AUGUSTA, Ga. – Augusta University softball earned a comeback win in game one before falling just short in a high-scoring second game, splitting Saturday’s Peach Belt Conference doubleheader with visiting Georgia College at Jaguar Field.

Game 1: Augusta 6, Georgia College 5

The Jaguars rallied from a 5-2 deficit with a four-run seventh inning to claim the opener in dramatic fashion. A leadoff single by Grace Bailey and a pinch-hit single from Kelsea Moody started the surge. A walk to Sam Tener loaded the bases, and Ayellad Howard‘s RBI single brought the game within two.

After a sacrifice fly from Bailee Roberts and a groundout RBI from Ansley Gibson tied it, Augusta sealed the win when Howard raced home on a passed ball to score the winning run.

Gibson earned the win in the circle, throwing a complete game with seven hits allowed, five runs (only one earned), and two strikeouts.

Roberts and Howard each recorded a hit, RBI, and run scored. Tener reached base twice and scored two runs, while Gibson drove in two.

Game 2: Georgia College 8, Augusta 7

Despite outhitting the Bobcats 13-9, Augusta came up just short in a back-and-forth battle in game two. The Jaguars led 5-1 after three innings and tied it again at 7-7 in the sixth following a solo home run from Bailee Roberts, but a late RBI double in the seventh lifted Georgia College to the win.

Roberts finished 2-for-4 with a home run, RBI, and a sacrifice bunt. Howard went 3-for-5 with a double, RBI, and run scored. Ansley Gibson drove in two with a first-inning double, and Grace Bailey added two more RBIs with a pair of singles.

Madalyn Spinks pitched all seven innings for Augusta and struck out three, allowing six earned runs in the loss.

AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) – A 25-year-old dad is facing a cruelty to children charge after the death of his son, according to a report from the Richmond County Sheriff’s Office.

On Nov. 9, 2024, deputies say they responded to the 2100 block of Margaret Court in reference to a suspicious situation.

On scene, deputies met with the complainant, Maurice Jonathon Sturgis, who said he found his son unresponsive when he woke up.

Sturgis told deputies that he went to sleep on the couch next to him the night prior and is unsure of when they went to sleep.

According to deputies, Sturgis woke up and noticed his son was stiff and not breathing and began to do CPR to the best of his ability and called 911.

The incident report states that the son had no chronic health complications or illnesses. Sturgis told deputies that no one else was in the residence except another family member.

The deputy coroner gave a time of death of 1:22 a.m., according to the incident report.

Meanwhile, Strugis, 25, was arrested on Tuesday, according to jail bookings.

Sturgis is charged with cruelty to children in the second degree.

We’ve reached out to the Richmond County Coroner’s Office for more information on the death of the child.

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