LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – The University of Arkansas at Monticello baseball team closed out the opening game of the 2024 GAC Championships on Thursday afternoon. The No. 1 seeded Boll Weevils were the home team in the match-up, taking on the No. 5 seeded Muleriders of Southern Arkansas. UAM would walk off the opener in the ninth to take a 3-2 win over SAU.

Game 2, 9 Innings
 
Southern Arkansas: 2, Arkansas-Monticello: 3
WP: Nelson Mercado (4-3)
LP: H. Oglesby (2-4)
SV: None

Scoring Recap:
After five scoreless innings, the SAU offense found the first run of the ball game on a solo home run in the top of the sixth.

Kirk Woolf tied up the game in the seventh, driving in DeShaun Cordova on a single to left field. Camden Tanner extended the lead in the eighth inning on an RBI single of his own through the six-hole. Aidan Garrett crossed on the play to give the Boll Weevils a 2-1 lead.

The Muleriders tied up the game in the top of the ninth, scoring the tying run on a single of their own through the left side of the infield.

Aidan Garrett would walk it off for UAM in the bottom of the inning, scoring Chaz Poppy for the winner on a SAC fly to left field.

The win on the day gave UAM their 30th victory on the 2024 season and advances the Boll Weevils in the winners bracket of the tournament.

UP NEXT
Arkansas-Monticello is back to work at Dickey-Stephens tomorrow, May 10, to take on No. 3 seed Harding University at 11:00 a.m.

All live streams and live stats will be available as clickable links on the UAM Baseball schedule.

How to follow the Weevils: For more information on Arkansas-Monticello Weevils Baseball, visit www.uamsports.com and follow the team's social media channels by searching "Weevils Baseball" on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.

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