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11
Winner Lander LAN 31-18
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Saint Leo SLU 22-22
Winner
Lander LAN
31-18
11
Final
7
Saint Leo SLU
22-22
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Lander LAN 0 0 0 1 0 1 8 1 0 11 11 3
Saint Leo SLU 0 0 0 0 1 2 4 0 0 7 9 3

W: Garner, Teddy (3-3) L: Jake Rychter (0-2)

St Leo Recap G3

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

Lander Closes Regular Season with Sweep of St. Leo

ST. LEO, Fla. - An eight-run seventh inning propelled the Lander baseball team to an 11-7 win over the St. Leo Lions on Saturday afternoon at Thomas B. Southard Stadium, completing a sweep of the non-conference series to close the 2026 regular season.

Lander finishes the regular season at 31-18, with the 31 wins tied for the most by a first-year head coach in program history (Bill Jarmen, 2006).

The Bearcats now await the completion of the final Peach Belt Conference series this weekend to determine their destination for the opening weekend of the PBC Tournament, which begins next Friday. Lander is currently tied for second place with USC Aiken, which concludes its series against North Georgia on Sunday. A North Georgia win would give Lander hosting rights for the opening weekend for the third straight year, while a USC Aiken win would send the Bearcats on the road as the No. 3 seed.

Both teams were held scoreless through the first three innings before Brody Winter brought home Ryan Hansen on a bunt single in the fourth to give Lander a 1-0 lead.

St. Leo answered with an RBI double in the fifth to tie the game, but Lander regained the lead in the sixth on an RBI groundout to go in front 2-1.

The Lions took their first lead of the game with a two-run sixth to make it 3-2.

Lander responded with a decisive eight-run seventh. Lowndes Still tied the game with an RBI single before Oliver Zohn drew a bases-loaded walk to put the Bearcats in front. Brody Winter and Zach Cowart were hit by pitches in consecutive at-bats to extend the lead to 6-3.

Riley Hood added an RBI single, while Mason Salisbury and Cooper Backman each contributed sacrifice flies to push the lead to six. Caden Crews capped the inning with an RBI single to make it 10-3.

Lander finished the regular season with 174 hit by pitches, setting a new NCAA all-division single-season record.

St. Leo answered with four runs in the bottom of the inning, taking advantage of a Lander error to cut the deficit to 10-7.

Hood added a sacrifice fly in the eighth to provide an insurance run, and Evan Demurias closed out the victory.

Teddy Garner earned his third win of the season, going six innings while allowing five hits and three runs and striking out four.

The PBC Tournament bracket will be released Sunday afternoon following the conclusion of all conference games.
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Scoring Summary

Score By Innings
Play LAN SLU
LAN TOP 4th Brody Winter singled, bunt, advanced to second on a throwing error by 3b (0-0); Ryan Hansen scored, unearned. 1 0
SLU BOT 5th Jake Carillo doubled to center field, RBI (0-1 K); Amai Rivera- scored. 1 1
LAN TOP 6th Riley Hood grounded out to ss, RBI (0-1 F); Oliver Zohn scored. 2 1
SLU BOT 6th Ryan Crivell doubled down the lf line, RBI (1-1 KB); Dylan Mass scored. 2 2
SLU BOT 6th Ryan Crivell stole third, scored on a throwing error by c, unearned. 2 3
LAN TOP 7th Lowndes Still singled up the middle, RBI (0-1 F); Caden Crews advanced to third; Cooper Backman scored, unearned. 3 3
LAN TOP 7th Oliver Zohn walked, RBI (3-1 BBKBB); Ryan Hansen advanced to second; Lowndes Still advanced to third; Caden Crews scored, unearned. 4 3
LAN TOP 7th Brody Winter hit by pitch, RBI (3-0 BBH); Oliver Zohn advanced to second; Ryan Hansen advanced to third; Lowndes Still scored. 5 3
LAN TOP 7th Zach Cowart hit by pitch, RBI (2-1 KBH); Brody Winter advanced to second; Oliver Zohn advanced to third; Ryan Hansen scored. 6 3
LAN TOP 7th Riley Hood singled to right field, RBI (3-2 BKFBB); Zach Cowart advanced to second; Brody Winter advanced to third; Oliver Zohn scored. 7 3
LAN TOP 7th Mason Salisbury flied out to lf to left center, SAC, RBI (0-0); Riley Hood advanced to second; Zach Cowart advanced to third; Brody Winter scored, unearned. 8 3
LAN TOP 7th Cooper Backman flied out to cf, SAC, RBI (1-1 KB); Zach Cowart scored, unearned. 9 3
LAN TOP 7th Caden Crews singled to center field, RBI (1-0 B); Riley Hood scored, unearned. 10 3
SLU BOT 7th Eli Vickers singled to third base, RBI (1-1 KB); Jake Carillo advanced to second; Roberto Odor scored. 10 4
SLU BOT 7th Thomas DeBro singled to right field, advanced to second on the throw, RBI (0-0); Eli Vickers advanced to third, scored on a throwing error by rf, unearned; Jake Carillo scored. 10 6
SLU BOT 7th Dylan Mass singled to right field, RBI (1-0 B); Thomas DeBro scored. 10 7
LAN TOP 8th Riley Hood flied out to cf, SAC, RBI (2-1 BBK); Ryan Hansen scored. 11 7

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