded and two outs, York added an infield single and Zach Dew registered a two-run single to right as AUM built a 7-3 lead.
• Two runs in the sixth, a run in the seventh, and a run in the eighth helped the Golden Rams tie the game 7-7.
• Both teams kept the other off the scoreboard in the ninth frame to send the game into extra innings. 
• Albany State used a walk-off base hit up the middle to plate the winning run.

ON THE MOUND 

• Ryan Slaten worked five innings and allowed just one earned run. He allowed three runs totaled, scattered six hits, struck out four, and did not walk a batter.
• Camden Lovrich allowed a pair of unearned runs in one inning, and Michael Myers allowed a pair of runs with two strikeouts in 1.2 innings of relief. 
• Brett Pitts (2-1) suffered the loss, as ASU plated the ghost runner in the last of the 10th. Pitts allowed a single hit and struck out three.

NOTABLES

• Slaten worked five innings on the mound for the third straight midweek start.
• Jackson Ceman turned in his third multi-hit game of the season and first three-hit game of the year.
• York connected on his first home run of the campaign, while Clark clubbed his team-leading fourth. 
• York, Dew, Rooks, Clark, and Freeman all drove in at least one run for the Warhawks, while York (third) and Dew (fourth) posted multi-RBI efforts.

MANAGER'S CORNER

• "The Standard isn't a light switch," said head coach Franklin Bush. " It's not something you turn on and off. The Standard is what you bring with you on every pitch. We didn't do that today. When you aren't able to play consistently to your standard, more times than not you won't like the outcome. However, our standard isn't outcome-oriented. We are invested in the process. How invested are we? We will find out this weekend."

UP NEXT

• The Warhawks turn their attention to a three-game weekend series against the University of West Alabama beginning with a doubleheader on Saturday, March 2 at 1 p.m. at Q.V. Lowe Field.

 
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