The Albany State Golden Rams and the Savannah State Tigers played an exciting double header at the ASU West Campus Baseball Complex on Saturday afternoon. The Tigers won game 1 (13-5) and the Golden Rams won game 2 (9-0). With today's split, the Golden Rams won the weekend series (2-1). The Golden Rams are now (13-3) overall and (11-1) in the SIAC and the Tigers are (9-5) overall and (7-4) in the SIAC.
In game 1, the Golden Rams took an early (1-0) lead in the bottom of the 3
rd inning when
Austin Roberts hit a single to left field to score
Jonathan Logsdon.
Trailing (5-1) in the 5
th inning,
Chase Karn hit a single to left field to score
Tucker Jordan to cut the Tigers lead to (5-2).
In the 7
th inning,
Chase Karn hit a double to center field to score
Tucker Jordan again.
Zane Ross hit an infield single to score
Austin Roberts.
Chase Karn scored on a sacrifice fly by Nate Lloyd to cut the Tigers lead to (7-5).
The Tigers responded by scoring 5 runs in the top of the 8
th inning and another run in the top of the 9
th inning to defeat the Golden Rams (13-5).
Brady Davis fell to (2-1) on the season. Davis pitched 4 innings and walked 4 batters while striking out 2.
In game 2, the Golden Rams were dominant for 7 innings as they shut out the Tigers (9-0).
In the 2
nd inning,
Lavoisier Fisher hit a 2-run homer to give the Golden Rams an early (4-0) lead.
In the 3
rd inning,
Luke Addison hit a single to right field to score
Hill Corley to give the Golden Rams a (5-0).
Chase Karn and
Austin Roberts scored when
Dominic Rutigliano singled to left field to extend the lead to (7-0).
In the 6
th inning,
Bradley Smith scored when
Austin Roberts singled to left field to score the Golden Rams 9
th run of the game.
Landon Kiefer improved to (4-1) as he pitched a masterful 7 innings for the Golden Rams. Kiefer pitched all 7 innings and only allowed 4 hits while striking out 4 batters.
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