Augusta, Ga.-
Nathan Martin,
Landon Leonard and
Nolan Turner all homered as Augusta took down Georgia College 11-4 on Saturday afternoon at Jaguar Field. With the win, the Jaguars improve to 14-14 overall and 10-7 in Peach Belt Conference action. The Bobcats are now 12-16 overall and 8-9 in conference play.
AU struck first with a pair of runs in the second inning.
Aidan Cannaday picked up the first RBI on a bases loaded walk. Then,
Harris Bachelder lifted a sacrifice fly for the early 2-0 lead.
After the Bobcats scored three in the top of the fourth, the Jags responded with four runs of their own. All the damage came with two outs as a costly GCSU error started the rally.
Ryan Patrick reached on the error and then Maritn connected on a two-run homer. Turner would continue the rally with a triple. He would score when Leonard smoked a homer giving AU the lead.
An inning later, it was Turner again front and center with a three-run blast. Turner finished with a single, triple, and home run and scored three times.Â
Leonard added two hits while Martin collected three hits and three runs driven in.
On the mound,
Caleb Jatko went five innings to pick up the win.
Jameson Whittier would do the rest with four innings of three-hit ball for his first save of the year.Â
Augusta and Georgia College will finish out the three-game series with first pitch scheduled for 1:00 p.m.
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