AUGUSTA, Ga. – Augusta State rallied past Georgia College on Sunday afternoon in the rubber game of the three-game Peach Belt Conference series in Milledgeville, Ga.

With the win, Augusta State improved to 25-30 on the season and 11-16 in the league, while Georgia College dropped to 37-16 overall and 16-11 in the conference.

ASU jumped out on top in second inning with a single from Alex Sickman scoring Alex Walker. GCSU responded in the bottom of the third with four runs to take a 4-1 lead over the Jaguars.

The Jaguars would make the score 4-all in the top of the fourth with a two-run homer from Sickman and a solo homerun from Wilkerson.

The Bobcats had a big fifth inning plating eight runs to take the lead 8-6. The Jaguars rallied back in the seventh with another two-run homer from Sickman and a solo homerun from Jorge Virguez to take a 9-8 victory over GCSU.

Senior Chris Tyler earned the start and lasted 4.2 innings. Tyler gave up eight runs on nine hits while striking out two. Relieving Tyler in the fifth was sophomore Patrick Lowe (3-5), who earned the win. Lowe allowed only three hits and had a strikeout. Junior Tony Baker got the save, relieving Lowe in the ninth and allowed no hits.

Sophomore Alex Sickman paced the Jags offensively with three hits, five RBI, and two homers on the day. Senior Jorge Virguez had three hits and two RBI, while junior Evan Smith and sophomores Alex Walker and Tristan Toorie each had two safeties on the day.