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No. 10 Lander baseball falls to No. 21 Pirates, 4-3, in ninth

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SAVANNAH, Ga. – Armstrong Atlantic's Chris Fritts' RBI double in the ninth inning scored Joey Lupus and gave the No. 21-ranked Pirates a 4-3 Peach Belt Conference victory over No. 10 Lander Sunday afternoon at Pirate Field.

Armstrong improves to 31-13 overall and 19-10 in the PBC, while Lander finishes the regular season at 34-14, 19-11. The Bearcats will next play in the Peach Belt Conference Tournament, which will be hosted at Lander's Dolny Stadium, May 8-12.

AASU's Caleb Woods (6-2) earned the victory after walking two and allowing one earned run on four hits in 4.1 innings pitched.

Lander's Chess Malone (8-3) took the loss after striking out seven, walking two and allowing four earned runs on nine hits in 8.2 innings of work.

Lander took a 2-0 lead when Connor Lewis drove in Weston Lawing in the fourth inning and Erik Lunde stroked a solo homer over the right field fence in the fifth.

The Pirates cut the lead to 2-1 in the fifth on Fritts' RBI single that plated Cody Sherlin.

The Bearcats stretched their advantage to 3-1 in the sixth after Colby Painter scored on Graham Ramos' bases-loaded walk.

Armstrong tied the game at 3-all in the sixth when Zittrouer's RBI double plated Chase Butler and Casey Maloney.

For Lander, Lewis and Hyatt both batted 2-for-4.

For Armstrong, Fritts batted 3-for-5, while Zittrouer and Sherlin both went 2-for-4.

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Players Mentioned

Weston Lawing

#39 Weston Lawing

RHP/1B
6' 3"
Sophomore
Connor Lewis

#17 Connor Lewis

1B
6' 3"
Junior
Erik Lunde

#6 Erik Lunde

INF
5' 9"
Junior
Chess Malone

#13 Chess Malone

LHP
6' 2"
Sophomore
Colby Painter

#32 Colby Painter

3B
6' 2"
Sophomore
Graham Ramos

#4 Graham Ramos

INF
6' 0"
Junior

Players Mentioned

Weston Lawing

#39 Weston Lawing

6' 3"
Sophomore
RHP/1B
Connor Lewis

#17 Connor Lewis

6' 3"
Junior
1B
Erik Lunde

#6 Erik Lunde

5' 9"
Junior
INF
Chess Malone

#13 Chess Malone

6' 2"
Sophomore
LHP
Colby Painter

#32 Colby Painter

6' 2"
Sophomore
3B
Graham Ramos

#4 Graham Ramos

6' 0"
Junior
INF