Box Score CARROLLTON, Ga. – The University of West Georgia baseball team had its sights set on a Gulf South Conference sweep on Sunday afternoon, but visiting West Alabama was able to salvage the finale in a 6-3 decision at Cole Field.

The Wolves (9-10, 9-9 GSC) held a 3-1 lead through six innings before the Tigers (9-10, 7-9) rallied with five runs over the final three frames for the three-run margin.

West Georgia junior hurler Robert Coleman gave his team a lift with five innings of work, yielding just one run on two hits with six walks and five strikeouts before giving way to sophomore southpaw Ezra Brown in the top of the sixth.

Inheriting a pair of runners with no outs, Brown wiggled out of the jam unscathed to keep it a two-run game.

West Alabama shortstop Colden Peeples connected on a two-out, RBI single in the seventh to pull the Tigers within a run and the visitors took the lead behind a three-run eighth and tacked on an insurance run in the ninth.

Sophomore Peyton Berry took the loss in relief, while UWA's Mason Hollander continued his strong season with three shutout innings of relief to earn the win, allowing two hits with no walks and two strikeouts.

After the Tigers took the early lead on a Peeples' RBI single in the top of the third, the Wolves answered with their big inning in the fourth, scoring three runs on an RBI single by sophomore right fielder John Michael McRae, a bases-loaded walk to freshman catcher Jackson Webb and an RBI sacrifice fly by junior center fielder Jason Fointno.

Fointno (2-for-2, BB, sac fly, RBI) and McRae (2-for-4, run, RBI) led the charge for the UWG offense on Sunday, while Peeples (2-for-5, SB, 2 RBI) and right fielder Brayden Lyman (2-for-5, 2B, run, RBI) had multiple-hit efforts for the Tigers.

West Georgia continues its homestand with a midweek matchup against Georgia College in a 5 p.m. single game on Wednesday before returning to league action by hosting Lee in a three-game series on Friday and Saturday.