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University of Montevallo Athletics

Logan Harbin
7
Columbus St. COLUMBUS 8-7
9
Winner Montevallo MONTEVAL 10-8
Columbus St. COLUMBUS
8-7
7
Final
9
Montevallo MONTEVAL
10-8
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Columbus St. COLUMBUS 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 3 7 16 1
Montevallo MONTEVAL 4 2 0 1 0 0 0 2 X 9 11 1

W: Bullard, Matthew (5-0) L: C. Folds (0-2) S: Sloan, Garrett (6)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Falcons Stop Late Comeback By Cougars, Pick Up Midweek Victory

MONTEVALLO, Ala. – The University of Montevallo baseball team holds off a late comeback by Columbus State to win 9-7 on Tuesday, Mar. 4. The Falcons improve to 11-8 on the season while the Cougars fall to 8-8.
 
The Cougars came out of the gates swinging as they had their first two batters reach with singles to right field. Mason Creacy and the Falcon defense bared down and would roll an inning-ending double play ball to escape the inning without allowing any runs. Montevallo hung a crooked number in the bottom half of the first as McGwire Turner would single home Connor Crowson who reached on a hit by pitch. After Evan Radford single, Logan Harbin would launch his fourth homer of the season into the trees behind the left field wall.
 
In his second inning of work, Creacy would do a nice job in the second and fire a shut down inning while picking up his first strikeout of the game. Montevallo would add on in the second as Daniel Irizarry would score on a wild pitch. Khalil Bell would score on the next pitch with a sacrifice fly off the bat of McGwire Turner.
 
Matthew Bullard would take over for Mason Creacy in the fourth who went three strong innings and allowed no runs or walks. Bullard would turn in his seventh scoreless outing of the season as he went two innings, scatter three hits and strikeout one.
 
Columbus State would get on the scoreboard in the sixth with a two out single through the right side. In the eighth, CSU would come within three as they scored three runs on two hits. The Cougars scored on an error after a lead off triple. More two out magic would come the Cougars way with a two RBI single to cut the Falcons lead to three.
 
The Falcons responded as Crowson would hit his GSC-leading 34 hit to drive in Payton Stephenson. UM would score again in the inning on a wild pitch.
 
With the Montevallo closer, Garrett Sloan, on the mound, the Cougars did everything they could to mount a comeback as they scored three in the top of the ninth to cut the Falcon lead to 9-7. Sloan would get the final batter of the ballgame out on a fly ball to left.
 
GAME INFORMATION
Score: Montevallo 9 | Columbus State 7
Records: Montevallo 11-8 (5-4 GSC) | Columbus State 8-8 (1-2 PBC)
Location: Kermit A. Johnson Field at Bob Riesener Stadium (Montevallo, Ala.)
 
GAME NOTES
  • This is the Falcons' eighth consecutive game with 10 or more hits.
  • With two hits today, Connor Crowson now has six consecutive multi-hit games in a row.
  • With a three-run homer, Logan Harbin had a season-high of three RBI and his fourth multi-hit game of the season.
  • Irizarry had his third multi-hit game of the season and drove in his 10th RBI of 2025.
  • McGwire Turner tied a season-high of two RBI and extends his hitting streak to 11 games.
  • In his first start of the season, Mason Creacy delivered three shutout innings. He lowered his ERA to 2.13.
  • Matthew Bullard pick up his team-leading fifth win of the season.
  • Sam Patrick, Reid Gongwer and Mitchell Rhodes did not allow an earned run.
  • Garrett Sloan is now tied with Delta State's Josh Hill for the lead in Division II in saves with six.
 
ON DECK
The Falcons will now turn their attention to the Alabama-Huntsville Chargers who make their way to Montevallo, Ala. on Friday, Mar, 7 and Saturday, Mar. 8. First game schedule for 2:00 p.m. on Friday.
 
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