Baseball Daily Update - May 3

The 2009 regular season came to a dramatic end on Sunday as the final two PBC series came to a close to decide the final seeds for next weekend's PBC tournament.

Lander saw their tournament dreams come to an end as they fell twice to Armstrong Atlantic State.  The two teams first finished a game that was suspended on Saturday and AASU came back to win it 5-4.   The Pirates then took game two 4-1.

Lander led 4-3 on Saturday night when rain caused the game to be suspended.  But AASU's John Roberts hit a two-run home run when the two teams resumed play on Sunday and the Pirates held on to win.  In the second game on Sunday, Thomas Gray pitched 7.1 innings, allowing one earned run on six hits while walking none and striking out five.  Josh Wilson went 2-for-5 with a pair of doubles, two runs scored and an RBI.

The first Lander loss gave Augusta State the eighth and final tournament spot and the Jaguars celebrated by beating GCSU 9-8 in Milledgeville to take two of three in the series.  ASU scored three runs in the top of the seventh to come from behind and win, Alex Sickman hit a two-run home run in that seventh inning as he went 3-for-5 with five RBIs.  Jorge Virguez went 3-for-6 with a home run and two RBIs while Shannon Wilkerson launched his league-leading 21st homer of the year.

North Georgia also finished their tournament prep by completing a three-game sweep of Flagler with a 4-1 win on Sunday.  Tyler Musselwhite pitched 7.2 innings, allowing one run on eight hits and no walks while striking out 10.  Brad Hall went 3-for-4 with two RBIs.

Check out the PBC Tournament bracket release for more information about first round games and times.