Albany State completes sweep of Morehouse

from Dr. Earnest Brown, Albany State Athletics he Albany State University Golden Rams baseball team has won 9 straight games after sweeping the Morehouse Tigers in a 3-game series at the ASU West Campus.  The Golden Rams improved to 21-7 (20-3 in the SIAC).  The Tigers fell to 7-20.  In game #2 in the series, the Golden Rams won 11-1.  The players of the game were Lachlan Ross, Chase Karn and Jonathan Henry.  Ross went 1-3 at the plate.  Ross hit a 3-run home run, had 4 RBIs and scored 2 runs.  Karn went 3-4 from the…

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SIAC Weekly Baseball Honourees

Courtesy of the SIAC The Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC) has announced its baseball weekly honors, released by the league office on Monday. Grant Akridge (Spring Hill) was named Player of the Week, while Jared Showalter (Savannah State) earned Pitcher of the Week honors. PLAYER OF THE WEEK – Grant Akridge, Spring Hill ,Outfield | R-Senior | Elba, AL Grant Akridge hit three home runs in Game 1 at Lane on Saturday. PITCHER OF THE WEEK – Jared Showalter, Savannah State,Pitcher |  R-Junior |  Huntingdon, PA In a 12-1 win over Miles and 6 innings pitched, Showalter recorded four hits, eight…

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Albany State sweeps Tuskegee

Courtesy Dr. Earnest Brown, Albany State University Athletics The Golden Rams improved to 15-7 (14-3 in the SIAC) after sweeping the Tuskegee University Tigers.  The Tigers are now 10-11 (8-6 in the SIAC).    The Golden Rams defeated the Tigers 20-12 in the final game of the series.  Lavoisier Fisher, Lachlan Rossand Nathan Lloyd were the players of the game.  Fisher went 3-3 at the plate for the Golden Rams.  Fisher scored 3 runs and had 1 RBI.  Ross went 1-3 at the plate.  Ross hit a home run, scored 2 runs and had 6 RBIs. …

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Albany State spanks Tuskegee in first two games of series

Albany State baseball got off to a smashing good start in their three-game series with the Golden Tigers of Tuskegee University, handing out a pair of beatdowns to the tune of 10-3 and 20-8, respectively. In game 1 the Golden Rams bats got right to work scoring three runs in the top of the first inning, the first coming on a Lavoisier Fisher solo blast to left field. Later in the inning a two-run single off the stick of Malik Bell drove in Nathan Lloyd and Nick Hernandez. Albany State…

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Albany State begins three-game tilt with Golden Tigers today

This weekend the Albany State baseball team ,12-7 (11-3 in the SIAC), will commence a three-game series on Montgomery, Alabama against the Golden Tigers of Tuskegee University, 10-8 (8-3 in the SIAC). This will be the first time the two teams have played in nearly six years, April 27, 2016 to be exact. Tuskegee was victorious, winning 7-5. Malik Bell is leading the Golden Rams with a .455 batting average. Nicholas Hernandez has slammed a team-leading 5 homeruns and also paces the club with 25 hits.  Lavoisier Fisher has knocked in a team-high 22 RBI. First…

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Flagler College halts Albany State’s five-game winning streak

12 (12-10) 6 (11-5) Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E  FLG 1 1 2 0 5 1 1 0 1 12 11 3 ASUBB 2  1  0  0  0  2  1  0  0  6 9 The Albany State University baseball had its 5-game winning streak halted with a 12-6 defeat to Flagler College. The Saints offense got right to work in the top of the first when Donovan Garcia’s sacrifice fly to center field brought home Mason Gray to put Flagler up 1-0.…

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Week 3 SIAC Baseballers of the Week

Tuesday the SIAC announced their latest round of weekly baseball honourees and it was a Savannah State affair as they swept both player and pitcher awards.  Courtesy of the SIAC Champion Robbins (Savannah State) was named Player of the Week, while Enrico Peele (Savannah State) earned Pitcher of the Week honors. PLAYER OF THE WEEK – Champion Robbins, Savannah State | Second Base | R-Sophomore | Conyers, Ga. Champion Robbins helped lead Savannah State to a three-game series sweep of LeMoyne-Owen College this week. Robbins batted a .667 average over the three-games, racking up eight hits, including two doubles,…

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Albany State baseball home opener this weekend

This weekend the Albany State baseball team (1-3) will play their home opener this Saturday with a series with the Magicians of LeMoyne-Owen (1-1). The games will commence with a Friday evening game against LeMoyne, with first pitch scheduled for 6:00 pm. Saturday the series will conclude with a doubleheader with a first pitch scheduled for 12:00 noon EST at the ASU West Campus.

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Albany State Baseball splits Day 2 double with Shorter

8 Albany St. (Ga.) 1-2 6Shorter 4-2 Team R H E Albany St. (Ga.) 8 9 3 Shorter 6 8 2 W: T. Bullock (1-0) L: A. Asselin (0-1) The Albany State baseball team got in the win column for the first time this season , with an 8-6 victory over Shorter University in game 1 of thier Saturday double-header. The Hawks struck first, getting on the on the on an RBI groundout from Lyndon Weaver scored Jacob Pajer. ASUresponded in the second inning when Chase Kam’s single plated a run and then tacked on another…

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Albany State Baseball get smoked 14-0

0Albany St. (Ga.) 0-2 14 Shorter 4-1 Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E Albany St. (Ga.) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 Shorter 9 0 0 0 3 2 X 14 7 3 To say it was a rough afternoon on the diamond for the Albany State University baseball against Shorter University would be putting it mildly. How rough was it – the Golden Rams were down 9-0 after the first inning. Three of the runs came on bases loaded walks. The next run…

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