OXFORD, Ala. – The eighth-seeded Shorter Hawks defeated the No. 4 seed Auburn University at Montgomery (AUM) Warhawks 8-2 in an elimination game on Saturday afternoon to stay alive in the Gulf South Conference (GSC) tournament.
 
Jonathan Pintaro (W, 10-3) started for the Hawks and was solid over 7.2 innings of work. He threw 126 pitches and had four strikeouts. He additionally gave up two runs on five hits. Pintaro recorded his 400th career strikeout today.
 
The Hawks scored the first three runs of today's game on two home runs. Cameron Tilly hit a solo home run to right in the bottom of the first to plate the first run of the game. Matt Christian then hit a two-run home run to center in the bottom of the second to make the score 3-0 Shorter.
 
Shortly after the two-run homer from Christian in the second, Norman Leon scored on a wild pitch to score the fourth run of the game for the Hawks.
 
Shorter plated its next two runs in the bottom of the fourth. Jacob Pajer hit an infield single to third, and this scored Leon. Shortly after this, Tilly singled to center, and this scored Jakob Woods.
 
The Hawks added on an additional run in the bottom of the seventh after Leon had a sac fly to center that scored Christian.
 
The Warhawks scored their two runs of the game in the top of the eighth courtesy of two RBI singles.
 
Pajer scored the final run of the game for the Hawks in the bottom of the eighth.
 
Leon went 3-for-3 with two runs scored and an RBI in today's game. Christian went 2-for-4 with two runs scored and two RBI. Tilly went 2-for-4 with a run scored, two RBI and a walk. Pajer went 2-for-4 with a run scored, an RBI and a walk.
 
Up Next
 
The Hawks will face the Valdosta State University Blazers tomorrow at 10 a.m. CT (11 a.m. ET) at Choccolocco Park in the next game of the tournament.