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Columbus St. CSU 10-11, 2-5 PBC
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Winner Lander LANDER 17-7, 6-1 PBC
Columbus St. CSU
10-11, 2-5 PBC
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Final
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Lander LANDER
17-7, 6-1 PBC
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Columbus St. CSU 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 4 8 14 3
Lander LANDER 0 8 0 0 0 1 2 0 X 11 16 3

W: Jefferis, Jagger (4-2) L: B. Thorne (2-2) S: Sanchez, Joshua (1)

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Hailey Franklin

Game Recap: Baseball | | Turner Kirby - Director of Athletic Communications

Lander Holds off Late Columbus State Rally to Take Series Opener

GREENWOOD, S.C. – The Lander baseball team saw an 11-3 lead shrink to 11-8, with the tying run at the plate, but Joshua Sanchez (Pembroke Pines, Fla.) shut the door for his first save of the season, securing the Bearcats' series-opening win over Columbus State on Friday evening at Dolny Stadium.

All nine members of the Bearcats' starting lineup reached base at least once, with seven recording multiple hits.

Lander (17-7, 6-1 PBC) got off to a hot start in the second inning, sending 13 batters to the plate in an eight-run frame.

Evan Wickeri (Middleburg, Fla.) drew a bases-loaded walk to score Lowndes Still (Greenwood, S.C.), who was hit by a pitch to lead off the inning, putting the Bearcats on the board. Connor Droze (Roebuck, S.C.) then delivered a bases-clearing double to extend the lead to 4-0.

Lander kept the pressure on with RBI hits from Garrett Chun (Jacksonville, Fla.), Cooper Backman (Sarasota, Fla.), and Caden Crews (Jansen Beach, Fla.), stretching the advantage to 8-0.

Jagger Jefferis (Barnesville, Ohio) was dominant, holding the Cougars (10-11, 2-5 PBC) scoreless through five innings before surrendering two runs in the sixth, keeping Lander's lead at 8-2.

Taichi Nakao (Auckland, New Zealand) added an RBI single to make it 9-2, but Columbus State quickly responded, trimming the deficit back to six.

Chun and Jackson Hoshour (Sumter, S.C.) each drove in runs in the seventh, pushing Lander's lead to 11-3, seemingly putting the Bearcats in control.

However, the Cougars had other plans.

Columbus State plated a run in the eighth on a single that deflected off Bennett Sloper (Simpsonville, S.C.) before erupting for four runs in the ninth, bringing the tying run to the plate.

With one out, Sanchez entered and needed just four pitches to slam the door, securing the victory.

The two teams continue their series Saturday at 2 p.m. at Dolny Stadium.
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Scoring Summary

Score By Innings
Play CSU LANDER
LANDER BOT 2nd E. Wickeri walked, RBI; T. Nakao advanced to second; C. Crews advanced to third; L. Still scored. 0 1
LANDER BOT 2nd C. Droze doubled down the rf line, 3 RBI; E. Wickeri scored; T. Nakao scored; C. Crews scored. 0 4
LANDER BOT 2nd G. Chun singled to right field, RBI; W. McClellan advanced to third; C. Droze scored. 0 5
LANDER BOT 2nd L. Still reached first on a fielding error by 2b; G. Chun advanced to second; W. McClellan scored, unearned. 0 6
LANDER BOT 2nd C. Backman singled, RBI; L. Still advanced to second, advanced to third on an error by cf; G. Chun scored, unearned. 0 7
LANDER BOT 2nd C. Crews singled to shortstop, RBI; C. Backman advanced to second; L. Still scored, unearned. 0 8
CSU TOP 6th C. Ferguson doubled down the lf line, advanced to third on the throw, RBI; C. Eison scored. 1 8
CSU TOP 6th C. Evans singled through the right side, RBI; C. Ferguson scored. 2 8
LANDER BOT 6th T. Nakao singled to shortstop, RBI; C. Crews advanced to second; J. Hoshour scored. 2 9
CSU TOP 7th C. Eison singled to first base, RBI; J. Chizek advanced to third; M. Mueller scored. 3 9
LANDER BOT 7th G. Chun grounded out to ss, RBI; W. McClellan advanced to second; C. Droze scored. 3 10
LANDER BOT 7th J. Hoshour flied out to cf, sacrifice fly, RBI; W. McClellan scored. 3 11
CSU TOP 8th W. Wilmot singled to pitcher, RBI; A. Rubin scored. 4 11
CSU TOP 9th L. Meszar singled up the middle, RBI; J. Chizek scored. 5 11
CSU TOP 9th I. King singled to center field, RBI; L. Meszar scored. 6 11
CSU TOP 9th C. Evans advanced to second; M. Cruz advanced to third; I. King scored on a wild pitch. 7 11
CSU TOP 9th W. Wilmot grounded out to 1b unassisted, RBI; B. Knox advanced to second; C. Evans advanced to third; M. Cruz scored, unearned. 8 11

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