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Winner Lander LANDER 13-8
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Augusta AUGUSTA 12-9
Winner
Lander LANDER
13-8
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Final
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Augusta AUGUSTA
12-9
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Lander LANDER 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 9 13 1
Augusta AUGUSTA 0 0 0 0 2 5 0 1 0 8 11 0

W: Demurias, Evan (1-2) L: Eli Durnell (0-1)

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Turner Kirby

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

Salisbury’s Double Leads Lander to 9-8 Win to Even Series with Augusta

AUGUSTA, Ga. - Mason Salisbury delivered a ninth-inning double into the outfield gap to score Caden Crews and lift the Lander baseball team to a 9-8 victory over Augusta on Saturday evening at Jaguar Field, evening the Peach Belt Conference series at one game apiece and setting up a rubber matchup Sunday at 1 p.m.

Lander had to withstand a furious comeback after seeing a 7-0 lead disappear during the fifth and sixth innings.

The Bearcats wasted no time responding to Friday night's walk-off loss. The first five Lander batters reached base in an opening inning that saw 11 hitters come to the plate. Zach Cowart and Brody Winter started the scoring with back-to-back two-RBI doubles to give the Bearcats a 4-0 lead. Riley Hood drove in Winter on a groundout before Cooper Backman capped the inning with an RBI single to right field to make it 6-0 before starter Ethan Califf had thrown a pitch.

Winter added his third RBI of the day with a solo home run in the second inning to extend the lead to 7-0.

Califf turned in another strong outing, scattering four hits across five innings while striking out seven. Two of those hits came in the fifth when Augusta got on the board with a two-run homer.

The Jaguars mounted their comeback in the sixth. Dylan Supple allowed the first three batters he faced to reach, including one run scoring, before Thomas Goldberg entered in relief. Augusta tied the game later in the inning with a three-run homer.

Both teams were quiet in the seventh before Lander regained the lead in the eighth. Winter led off the inning with a double and later scored on a wild pitch to make it 8-7. The Bearcats loaded the bases on a walk and two hit batters but could not add to the lead after a strikeout ended the inning.

Augusta answered in the bottom half with an RBI double to tie the game at 8-8.

Lander again threatened in the ninth when Pip Smalley was hit by a pitch and Cowart drew a walk to start the inning. After the next two batters were retired, Salisbury drove a double into the gap to score Crews and give the Bearcats a 9-8 advantage.

Evan Demurias worked around a one-out double in the bottom of the ninth and struck out two of the final three batters he faced to secure his first win of the season.

The series concludes Sunday at 1 p.m. in Augusta.
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Scoring Summary

Score By Innings
Play LANDER AUGUSTA
LANDER TOP 1st Zach Cowart doubled to center field, 2 RBI (3-2 BBBKKF); Pip Smalley advanced to third; Lowndes Still scored; Ryan Hansen scored. 2 0
LANDER TOP 1st Brody Winter doubled to center field, 2 RBI (0-2 KK); Zach Cowart scored; Pip Smalley scored. 4 0
LANDER TOP 1st Riley Hood grounded out to 3b, RBI (2-2 FSFFFBB); Mason Salisbury advanced to second; Brody Winter scored. 5 0
LANDER TOP 1st Cooper Backman singled to right field, RBI (2-2 FBBF); Mason Salisbury scored. 6 0
LANDER TOP 2nd Brody Winter homered, RBI (0-2 KFF). 7 0
AUGUSTA BOT 5th Roland Chance homered, 2 RBI (3-1 BBBK); Nolan Turner scored. 7 2
AUGUSTA BOT 6th Nate Martin singled to shortstop, RBI (2-1 KBB); Matty Go advanced to second; Ty McClintock scored. 7 3
AUGUSTA BOT 6th Aidan Cannaday grounded out to 1b unassisted, RBI (1-1 KB); Matthew Thigpen advanced to second; Nate Martin advanced to third; Matty Go scored. 7 4
AUGUSTA BOT 6th KJ Moon homered, 3 RBI (3-2 BKBBK); Matthew Thigpen scored; Nate Martin scored. 7 7
LANDER TOP 8th Brody Winter scored on a wild pitch. 8 7
AUGUSTA BOT 8th Aidan Cannaday doubled, RBI (2-1 BBK); Owen Primm advanced to third; Nolan Turner scored. 8 8
LANDER TOP 9th Mason Salisbury doubled, RBI (1-1 KB); Zach Cowart advanced to third; Caden Crews scored. 9 8

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