A late-inning comeback was not necessary Saturday as the No. 12-ranked Georgia Gwinnett College baseball team earned a 6-3 victory against Lindsey Wilson College to capture the weekend series at the Grizzly Baseball Complex.

GGC (10-1) scored six unanswered runs after the Blue Raiders pushed across three runs in the third inning.

The Grizzlies scored a run in each of the third and fourth innings to get within one run, at 3-2. A sacrifice fly by junior Brandon Robinson brought home the run in the fourth inning.

The hosts squared the contest, 3-3, in the sixth frame on a wild pitch, and took their first lead of the game an inning later on a RBI double from junior Alex Garland. GGC added two insurance runs in the eighth inning.

Garland had a pair of doubles, while senior Tony Salvaggio and freshman Sean Mootrey each recorded multiple-hit efforts in the victory.

Junior pitcher Hunter Dollander tossed four scoreless innings in relief to pick up the victory – the sixth registered by a GGC reliever so far in 2018.

Turning Point

In the top of the sixth inning, Lindsey Wilson was threatening to break the game open leading 3-2. However, junior relief pitcher Hunter Dollander got out a jam with runners at the corners and no outs. Nick Sanders was caught stealing and a tag out at the plate on a ground ball ended the threat. GGC would tie the game in the bottom of the sixth inning.

Key Plays

Top of Third

Oliver Baez drove home a pair of runs with a single up the middle, giving Lindsey Wilson an early 3-0 lead

Bottom of Fourth

Brandon Robinson cuts the deficit to 3-2 for GCC with a sacrifice fly that scored Sean Mootrey

Bottom of Seventh

Alex Garland delivered a RBI double to give the hosts their first lead of the game, 4-3

Bottom of Eighth

Cord Johnson beats out an infield single, and Jordan Tylski scores all the way from second base on the play

Inside The Numbers

• Nine different players registered a hit for GGC
• The Grizzlies reached double figures in hits (13) for the second straight game; they have out-hit Lindsey Wilson 31-to-22 in the series
• Tony Salvaggio had a team-high three assists
• Six of GGC's 10 wins have been assisted, and eventually won, by a relief pitcher

News & Notes

• Georgia Gwinnett College improves to 10-1 on the season; Lindsey Wilson falls to 3-5
• GGC is 8-0 this season at the Grizzly Baseball Complex
• The Grizzlies have won all four of their weekend series for the spring; they will seek their third sweep in Sunday's series finale
• GGC holds a 5-3 advantage in the series history between the two colleges
• The hosts are ranked No. 12 in the NAIA preseason Top 25 poll

Up Next

Georgia Gwinnett College and Lindsey Wilson close out the three-game series Sunday, Feb. 18, at 1 p.m.