APSU Sports: Austin Peay Men’s Baseball
Atlanta, GA – Austin Peay State University’s baseball team could not survive a barrage of Georgia State home runs, dropping an 8-5 decision in its road opener, Friday, at GSU Baseball Complex.
Austin Peay (3-2) struck first as senior first baseman Tyler Childress belted his season’s first home run – a three-run blast in the second – to give APSU a 3-0 lead.
Georgia State (4-2) chipped away at that lead in its half of the second, loading the bases not once, but twice. Austin Peay starter Zach Toney did well to get out of the jam with only two sacrifice flies to slash the APSU lead to 3-2.The Panthers took the lead for good in the third courtesy right fielder Jonathan Kolowich hit a two-run home run off Toney. Georgia State struck again in the sixth, catcher Scott Sarratt batting in Kolowich, who led off the frame with a double, and the hosts led 5-3 after six innings.
The Governors attempted to stretch Toney into the seventh inning, but the Panthers center fielder Kody Adams ended his outing with a leadoff home run. Reliever Lucas Anderson surrendered back-to-back hits after taking the mound – the second a two-run home run by first baseman Brandon Williams and the Georgia State lead expanded to 8-3.
Austin Peay cut into the lead in the ninth, scoring a run on a wild pitch and a second run courtesy second baseman Jordan Hankins’ fielder’s choice.
The Govs would bring the potential tying run to the plate with two outs, but GSU reliever Justin Malone ended the threat by striking out right fielder Rolando Gautier.
Toney (1-1) suffered the loss after allowing six runs on eight hits over six-plus innings.
Center fielder Michael Blanchard went 2-for-5 for the Govs lone multi-hit outing. Childress ended the day 1-for-4 with three RBI.
Kolowich led Georgia State’s offense with a 3-for-4, three RBI outing. Williams added a 2-for-4, two RBI effort and Adams was 2-for-5 with the lone RBI.
Austin Peay and Georgia State will continue their three-game series with a noon, Saturday contest.
Box Score
Austin Peay Governors at Georgia State Panthers
February 24th, 2012 at Atlanta, GA. (GSU Baseball Complex)
Austin Peay 5 (3-2) | ||||||||||
Player | ab | r | h | rbi | bb | so | po | a | lob | |
BLANCHARD, Michael cf | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
CLINARD, Jon dh | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
HARPER, Reed ss | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | |
BACHMAN, Greg 3b | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
HANKINS, Jordan 2b | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | |
GAUTIER, Rolando rf | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
TORRES, P.J. c | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | |
CHILDRESS, Tyler 1b | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 3 | |
HUDSON, Cody lf | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
TONEY, Zach p | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
ANDERSON, Lucas p | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
EDLIN, Chuck p | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Totals | 37 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 24 | 7 | 10 | |
Georgia State 8 (4-2) | ||||||||||
Player | ab | r | h | rbi | bb | so | po | a | lob | |
Adams, K. cf | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
Shields, D. 3b | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
Williams, B. 1b | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 0 | |
Kolowich, J. rf | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Wood, J. dh | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Shivers, G. pr | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Hogan, M. lf | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Sarratt, S. c | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 1 | |
Bailey, C. ss | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | |
Seltenrijch 2b | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |
Van Asch, J. ph | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Bowder, G. 2b | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Dyer, J. p | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
Stanley, C. p | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
Malone, J. p | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
Totals | 31 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 27 | 11 | 5 |
Score by Innings R H E ------------------------------------------- Austin Peay......... 030 000 002 - 5 9 1 Georgia State....... 022 001 30X - 8 10 2 ------------------------------------------- |
E – HARPER, Re.; Bailey, C.; Seltenrijch. DP – APSU 1; GSU 1. LOB – APSU 10; GSU 5. 2B – Kolowich, J.. HR – CHILDRESS, T; Adams, K.; Williams, B.; Kolowich, J.. HBP – Bailey, C.. SF – Sarratt, S.; Seltenrijch. SB – BLANCHARD, M; GAUTIER, R.; HUDSON, C.; Shivers, G.. CS – Hogan, M.. |
Austin Peay | ip | h | r | er | bb | so | wp | bk | hbp | ibb | ab | bf | fo | go | np |
TONEY, Zach L,1-1 | 6.0 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 28 | 7 | 4 | 123 |
ANDERSON, Lucas | 1.0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 28 |
EDLIN, Chuck | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 |
Georgia State | ip | h | r | er | bb | so | wp | bk | hbp | ibb | ab | bf | fo | go | np |
Dyer, J. W,1-1 | 7.0 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 30 | 8 | 5 | 106 |
Stanley, C. | 1.0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 35 |
Malone, J. S,1 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 21 |
Win – Dyer, J. (1-1). Loss – TONEY, Z. (1-1). Save – Malone, J. (1). WP – Malone, J.. HBP – by TONEY, Z. (Bailey, C.). Inherited runners/scored: Malone, J. 3/2. Pitches/strikes: TONEY, Z. 123/78; ANDERSON, L. 28/15; EDLIN, C. 12/7; Dyer, J. 106/69; Stanley, C. 35/15; Malone, J. 21/11. Umpires – HP: Danny Everett 1B: Rick Brown 3B: Jason Bradley Start: 4:00pm Time: 3:07 Attendance: 169 Weather: 60 and cloudy/windy TONEY, Z. faced 1 batter in the 7th. Stanley, C. faced 3 batters in the 9th. |