NEED TO KNOW:
Score: Huntingdon 7, Piedmont 6
Records: Piedmont, 19-14 (5-7 CCS); Huntingdon 21-9 

MONTGOMERY, Ala. - The Piedmont University baseball team could not hold on for a series opening victory Friday evening as Huntingdon scored two in the bottom of the ninth for a walkoff win 7-6. 

Piedmont was first on the board with two runs in the top of the second off a MAC BARTON triple. The Hawks were able to put up a big spot in the third inning with four runs to claim the lead off three hits and a pair of walks. 

The Lions were able to answer offensively in the next half inning with three runs on four hits to claim the lead back 5-4, but Huntingdon answered in the home half of the fourth to knot the game at five. 

Piedmont did not record a hit again until the seventh inning but in the seventh, back-to-back doubles by TYLER NELSON and CARTER BALLSTADT set up a sac fly opportunity for KYLE CARLSON to bring home the go-ahead run. 

It all looked to be in the Lions favor after the Hawks stranded two in the eighth, but in the ninth, a leadoff error proved costly. Huntingdon tied the contest with one out and won on a walkoff sac fly. 

The Lions will face the Hawks in game two of the series on Saturday. 

TURNING POINT:
--The Hawks were able to score two runs on one hit and an error in the bottom of the ninth for the walkoff victory. 

STANDOUT PERFORMANCES:
--CARSON STROVINSKAS was 3-for-4 at the plate while MAC BARTON accounted for three RBI. 

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