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elijah Helton IUP 021019
10
UNC Pembroke UNCP 21-26
11
Winner Georgia Southwestern GSW 20-29
UNC Pembroke UNCP
21-26
10
Final
11
Georgia Southwestern GSW
20-29
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
UNC Pembroke UNCP 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 6 0 10 9 1
Georgia Southwestern GSW 2 1 3 1 2 0 2 0 X 11 16 1

W: Cole Garrett (3-4) L: Winstead, Brandon (1-7) S: Harrison Timberlake (6)

Game Recap: Baseball | | Todd Anderson, Associate AD/Communications & Strategic Initiatives

Georgia Southwestern Evens Series With Baseball

AMERICUS, Ga. – Home-standing Georgia Southwestern pounded out 16 hits and tacked up multiple runs in four different innings, but had to hold off a late-game rally by the UNC Pembroke baseball team to secure an 11-10 victory over the Braves in the second half of a series-opening doubleheader on Saturday.
 
The setback, coupled with a victory by Lander earlier in the afternoon, mathematically eliminated the Braves (21-26, 11-18 PBC) from the race for the eighth and final spot in next weekend's Peach Belt Conference Tournament. The victory kept the Hurricanes (20-29, 13-16) in contention for the postseason berth.

 
GAME SUMMARY
FINAL SCORE Georgia Southwestern 11, UNC Pembroke 10
PITCHERS WP: Garrett (3-4)  LP: Winstead (1-7)  Save: Timberlake (6)
RECORDS UNC Pembroke 21-26 (11-18 PBC); Georgia Southwestern 20-29 (13-16 PBC)

KEY INNINGS
TOP 1 River Ryan, Trevor Clemons and Ethan Baucom drew consecutive walks to load the bases quickly for the Braves who eventually used a wild pitch, an error and a RBI single from Elijah Helton to take a quick 3-0 advantage.
BOT 1 The Hurricanes led off the home half of the first with a single and a walk, and put both runners into scoring position on an ensuing passed ball.  Jason Baita scored on a wild pitch, and the hosts cut their deficit to just one run, 3-2, on a RBI groundout from Hunter Foster minutes later.
BOT 2 Georgia Southwestern used a leadoff double, an ensuing walk and a sacrifice bunt to put a pair of runners into scoring position again, and then knotted the score up at three apiece thanks to Jason Baita's RBI single.
BOT 3 The Hurricanes registered base hits in four of their first five at-bats in the home half of the third, and took the lead for good on Bo Halcomb's RBI double to right field. Bradley Hough's RBI double with the next at-bat stretched the advantage out to 6-3 heading to the fourth.
BOT 7 Tyler Skelton singled to lead off the seventh, and Jonathan Martin followed with a RBI triple with the ensuing at-bat. Martin would scamper home seconds later on a wild pitch that gave the hosts an 11-4 lead.
TOP 8 UNCP pounded out five hits in the top of eighth and scored six times to pull to within one run. The visitors got RBI at-bats from Ethan Baucom (double), Luke Jackson (groundout), Jarratt Mobley (double) and Zach Ghelfi (single), and scored twice more on costly wild pitches.

UNCP LEADERS GSW LEADERS
River Ryan  2-3, HR, 3 R
Elijah Helton  2-4, 3B, RBI
Jarratt Mobley  2-4, 2B, RBI
Ethan Baucom  1-4, 2B, RBI		 Martin  2-3, 2B, 3B, 3 R
Hough  4-5, 2B, 2 RBI
Baita  3-5, 2 R
Skelton  2-4, 3 R
 
UP NEXT
The Braves will close out their 2019 campaign on Sunday with the series rubber game at Georgia Southwestern. First pitch is scheduled for 1 p.m. at Hurricane Field.
 
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