The Albany State Golden Rams baseball team lost (4-1) to the Columbus State Cougars on Wednesday afternoon in Columbus, Georgia.  The Golden Rams are now (0-1) while the Cougars start the season (1-0).
 
The game was scoreless until the Cougars' Bouton homered to left field in the bottom of the 3^rd inning to give Columbus State a (1-0) lead. 
 
In the 5^th inning, the Golden Rams tied the game at (1-1) when Luke Addison homered to left field.  In the bottom of the 5^th inning, the Cougars' McDade homered to left field for 2 RBIs.
 
Bouton homered again in the 7^th inning to increase the Cougars lead to (4-1).
 
Luke Addison and Hill Corley both had 3 hits for the Golden Rams in the loss.
 
Landon Kiefer (0-1 record) pitched 5 innings and allowed 3 runs while striking out 4 batters.
 
The Golden Rams will play Auburn University at Montgomery in their home opener at 2:00 pm on the ASU West Campus on Thursday, February 9.
 
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