TIFTON, Ga. -
Dylan Davis sent a baseball into orbit Tuesday afternoon and Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College completed its biggest and wild comeback of the 2026 season, a 14-12 11-inning victory over Albany State. Davis, who homered twice Tuesday, also scored
Chasin Cash on the walk-off home run.
Drew Hurst, who pitched the 11th, won his fifth game of the season.
ABAC rattled off 19 hits against the Rams, four of them homers. Besides Davis' pair,
Quinten Rawls and
Joe Cooney went deep as well.
That the Stallions would be in position to make a game of it, much less win, seemed nearly impossible after Albany State went up 6-0 in the 1st inning on David Cooper's grand slam.
ABAC's comeback began early. Davis's first homer, equally crushed to left field, brought in
Zack Bowman. The Stallions were down 6-2.
In the 3rd, they recovered another run on a Cooney sacrifice fly that plated Cash.
Albany State picked up one in the 4th for a 7-3 lead. Two frames later, the Stallions were down by one following a three-run 6th.
Parker Wallace,
Billy Girgis and Rawls hit back-to-back-to-back singles.
Logan Burrell making his season debut, scored on Rawls' which went off the left field wall but saw the runners have to hold initially.
Cash blooped to right, driving in Girgis. Rawls closed the gap to 7-6 when he came in on a wild pitch with two outs.
The Rams nearly put it out of reach again with four unearned runs in the 7th. ABAC's offense was rolling, however, and the 11-6 lead was not enough.
Cooney homered to left to begin the 7th.
Drew Rothschild earned a four-pitch walk, but was still on first base when Rawls came to the plate with two down. Rawls saw a ball go by, then lofted a two-run round-tripper to make it 11-9.
Both teams were silent in the 8th and the Rams nearly held on in the 9th after the first two Stallions made outs.
Rawls kept the game going after he was hit by a pitch, moving up a base on a six-pitch walk to Bowman. A wild pitch put both in scoring position, setting up Cash to single to left-center, tying the score at 11-11.
Albany State went ahead 12-11 in the 10th, but could not get a second run across as Cooney threw out a man at the plate from left field.
The latest Stallions comeback began with
Kam Taylor singling to start the 10th. Cooney followed with a base hit and in more two-out magic, Girgis picked up his team and drove in Taylor on a single.
Hurst had a 1-2-3 11th on six pitches.
Cash got a one-out walk in the bottom half and Davis delivered again.
While ABAC's offense dominated, pitching was equally important in the comeback.
Lalan Ellis tossed two frames of no-hit ball to let the Stallions keep making dents in the score.
Owen Lamb allowed 1 run over two innings and while four runs came across during
Durrah Butler's 1 2/3, none were earned.
Jeff Hays, who'd only thrown five innings all year, went 3 1/3 after coming in in the top of the 7th. He allowed one earned.
ABAC pitchers combined to strike out 9. Butler fanned the side swinging in the 6th.
Davis, who had 5 hits in Game 2 against Point Saturday, went 4-for-7 Tuesday with four RBIs and two home runs.
It was a three-hit day for Cash and Cooney and Cash and Rawls each had three RBIs and Rawls scored three runs. Rawls, Wallace and Girgis had two hits. Cooney drove in two.
Next up for ABAC is a three-game Southern States Athletic Conference series Friday and Saturday at Blue Mountain Christian. The Stallions are currently in a four-way tie for first place in the SSAC. ABAC only has three home games remaining, April 23-24 versus Tennessee Southern.
