Columbus, Ga. - Columbus State scored ten runs in the first inning and held on for a 10-3 victory over Lander in the conference series finale.
After being held in check on Saturday, the Cougars scored ten runs in the first inning, but Lander could not answer over the next eight innings. Taichi Nakao put the Bearcats on the board with a two-run home run in the third inning. Lander added another run in the fifth when Chris Manriquez led off with a double and later scored on a sacrifice fly by Ethan Wilder.
Nakao led the Lander offense, going 1-4 with a home run, run scored, and two runs driven in, and Marquez was 1-3 with a double and run scored. Bennett Sloper (0-1) took the loss, allowing six runs on three hits in one-third of an inning.
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