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FLORENCE, Ala. – The 17th-ranked Harding baseball team suffered a pair of tough one-run losses Tuesday against 29th-ranked North Alabama at Mike Lane Field. North Alabama came from behind to win game one 8-7 and held off Harding 7-6 in game two.

Harding (14-5) held a 7-1 lead going into the bottom of the fourth inning of game one. After North Alabama (16-5) scored in the bottom of the first, Harding tied the game in the top of the second when Jeremy Bohnett scored from third on a wild pitch.

Harding made it 5-1 with four more runs in the third. Chase Presley blasted a three-run home run and Bohnett drove in the fourth run on a ground out.

A two-run single in the fourth by Billy Ninemire gave the Bisons a six-run lead.

UNA's comeback began in the bottom of the fourth. The Lions scored two in that inning, two more in the fifth and another in the sixth to cut Harding's lead to 7-6.
 
With one out in the bottom of the seventh Andrew Almon completed the comeback with a two-run, game-winning home run.

Freshman Andrew Fiddler (2-1) was saddled with the loss for the Bisons, allowing three runs in 1 1/3 innings. Bronson Smith started for Harding and allowed two earned runs in five innings.

Reliever Jacob Westerhouse (2-0) picked up the win for the Lions.

The Bisons had 10 hits in the game, with current Great American Conference Player of the Week Matt Calhoun going 3-for-4.

Harding led 4-2 after five innings in game two, but North Alabama scored five in the bottom of the sixth to take a 7-4 lead.

The Bisons answered with two runs in the top of the seventh and had runners on second and third when the Lions recorded the final out.

Harding had four doubles in the game and a solo home run from Calhoun. Anthony Guglielmi had two of the Bisons' eight hits.

Brantley Claunch (3-0) got the win in relief for North Alabama, while Harding freshman Josh Spears (1-2) took the loss.

Harding returns to Searcy for its next eight games beginning with a three-game series against Quincy (Ill.) University on Saturday and Sunday at Jerry Moore Field.