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

W: Patrick Matsunga (2-0) L: Sanchez, Joshua (0-1)

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Nicholas Winegard

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

Walk-Off Homer Downs Lander in Series Opener at Augusta

AUGUSTA, Ga. – The Lander baseball team erased an early three-run deficit but could not capitalize on late opportunities as Augusta hit a first-pitch walk-off home run in the bottom of the ninth to take the Peach Belt Conference series opener, 4-3, Friday evening at Jaguar Field.

Jake Larson turned in a strong start for the Bearcats, allowing three runs in the third inning but surrendering just one other hit the rest of the way. He struck out seven across seven innings of work.

Augusta took the early lead with a three-run third, but Lander responded in the fifth. The Bearcats loaded the bases as the first three batters reached, capped by a Cooper Backman RBI single that scored Brody Winter, who had reached on an error, to make it 3-1.

Caden Crews followed with an RBI single to cut the deficit to one, and back-to-back wild pitches brought home Backman to tie the game at 3-3.

The Jaguars threatened again in the sixth by loading the bases with two outs, but Larson induced a flyout to escape the inning.

Lander's best chance to take the lead came in the eighth when two runners reached with one out, prompting an Augusta pitching change. A strikeout and a groundout to first ended the threat.

After a scoreless top of the ninth for Lander, Augusta ended the game on the first pitch of the bottom half with a solo home run to right-center.

The series continues Saturday at 4 p.m. before concluding Sunday at 1 p.m.
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Scoring Summary

Score By Innings
Play LANDER AUGUSTA
AUGUSTA BOT 3rd Nate Martin doubled (1-0 B); Ryan Patrick scored on an error by 2b, unearned. 0 1
AUGUSTA BOT 3rd Nolan Turner homered, 2 RBI (1-0 B); Nate Martin scored. 0 3
LANDER TOP 5th Cooper Backman singled to center field, RBI (0-0); Oliver Zohn advanced to second; Brody Winter scored, unearned. 1 3
LANDER TOP 5th Caden Crews singled, RBI (1-0 B); Cooper Backman advanced to second; Oliver Zohn scored. 2 3
LANDER TOP 5th Caden Crews advanced to third; Cooper Backman scored on a wild pitch. 3 3
AUGUSTA BOT 9th Harris Bachelder homered, RBI (0-0). 3 4

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