ALBANY, Ga.- The Albany State baseball team is still looking for its first win of the season after aWednesday afternoon defeat. ASU could not tame the Georgia Gwinnett Grizzlies dropped a 17-1 decision.
With the loss, the Golden Rams are not 0-3 on the young season. GGC improves to 3-3.
After a scoreless first inning, Albany State took the early lead in the bottom of the second inning. Levi Koebel scored on an error to give ASU a 1-0 edge.
Georgia Gwinnett would respond over the next four innings. The Grizzlies used a five runs in the top of the third inning to seize the lead. GGC added two runs in the fourth, eight in the fifth and two in the sixth. The game was called in the seventh inning.
The Golden Rams collected four hits and committed one error for the game. Calvin Tatum (0-1) was the losing pitcher.
Georgia Gwinnett was led by Jean Figueroa, who recorded three hits and four RBIs. Josh Black and Kyler Timmerman each added two hits and three RBIs.
Albany State will return to action on Thursday, Feb. 9 when it hosts Lee University. Game time is set for 4 p.m.
This post was written by ASU Athletics at asugoldenrams.com, where it was originally published. This story is published here with permission.
