MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- The 21st-ranked Auburn University at Montgomery baseball team gave up seven runs in the first inning and a comeback attempt fell just short on Tuesday afternoon at Q.V. Lowe Field in the team's regular-season home finale. 

After getting down 8-0 after two innings, AUM scored five runs in the third, one in the fourth, and one in the seventh inning to make it a one-run game. Albany State, however, found some insurance with a late home run and held on for the midweek win.

FROM THE DUGOUT

Score: ASU 9, #21 AUM 7
Records: AUM 29-18 | ASU 31-10
Location: Montgomery, Ala. | Q.V. Lowe Field
Series: AUM leads 6-4
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HIGHLIGHTS

• Albany State sent 11 men to the plate and used seven hits to score seven runs in the first inning. They also added a run in the second to make it 8-0 ASU after two innings. 
• Kasey Clark added an RBI single to get the Warhawk scoring started in the third. After a Zach Dew sacrifice fly, RH Frankland, Jarren Wright, and Cole Strachan each tallied a two-out RBI single to help AUM trim the lead to 8-5. 
• Jackson Ceman led off the fourth inning with a solo home run to left field. 
• Dew added a one-out solo home run to left in the seventh inning to trim the lead to one, at 8-7.
• The Golden Rams hit a solo home run of their own in the top of the ninth for some much-needed insurance and retired AUM in order in the ninth to secure the win.

ON THE MOUND 

• Carson Beach fired four innings of relief and allowed just one unearned run on eight hits with three walks and three strikeouts.
• Luke Turner (0.2), Trey Bacon (1.0), Ryan Slaten (1.0), Camden Lovrich (0.2), and Michael Myers (0.1) combined to shut out the Golden Rams from the fifth inning through the eighth inning. 
• Grant Hickman allowed one run with a strikeout in the ninth frame.

NOTABLES

• Ceman's solo homer was his third career home run and was his 200th career hit. Ceman ranks seventh in program history in that category. 
• Beach tied his season-high for innings pitched and turned in his longest appearance of the year without giving up an earned run.
• Frankland, Ceman, and Clark all reached base for the 19th straight game, which is the longest streak of the year for the Warhawks.
• Clark also added his 12th consecutive contest with a hit.
• Dew turned in his 10th game with multiple RBIs.

MANAGER'S CORNER

• "Energy, intent, effort, and focus," said head coach Franklin Bush. "Those are the things we control every single day. We make a choice to bring those four things to the field, weight room, classroom, and other opportunities daily. The choices we make affect us individually, as a team, and this baseball program. We have to make championship choices if we want the opportunity to compete for one. We didn't do that today from the first pitch to the last pitch. We will learn from this and do a better job controlling the controllables. We're eager to get back to training tomorrow and prepare for our next opportunity."

UP NEXT

• The Warhawks turn their attention to a three-game weekend series against the University of Montevallo to finish off the regular season.

 
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