DAHLONEGA - Tim Conway walked it off in the 10th inning with a deep double to right center as the University of North Georgia baseball team took down No. 3 Columbus State Saturday afternoon, 6-5.
Crews Taylor got the scoring started in the fifth inning with a solo homer that made its way onto the playing surface of Haines & Carolyn Hill Stadium to take a 1-0 lead. The Cougars answered in the sixth with a solo homer and a RBI single that gave Columbus State the 2-1 lead. North Georgia immediately responded with a quartet of runs, coming off a
Will Hardigree two RBI double and a Conway two RBI single to take a 5-2 lead.
After the Cougars tied the game in the top of the eighth on a pair of homers, Conway brought home the game winning run in the first extra inning to send the home fans home happy.
NOTES
- Conway led the Nighthawks at the plate, going 3-for-5.
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Jake Arnold (4-0) got the win, throwing 2.2 innings of relief and striking out three.
Pierce Williams started the game, going six innings and fanning five.
- North Georgia has now won each of its last five extra inning games.
NEXT UP
The series concludes tomorrow afternoon at 1 p.m.
