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Winner Lander LANDER 16-6
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Augusta AUGUSTA 5-19
Winner
Lander LANDER
16-6
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Final
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Augusta AUGUSTA
5-19
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Lander LANDER 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 4 0 9 12 0
Augusta AUGUSTA 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 4 8 3

W: Merrick, Anson (1-1) L: J. Iovinelli (0-2)

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

Lander Beats Augusta, 9-4, to Sweep Series

AUGUSTA, Ga. – The Lander baseball team earned its first Peach Belt Conference series sweep of the season Sunday afternoon, defeating the Augusta Jaguars 9-4 in the third and final game of the series.

This marked Lander's third series sweep of the season (Mars Hill and Chowan) and the first time the Bearcats (16-6, 5-1 PBC) have swept the Jaguars (5-19, 2-7 PBC) since 2022. It was also their first sweep in Augusta since the 2013 season.

Evan Wickeri (Middleburg, Fla.) led Lander with three hits and drove in three runs on a three-run home run in the eighth inning, providing pivotal insurance runs for the Bearcats. Grant Sherrod (Sumner, Wash.) added two hits, bringing his weekly total to 11 across four games while also extending his hitting streak to nine games.

Anson Merrick (Chapin, S.C) picked up his first win of the season on the mound, going six innings for the second straight start, allowing two runs on five hits while striking out three.

Lander struck first in the opening inning as Connor Droze (Roebuck, S.C.) extended his hitting streak to eight games with an RBI single to score Taichi Nakao (Auckland, New Zealand). The Bearcats added another run in the first off an Augusta error to make it 2-0.

Augusta tied the game with a run in the third and another in the fourth as the Bearcats' offense went quiet until the sixth inning when it came alive in a big way.

A wild pitch and an error put Lander back on top 4-2 in the sixth. Droze added another RBI single in the seventh to make it 5-2 before Wickeri's three-run homer and an RBI hit from Brody Winter (Anderson, S.C.) in the eighth extended the lead to 9-2.

Augusta got two runs back in the bottom of the eighth, but Nate Winterhalter (Venice, Fla.) limited the damage. Michael Nastro (Charleston, S.C.) worked around a leadoff single in the ninth to secure the win.

Lander hits the road again Tuesday, March 11, traveling to Belmont, N.C., for its second meeting with the Belmont Abbey Crusaders. The Bearcats won the first matchup 6-1 on Feb. 18. First pitch is scheduled for 5 p.m.
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Scoring Summary

Score By Innings
Play LANDER AUGUSTA
LANDER TOP 1st C. Droze singled to right field, RBI; G. Sherrod advanced to second; E. Wickeri advanced to third; T. Nakao scored. 1 0
LANDER TOP 1st B. Winter reached first on an error by 3b, RBI; C. Droze advanced to second; G. Sherrod out at third 3b unassisted; E. Wickeri scored. 2 0
AUGUSTA BOT 3rd R. Chance homered to right field, RBI. 2 1
AUGUSTA BOT 4th Z. Kwiatkows doubled down the lf line, RBI; P. Ingram scored. 2 2
LANDER TOP 6th R. Hansen advanced to second; G. Sherrod scored on a wild pitch. 3 2
LANDER TOP 6th C. Droze reached first on an error by 2b, RBI; R. Hansen scored. 4 2
LANDER TOP 7th C. Droze singled to right field, RBI; G. Sherrod advanced to second; E. Wickeri scored. 5 2
LANDER TOP 8th E. Wickeri homered, 3 RBI; T. Nakao scored; K. Murphy scored. 8 2
LANDER TOP 8th B. Winter singled to left field, RBI; R. Hansen advanced to third, out at home lf to c; G. Sherrod scored. 9 2
AUGUSTA BOT 8th M. Morrison doubled to left field, 2 RBI; N. Turner scored; M. Thigpen scored. 9 4

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