SCORE

Columbus State 11, Montevallo 10

RECORDS

Montevallo (20-21 overall, 12-11 in Peach Belt Conference)

Columbus State (29-10 overall, 14-6 in Peach Belt Conference)

LOCATION

Burger King Stadium at Ragsdale Field (Columbus, Georgia)

HOW IT HAPPENED

• The Cougars took a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the second inning on a RBI sacrifice fly by Lake Hart.
• The Falcons took a 2-1 lead in the top of the third inning when junior Matthew Furuto led off the frame with a single and scored on a RBI groundout by junior Dane Hutcheon before freshman Tyler Krabbe, who also reached on a single, scored on a RBI double by senior Jeremy Hyde.
• Columbus State plated three runs in the bottom of the third inning and took a 4-2 lead on a RBI single by Blake Edwards with an error by the Falcons allowing the final run to score in the frame.
• Montevallo scored three runs in the top of the fourth inning, with junior Dominic DeVille scoring the first run in the frame when Krabbe was hit by a pitch, and took a 5-4 advantage on a two-run single up the middle by Hutcheon.
• The Falcons extended their lead to 7-4 with two more runs in the top of the fifth inning on a RBI sacrifice fly by senior Thomas Bradey and a RBI single to left field by Furuto.
• The Cougars trimmed the Falcons' lead to 7-5 in the bottom of the sixth inning on a RBI sacrifice fly by Christian Miller.
• Montevallo pushed its lead to 9-5 with a pair of runs in the top of the seventh inning on a two-run single down the left-field line by senior Chase Bryant.
• Columbus State scored five runs in the bottom of the seventh inning, capped with a two-run single by Jackson Oliver and a two-run double by Mike McClellan, to erase the deficit and take a 10-9 lead over the Falcons.
• The Falcons tied the game in the top of the eighth inning when junior Daniel Pardo, who was hit by a pitch to lead off the frame, scored on a RBI groundout by freshman pinch hitter Tyler Guesnard.
• The Cougars secured the victory in the bottom of the ninth inning when Oliver, who was hit by a pitch in the frame, scored on a walk-off RBI single by McClellan.

STAT OF THE DAY

Montevallo left 12 runners stranded on the base paths for the second consecutive game, marking a total of 24 runners left on base by the Falcons in the first two games against the Cougars.

BEYOND THE NUMBERS

Junior Matthew Furuto, who finished 3-for-3 at the plate, tied his season high after scoring three runs against the Cougars.

Senior Cody Hughes issued a season-high six walks while allowing two earned runs on four hits with three strikeouts in four innings on the mound.

UP NEXT

The Falcons will wrap up the three-game Peach Belt Conference series against Columbus State University with first pitch in the final game of the series set for Sunday, April 10 at 12 p.m. Eastern/11 a.m. Central.