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Lander LUBSB25 20-9, 8-3 PBC
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Winner North Georgia UNGB2025 20-8, 10-1 PBC
Lander LUBSB25
20-9, 8-3 PBC
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North Georgia UNGB2025
20-8, 10-1 PBC
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Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Lander LUBSB25 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 9 1
North Georgia UNGB2025 0 0 0 3 3 1 0 0 X 7 5 1

W: Luke Earnhardt (6-0) L: Puccetti, Dominic (6-1)

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Hailey Franklin

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

Lander Drops Game Two to North Georgia, 7-3

DAHLONEGA, Ga. — The Lander baseball team held a 2-0 lead in the fourth inning, but the North Georgia Nighthawks scored seven unanswered runs across the next three frames to grab a 7-3 win and clinch the Peach Belt Conference series on Saturday afternoon at Bob Stein Stadium.

This marks Lander's first conference series loss and its first overall series defeat since dropping the rubber game to Mount Olive on Feb. 9.

Adam Love (Roswell, Ga.) and Cooper Backman (Sarasota, Fla.) delivered RBI hits in the second inning to give Lander (20-9, 8-3 PBC) an early 2-0 advantage.

Dominic Puccetti (Monroe, Mich.), who has been a consistent force during his Saturday starts, faced only 10 batters through the first three innings. However, three consecutive walks to open the bottom of the fourth proved costly, as North Georgia (20-8, 10-1 PBC) capitalized with three runs to flip the scoreboard in its favor.

The trouble continued in the fifth inning. With two runners on and one out, Puccetti — who suffered his first loss of the season in his eighth start — was relieved by Kurt Rogers (Westminster, S.C.). Rogers managed to get the second out, but back-to-back RBI hits extended the Nighthawks' lead to 6-2. An RBI fielder's choice in the sixth stretched the advantage to five runs.

After a strong start, the Lander offense fell silent, managing just one hit across the fourth, fifth, sixth, and seventh innings.

The Bearcats had a brief opportunity in the eighth, putting two runners on base, but they couldn't convert. An RBI groundout in the ninth brought home a run, but that was as close as Lander would get.

The two teams will conclude their series Sunday at 1 p.m.
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Scoring Summary

Score By Innings
Play LUBSB25 UNGB2025
LUBSB25 TOP 2nd A. Love doubled down the rf line, RBI; W. McClellan scored, unearned. 1 0
LUBSB25 TOP 2nd C. Backman singled through the right side, advanced to second, RBI; A. Love scored. 2 0
UNGB2025 BOT 4th K. Robitzsch grounded out to ss, RBI; R. Frost advanced to second; P. Ard advanced to third; J. Prince scored. 2 1
UNGB2025 BOT 4th N. Stinson singled to right field, 2 RBI; R. Frost scored; P. Ard scored. 2 3
UNGB2025 BOT 5th N. Stinson doubled down the rf line, 2 RBI; R. Frost advanced to third; P. Ard scored; J. Prince scored. 2 5
UNGB2025 BOT 5th J. Arispuro singled through the left side, RBI; N. Stinson advanced to third, out at home lf to c; R. Frost scored. 2 6
UNGB2025 BOT 6th J. Prince reached on a fielder's choice, RBI; A. Opata out at second 3b to 2b; T. Triche scored. 2 7
LUBSB25 TOP 9th C. Crews grounded out to 3b, RBI; C. Backman advanced to second; A. Love scored. 3 7

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