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Tyler Burdette
Chris Roughgarden
3
Huntingdon HCM 11-11, 3-5 USAS
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Winner Piedmont PCM 14-7, 10-1 USAS
Huntingdon HCM
11-11, 3-5 USAS
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Final
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Piedmont PCM
14-7, 10-1 USAS
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Huntingdon HCM 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 3 7 1
Piedmont PCM 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 4 6 0

W: Vonderschmidt, Matt (2-2) L: John Crawford (1-1)

Game Recap: Baseball | | Danielle Percival: Director of Athletic Communications

Back-to-Back Walk-Off Wins for Piedmont with 4-3 Win Over Huntingdon

Need to Know
Score: Piedmont 4, Huntingdon 3
Records: PC 14-7, 10-1 USA S., HC 11-11, 3-5 USA S.
Location: Demorest, Georgia

DEMOREST, Ga. - TYLER BURDETTE's triple in the bottom of the ninth set up the Lions for a walk-off win after a passed ball got by on the next at bat and allowed him to score for a 4-3 win over Huntingdon. Piedmont takes the series with the second win and moves to 10-1 in conference play. 

It was a pitching duel early on with neither team recording a hit until the top of the third when Huntingdon's Taylor had a single. Piedmont's first hit came from BRADY BALLSTADT in the bottom of the fourth but both Ballstadt and ANDREW BURDEN would be picked off in the inning to end the threat. 

The Hawks took the lead in the top of the fifth to lead 3-0 after a pair of strikeouts to start the frame. Starter DAVID CRAFT tossed five innings giving up three runs on five hits with seven strikeouts. 

Piedmont pulled back with a run in the bottom of the frame making it 3-1 after EVAN MEADE singled to score Burdette. SETH GEORGE came in and pitched a three-up, three-down inning in the sixth to bring the Piedmont bats back to life quickly. 

The Lions would tie the game with two runs on two hits with NOAH HEATHERLY scoring Ballstadt for the tying run. Huntingdon would strand three runners across the eighth and ninth innings as MATT VONDERSCHMIDT came in and earned the win pitching the final 1.2 innings. 

With two outs in the bottom of the ninth, Burdette hit one all the way to the wall for a triple and with JABIN SMITH up to bat, a passed ball allowed Burdette to score the game-winning run for the second straight walk-off at Loudermilk Field. 

Turning Point
--TYLER BURDETTE hit a triple in the bottom of the ninth and scored on a passed ball to take the walk-off victory over the Hawks. 

Standout Performances
--BRADY BALLSTADT was 2-for-4 in the game as the only Lion with multiple hits with a run scored and an RBI. 

Inside the Box Score
--NOAH HEATHERLY had an RBI to score BRADY BALLSTADT in the sixth inning as he has had an RBI to score Ballstadt every six innings in this series (G1-B6, B12; G2-B6).

News & Notes
--Piedmont is now 10-1 in conference play posting the second best league record only to undefeated Methodist at 9-0. 

Up Next
--The series finale is set for Sunday at 2:00 p.m. at Loudermilk Field. 

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