The Charleston RiverDogs showed their championship mettle on May 6, rallying from an early deficit to edge the Augusta GreenJackets 5-4 at SRP Park. It was a game of momentum swings, but the RiverDogs had the final say.

The action started in the top of the third when Caden Bodine, the hottest hitter in Single-A, laced an RBI double to left field, scoring Dean Moss for a 1-0 lead. Bodine, who now boasts a league-leading .402 batting average, finished the day with two hits. Cooper Flemming followed with an RBI groundout to push the lead to 2-0.

Starter Ethan Storm was dominant early, tossing four no-hit, scoreless innings. But baseball is a game of adjustments, and Augusta made one in the fifth. The GreenJackets erupted for three runs, capped by a two-run homer from Tate Southisense that gave them a 3-2 advantage.

After a quiet sixth inning, Charleston answered in the seventh. With runners on first and second and one out, Yirer Garcia delivered an RBI single to right field, knotting the game at 3-3.

The drama peaked in the eighth. Bodine and Taitn Gray singled to put runners on first and second. That set the stage for Daniel Pierce, a former first-round draft pick, who crushed a two-run double to left field, giving Charleston a 5-3 lead.

Reliever Yereny Teus was outstanding, tossing a season-high 2.1 scoreless innings to earn his second win of the year. In the ninth, Augusta scraped across a run, but closer Mason Nichols stranded the tying run on first base, slamming the door for his team-leading fourth save.

The win lifts Charleston to 18-11, while Augusta drops to 15-14. These two teams return to SRP Park tomorrow for game three of the series, with first pitch at 7:05 p.m. For RiverDogs fans, this resilience is exactly what you want to see as the season heats up.