GHC baseball gains ground in conference standings with a win at ABAC
Georgia Highlands College baseball scored ten runs over the final four innings Tuesday evening to rally past host Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College, 13-8.
The Stallions led 5-3 through four innings and then extended their lead to 8-4 by the end of the sixth inning.
Pitcher Kyle Stephenson entered in middle relief in the sixth inning and was credited with the pitching win for the Chargers. Stephenson allowed one earned run and struck out one recording two outs in the sixth and one more in the seventh.
Declan Dun (4 IP, 4ER, 4H, 3BB, 2K) made the pitching start for Georgia Highlands. Zach Valentine (1.1 IP, 3ER 4H, 1BB, 1K), Cason Rich (0.1 IP, 0R, 0H, 3BB,1K), Skyler Thellman (1.1 IP, 0R, 0H, 1BB, 1K), and Chandler Anderson (1 IP, 0R, 0H, 0BB, 3K) all contributed relief stints.
Hudson Sapp, a recent University of Houston commit, powered the Chargers’ offense with three hits including a pair of home runs — one was a grand slam — and six RBIs. Jay Murdock contributed a double, a triple, and one RBI. Connor Faulkner also finished with two hits including a double and one RBI.
Parker Poteet (two RBIs), Mitchell Walker (two RBIs), Nic Ferrer (RBI), and CJ Blackwell added one more hit each.
The loss evened ABAC’s season record to 26-26 with the Stallions slipping to 12-9 in the Georgia Collegiate Athletic Association. They remain in second place in the conference trailing South Georgia State by four games.
Georgia Highlands (31-18, 11-10) has now won five of six and climbed to third place in the conference standings with four regular season conference games remaining. The Chargers, who are now just one game behind ABAC for second place, visit East Georgia Thursday and Gordon State Saturday. The Chargers have single conference games the final week of the regular season with league-leading South Georgia at home and at Andrew College.
Georgia Highlands will host the GCAA Tournament May 8-10.
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