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Ga. Southwestern GSW 18-15, 11-5 PBC
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Winner Lander LANDER 18-14, 11-8 PBC
Ga. Southwestern GSW
18-15, 11-5 PBC
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Final
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Lander LANDER
18-14, 11-8 PBC
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Ga. Southwestern GSW 0 1 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 6 11 1
Lander LANDER 1 0 5 0 0 1 0 1 X 8 13 1

W: Sanchez, Joshua (2-2) L: Evan Koehler (6-1)

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Turner Kirby

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

Clutch Hitting, Great Defense Leads Lander to 8-6 Win over GSW

GREENWOOD, S.C. - Timely hitting and strong defense powered the Lander baseball team to an 8-6 win over Georgia Southwestern on Friday evening at Dolny Stadium in the opening game of a Peach Belt Conference series.

The victory marked Lander's fourth straight win over the Hurricanes after sweeping last season's series to clinch a share of the PBC regular-season title.

Lander scored six of its eight runs off Georgia Southwestern starter Evan Koehler, who entered the game leading the nation in strikeouts and ranking among the top 20 in ERA. The loss was Koehler's first of the season.

Freshman Teddy Garner made his fourth start and worked four innings, allowing three runs while pitching out of multiple jams to keep Lander within striking distance.

The Bearcats struck first on an RBI single from Pip Smalley in the opening inning, but the Hurricanes answered with a solo homer in the second and added two more runs in the third to take a 3-1 lead.

Lander responded with a five-run third inning, sending all nine batters to the plate. Caden Crews singled, Zach Cowart was hit by a pitch, and Ryan Hansen reached on an error to load the bases with no outs.

Oliver Zohn brought home the first run with a sacrifice fly before Smalley tied the game with an RBI double down the left-field line. Landen Still followed with a two-run single up the middle to give Lander the lead, and Lowndes Still added another RBI single to push the advantage to 6-3.

Landen Still also made a pair of standout defensive plays, including a diving catch in the gap and a leaping grab at the wall that turned into an inning-ending double play with runners on base.

Garner and Evan Demurias, backed by the defense, held the Hurricanes scoreless until the sixth inning when a ground-rule double and sacrifice fly cut the lead to one. Joshua Sanchez entered and limited further damage.

Zohn added an RBI single in the sixth to extend the lead to 7-5.

Georgia Southwestern pulled within one again with an RBI single in the eighth, but Smalley delivered a two-out RBI single in the bottom half to provide a key insurance run.

Sanchez retired the side in order in the ninth to secure the win.

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

Score By Innings
Play GSW LANDER
LANDER BOT 1st Pip Smalley singled up the middle, RBI (3-1 BBBK); Ryan Hansen scored. 0 1
GSW TOP 2nd Evan Wainman homered to right field, RBI (2-2 BBKF). 1 1
GSW TOP 3rd Evan Wainman singled to center field, RBI (0-1 K); Devon Murphy advanced to second; Kelsen Johnson scored. 2 1
GSW TOP 3rd Josh McDonald singled through the right side, RBI (3-2 BFFBFB); Evan Wainman advanced to third; Devon Murphy scored. 3 1
LANDER BOT 3rd Oliver Zohn flied out to cf, sacrifice fly, RBI (3-1 BBBK); Zach Cowart advanced to third; Caden Crews scored. 3 2
LANDER BOT 3rd Pip Smalley doubled down the lf line, RBI (2-0 BB); Ryan Hansen advanced to third; Zach Cowart scored. 3 3
LANDER BOT 3rd Landen Still singled up the middle, 2 RBI (0-0); Pip Smalley scored; Ryan Hansen scored, unearned. 3 5
LANDER BOT 3rd Lowndes Still singled to center field, advanced to second on the throw, RBI (0-2 KF); Landen Still scored, unearned. 3 6
GSW TOP 6th Drake Harman doubled, ground-rule, RBI (0-0); Caleb Gipson advanced to third; Drew Reaves scored. 4 6
GSW TOP 6th Kelsen Johnson flied out to cf, sacrifice fly, RBI (3-1 BBKB); Caleb Gipson scored. 5 6
LANDER BOT 6th Oliver Zohn singled to right field, RBI (0-0); Zach Cowart advanced to third; Caden Crews scored. 5 7
GSW TOP 8th Evan Wainman singled to center field, RBI (0-0); Devon Murphy advanced to second; Kelsen Johnson scored. 6 7
LANDER BOT 8th Pip Smalley singled, RBI (0-0); Ryan Hansen scored. 6 8

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