The day after clinching a spot in the SCAC Tournament, the Oglethorpe baseball team lost the series finale to Centre, 7-2, Sunday afternnon in Danville, Ky.

The Petrels started the game well, scoring two in the first to take a 2-0 lead. The runs came on a two-run double from Stephen Archer.

However, the homestanding Colonels would score seven unanswered runs, starting with two in the first, to put the game away.

Archer was 1-for-2 with the double, a walk and an HBP for the Petrels.

Mark Hoban got the loss, allowing all 12 hits and all seven runs the Colonels would get over his six innings of work.

The loss drops the Petrels to 19-15 on the season, 7-5 in SCAC play. They are currently second in the SCAC East Division, as they hold the tiebreaker over DePauw, who is also 7-5. However, with first-place Birmingham-Southern ineligible to participate in the SCAC Tournament, the Petrels are currently holding first position out of the division for the tournament.

Oglethorpe will face off against Birmingham-Southern next weekend in their final home series of the season, and could wind up anywhere from the top seed to the third seed in the East, as Rhodes is currently holding fourth place (third seed for the tournament) with a 6-6 record.

First, however, the Petrels will face off against two area rivals during the middle of this week. They will travel to Montgomery, Ala., to take on Huntingdon at 5 p.m. Tuesday, and then will return home Wednesday to close their season series with crosstown rival Emory in a game that was resceduled because of a snowstorm in February. That game will get underway at 7 p.m.