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Lander LANDER 16-13
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Winner Columbus St. COLUMBUS 16-9
Lander LANDER
16-13
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Final
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Columbus St. COLUMBUS
16-9
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Lander LANDER 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 5 1
Columbus St. COLUMBUS 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 X 5 5 0

W: Tucker Starling (3-0) L: Gergan, Dalton (1-1)

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Nicholas Winegard

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

Eighth-Inning Grand Slam Downs Lander Against Columbus State

COLUMBUS, Ga. - After suffering a tough 12-inning loss Friday, the Lander baseball team was once again undone by late-inning heroics as an eighth-inning grand slam lifted Columbus State to a 5-2 win Saturday at Burger King Stadium at Ragsdale Field.

Both starting pitchers were sharp. Lander's Jake Monroe worked 7.1 innings and allowed just one run, which came in the fourth inning on a bases-loaded walk that tied the game after Lander had taken the lead on an RBI double from Mason Salisbury that scored Pip Smalley.

Columbus State's Connor Folds matched him, throwing seven innings and allowing just one run in the fourth.

Lander broke through against the bullpen in the eighth when Oliver Zohn delivered a one-out triple and later scored on a single from Smalley to give the Bearcats a 2-1 lead.

However, the Cougars answered in the bottom half of the inning. A leadoff walk followed by back-to-back bunt singles loaded the bases with no outs before a 3-2 pitch was driven out for a grand slam, giving Columbus State the lead for good.

Cooper Backman and Caden Crews reached with two outs in the ninth, but Lander could not mount a rally.

The loss marks Lander's first conference series defeat in a month.

The Bearcats will look to salvage the series finale Sunday at 1 p.m.
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Scoring Summary

Score By Innings
Play LANDER COLUMBUS
LANDER TOP 4th Mason Salisbury doubled to left center, RBI (2-1 FBB); Pip Smalley scored. 1 0
COLUMBUS BOT 4th Luke Miller walked, RBI (3-0 BBBB); Michael Cruz advanced to second; Cole Eison advanced to third; Bryce Knox scored. 1 1
LANDER TOP 8th Pip Smalley singled to right field, RBI (1-2 FKB); Oliver Zohn scored. 2 1
COLUMBUS BOT 8th Bryce Knox homered to left field, 4 RBI (3-2 BKBFBF); Cayden Evans scored; Jackson Chizek scored; Jax Yoxtheimer scored. 2 5

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