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The Cougars before a game against Georgia College on April 22, 2022.
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Columbus State CSU 42-11
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Winner Young Harris YHC 38-17
Columbus State CSU
42-11
8
Final
9
Young Harris YHC
38-17
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Columbus State CSU 0 1 2 0 1 3 0 1 0 8 13 1
Young Harris YHC 1 0 0 4 2 2 0 0 X 9 11 1

W: Dylan Beck (6-1) L: Giannoni, Leo (3-1) S: Travis Burnette (2)

Game Recap: Baseball | | Josh Fuller

Cougars' Run in PBC Tournament Falls Short

CSU couldn't fight out of the loser's bracket in the championship, with both losses in the tournament coming to Young Harris.

COLUMBUS - The No. 8 Columbus State University baseball team fell 9-8 to Young Harris College in the 2022 Peach Belt Conference Tournament championship game on Sunday at Burger King Stadium at Ragadale Field in Columbus. 

CSU (42-11) held an early 3-1 lead before a fourth-inning grand slam by Aaron Copeland changed the course of the game. The Cougars were able to tie the game in the sixth, but a two-run single by Noah Fitzgerald later in the frame put the Moutain Lions on top for good.

Columbus State was in business in the top half of the eighth as Colby Brabston singled with one out and stole second to put himself into scoring position with two done. Steven Minter followed with a crucial double down off the right-field wall to plate Brabston and to keep the inning alive. However, after a mound visit, Dylan Beck got David Meadows to ground out to end the side.

CSU once again put the tying run on second in ninth, but a soft liner to center clinched the championship for Youn Harris. Travis Burnette entered the game with two outs in the ninth and retired the only batter he faced to earn the save. 

Beck (6-1) was brilliant out of the bullpen for Young Harris, allowing just two runs over 3.2 innings. He struck out three, while scattering three hits.

Isaac Bouton heated up on Sunday for Columbus State after going 3-for-5 with three doubles. Minter stayed hot with a 3-for-4 day and drove in three runs thanks to two doubles. Colby Brabston scored twice after going 2-for-5.

Six different pitchers saw action for the Cougars, including starter Chandler Ring. Ring tossed three-innings of one-run ball. Leo Giannoni (3-1) was hit with the loss after allowing Fitzgerald's go-ahead single in the sixth.

After YHC (38-17) scored a first-inning run, a Matthew McDade single tied things at one in the second. CSU came right back with two more in the third after stringing together three hits in the frame. 

For their efforts in the tournament, Robert Brooks, Bouton and Minter were named to the All-Tournament team.

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Columbus State awaits the announcement of the NCAA Southeast Regional field, which will be released at 10 p.m. on Sunday. Fans, can watch the show by clicking here.
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