The Oglethorpe University baseball team dropped a three game
series this past weekend to Rhodes College in Memphis. The Petrels
dropped game one 4-2, game two 16-4 and then fell in extra innings
7-6 in the series finale.
Matt Cornwell pitched 6 strong innings in game one, only
allowing 4 runs but the Petrels bats could not get going to help
him out offensively. The Lynx scored two in first and two in the
third and made that 4 runs hold up for the victory. The Petrels
could only muster 5 hits on the afternoon with Adam Brazenas
driving in two runs in the top of the sixth.
The Lynx jumped all over Oglethorpe in game two, posting 5 runs
in the first inning on their way to the 16-4 victory. Andy Farrey
(2-for-4, RBI) and Joe Parillo (2-for-3, RBI) had multi-hit games
for Oglethorpe in the loss.
In Sunday's finale, the Lynx tied the game in the bottom of the
ninth and then stole the 7-6 victory in the eleventh inning to send
Oglethorpe to their seventh straight defeat. The Petrels held a 6-2
lead after six innings but could not hold the lead in the late
innings. Mark Hoban pitched 8 and a third strong innings and only
allowed 5 earned runs. Andy Farrey had a huge game at the dish for
Oglethorpe in the close loss, going 5-for-6 with two doubles and a
run scored.
Oglethorpe is now 10-10 on the season and will travel to North
Carolina to face Greensboro College in a doubleheader this
Wednesday.