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Winner Lander LANDER 15-6
14
Augusta AUGUSTA 5-18
Winner
Lander LANDER
15-6
18
Final
14
Augusta AUGUSTA
5-18
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Lander LANDER 0 1 4 0 0 4 5 4 0 18 14 2
Augusta AUGUSTA 0 1 1 0 4 7 1 0 0 14 14 3

W: Sanchez, Joshua (1-0) L: B. Keisler (0-2)

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Bob Stoner

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

Lander Comes Out on Top of 18-14 Shootout to Clinch Series Over Augusta

AUGUSTA, Ga. – After 108 total plate appearances, 28 combined hits, and 32 combined runs, the Lander baseball team emerged victorious, 18-14, to clinch its Peach Belt Conference series against the Augusta Jaguars on Saturday afternoon at Jaguar Field.

Every member of the Lander starting lineup reached base at least once, with six of the nine recording at least one hit.

Joshua Sanchez (Pembroke Pines, Fla.), the fifth and final pitcher Lander used, picked up his first win of the season after closing out the final 2.1 innings, facing just eight batters to do so. Augusta used ten total pitchers in the nine-inning game.

Connor Droze's first of two home runs, along with RBI hits from Taichi Nakao (Auckland, New Zealand), Grant Sherrod (Sumner, Wash.), and Brody Winter (Anderson, S.C.), plus a bases-loaded hit-by-pitch from Cooper Backman (Sarasota, Fla.), saw Lander (15-6, 4-1 PBC) jump out to a 5-1 lead after 2 ½ innings.

However, the Jaguars (5-18, 2-6 PBC) scored the next five runs to take a 6-5 lead after five innings.

Lander bounced back in the top of the sixth as Caden Crews (Jansen Beach, Fla.) tied the game with an RBI single before Sherrod put the Bearcats back on top with a two-run home run to make it 8-6.

The Bearcats loaded the bases again, leading to Will McClellan (Anderson, S.C.) scoring on a wild pitch to extend the lead to 9-6.

Augusta responded with seven runs in the bottom of the sixth, aided by a grand slam, to take a 13-9 lead.

Lander answered right back, as Droze added a grand slam of his own, followed by a McClellan walk, giving Lander a 14-13 lead.

As had been the case all game, no lead was safe as the Jaguars tied the game again in the bottom of the seventh with an RBI single.

However, it was Lander who delivered the final blow with four runs in the top of the eighth, including a pair of bases-loaded walks and a two-RBI double from Winter, making it 18-14 in favor of the squad from Greenwood.

Sanchez then retired the Jaguars in order in the final two innings to lock down the win.

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

Score By Innings
Play LANDER AUGUSTA
LANDER TOP 2nd C. Droze homered to right field, RBI. 1 0
AUGUSTA BOT 2nd R. Chance singled to second base, RBI; Z. Kwiatkows advanced to third; M. Morrison scored. 1 1
LANDER TOP 3rd T. Nakao doubled to right center, RBI; C. Crews scored. 2 1
LANDER TOP 3rd G. Sherrod singled to center field, RBI; T. Nakao scored. 3 1
LANDER TOP 3rd B. Winter singled to left field, RBI; C. Droze advanced to second; W. McClellan advanced to third; G. Sherrod scored. 4 1
LANDER TOP 3rd C. Backman hit by pitch, RBI; B. Winter advanced to second; C. Droze advanced to third; W. McClellan scored. 5 1
AUGUSTA BOT 3rd M. Morrison flied out to rf, sacrifice fly, RBI; N. Turner advanced to third; M. Thigpen scored. 5 2
AUGUSTA BOT 5th Z. Kwiatkows singled to left field, RBI; P. Ingram advanced to third; N. Turner scored. 5 3
AUGUSTA BOT 5th R. Bowles reached on a fielder's choice, RBI; Z. Kwiatkows advanced to second; P. Ingram scored. 5 4
AUGUSTA BOT 5th R. Chance reached on a fielder's choice, RBI; A. Cannaday advanced to second on an error by 2b; R. Bowles scored; Z. Kwiatkows scored. 5 6
LANDER TOP 6th C. Crews singled to center field, RBI; R. Hansen scored, unearned. 6 6
LANDER TOP 6th G. Sherrod homered, unearned, 2 RBI; C. Crews scored. 8 6
LANDER TOP 6th B. Winter advanced to second; C. Droze advanced to third; W. McClellan scored on a wild pitch, unearned. 9 6
AUGUSTA BOT 6th R. Bowles doubled down the rf line, 2 RBI; Z. Kwiatkows scored; M. Morrison scored. 9 8
AUGUSTA BOT 6th M. Thigpen walked, RBI; J. Vachon advanced to second; R. Chance advanced to third; A. Cannaday scored. 9 9
AUGUSTA BOT 6th N. Turner homered, 4 RBI; M. Thigpen scored; J. Vachon scored; R. Chance scored. 9 13
LANDER TOP 7th W. McClellan walked, RBI; G. Sherrod advanced to second; E. Wickeri advanced to third; C. Crews scored. 10 13
LANDER TOP 7th C. Droze homered, 4 RBI; W. McClellan scored; G. Sherrod scored; E. Wickeri scored. 14 13
AUGUSTA BOT 7th A. Cannaday singled to right center, RBI; Z. Kwiatkows scored, unearned. 14 14
LANDER TOP 8th G. Sherrod walked; E. Wickeri advanced to second; R. Hansen scored on a wild pitch. 15 14
LANDER TOP 8th C. Droze walked, RBI; W. McClellan advanced to second; G. Sherrod advanced to third; E. Wickeri scored. 16 14
LANDER TOP 8th B. Winter doubled down the rf line, 2 RBI; C. Droze advanced to third; W. McClellan scored; G. Sherrod scored. 18 14

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