COLUMBUS, Ga. – A late surge by the Georgia College Baseball team (33-19) wasn't enough to overcome an early deficit, as the Bobcats fell to Young Harris College (37-17) 10-6 in a winners' bracket contest at the Peach Belt Conference (PBC) Tournament Saturday.

The No. 2-seed Bobcats will be back in action tonight, May 14 at 7 p.m., taking on the winner of the losers' bracket matchup between No. 1-seed and host Columbus State University and No. 3-seed Georgia Southwestern State University. No. 4-seed YHC advances to championship Sunday.

The Bobcats spotted the Mountain Lions a 10-0 advantage as YHC came out of the blocks hot, a run each in the first and third, then a five-run fourth really made things difficult. The big fourth inning was buoyed by a three-run home run from YHC's Noah Fitzgerald.

GC began the comeback trail with two runs in the seventh. There, the Bobcats got solo home runs from shortstop KC Brown (Savannah) – his third of the last two games – and catcher Sam Sly (Atlanta). The Bobcats scratched across another on a groundout in the eighth to trail 10-3.

In the ninth, a pair of doubles by Cam Hill (Marietta) and Mason Spivey (Appling) separated by an out brought in one for GC. Later, Rightfielder Paul Grazzini (Marietta) plated Spivey on a single through the right side. Brown later drove in another run with a single, but the rally would stop there. GC had the game's tying run on deck when the game came to a close.

Grazzini finished 3-for-5 with an RBI and a run, while Brown had a 2-for-4 effort, driving in two and scoring once. The home run was Brown's 12^th this season. Hill, Spivey and leftfielder David Julian (Dunwoody) each had two hits. All three scored runs, and Spivey drove in one with that ninth-inning double.

Lefty starter Jacob Hester (Marietta) managed three innings in the loss (5-2), allowing a pair of runs on four hits. Freshman righty Aidan McConnell (Roswell) kept the Bobcats close with three shutout innings, scattering a pair of hits and a walk, and fanning three.

The Bobcats now take on the winner of the elimination matchup between CSU and GSW tonight at 7 p.m.

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