MONTEVALLO, Ala. -- The 21st-ranked Auburn University at Montgomery baseball team used a four-run sixth inning and some spectacular pitching from Clay Slagle and Brett Pitts to help the Warhawks split a doubleheader against the University of Montevallo to finish out the 2024 regular season.

FROM THE DUGOUT

GM 1 Score: No. 21 AUM 4, UM 3
GM 2 Score: No. 21 AUM 1, UM 4
Records: AUM 30-20 (20-10 GSC) | UM 27-21 (17-13 GSC)
Location: Montevallo, Ala. | Kermit A. Johnson Field
Series: UM leads 41-40
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GM 1 HIGHLIGHTS

• The Falcons took a 2-0 lead after the first inning and no-hit the Warhawks through four frames.
• AUM broke through with a four-run sixth inning. Cooper Doughman drew a bases-loaded HBP, and Tyrese Rooks scored on a ground ball double play to tie the game 2-2.
• RH Frankland and Jarren Wright then each delivered a two-out RBI single to help the Warhawks push the lead to 4-2.
• Montevallo got a two-out RBI double in the bottom of the sixth to get within a run, but could not draw any closer.

GM 1 ON THE MOUND 

• Clay Slagle (7-2) logged 5.1 innings and allowed just one earned run. He scattered eight hits and two walks against six strikeouts. 
• Brett Pitts (2) worked 32 shut-out innings of relief to notch his second save. He allowed two hits, walked one, and struck out a career-best seven hitters. 

GM 2 HIGHLIGHTS

• A second-inning double and a third-inning two-run home run put Montevallo ahead 3-0.
• The Warhawks got no-hit through the first three innings, but a Tyrese Rooks single put one in the hit column for AUM.
• Kasey Clark drew a walk behind the Rooks single, and Doughman added an RBI single to make it a 3-1 game.
• The Falcons got the run back with a lead-off home run in the bottom of the fourth to provide the game's final run.

GM 2 ON THE MOUND 

• Payte Williams suffered the loss. He allowed six hits without a walk against six strikeouts in 4.1 innings.
• Michael Myers turned in 1.2 no-hit innings of relief with one strikeout. 

MANAGER'S CORNER

• "Disappointed in our approach to the game this weekend," said head coach Franklin Bush. "We let some outcomes affect our emotions and that took us out of some at-bats and innings. We have to find more maturity in those moments and compete at a higher level. We will work on those things this week as we prepare to compete for a championship. Our goal will always be to get better every single day. We knew if we did that, we would have an opportunity to compete for a championship in May. Here we are. Let's get better and go compete."

NOTABLES

• The Warhawks secured 30 victories in a season for only the second time since joining the ranks of NCAA Division II. It's the 25th 30-plus win season in program history for AUM. 
• Kasey Clark (single) and RH Frankland (single) extended their team-best reached base streaks to 21 consecutive games in game one. Clark kept his streak alive with a walk in game two to make it 22 straight games he has reached base.
• Jarren Wright collected the only multi-hit game for AUM in the front half of the doubleheader.
• Rooks, Doughman, and Dew were the only three Warhawks to collect a hit in game two of the doubleheader.

  UP NEXT

• The Warhawks prep for the upcoming Gulf South Conference tournament, which begins on Friday, May 3 at Choccolocco Park in Oxford, Ala.

 
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