The Oglethorpe baseball team lost its home finale to Birmingham Southern 11-6 on Sunday.

It looked for awhile as though the Petrels were going to pull a win out on Senior Day. They trailed 5-1 entering the bottom of the eighth, but were able to score five runs in the inning to take a 6-5 lead.

Stephen Archer started the scoring in the inning with a sacrifice fly, and a Nick Manai RBI single followed to cut the lead to 5-3.

At that point, Joseph Parillo stepped to the plate and slugged a three-run homer to give the Petrels the lead. It was his second home run of the season, the first being a pinch-hit, walk-off grand slam earlier in the year.

However, the Petrels were not able to hold the lead in the ninth, as they gave up six runs to give the visiting Panthers their five-run margin-of-victory.

Sunday was Senior Day for the Petrels, and the team honored graduating seniors J.J. Rizzo, Stephen Archer and Ben Giddens for their fine careers with Oglethorpe.

The loss drops the Petrels to 19-20 on the year. They will now finish 7-8 in SCAC play. That record has earned them the third seed out of the Eastern Division for the SCAC Tournament in Millington, Tenn. They will open the tournament against Trinity, the top seed out of the Western Division, Thursday at 1 p.m. Eastern time. It is a double-elimination tournament.

First, the Petrels will travel to LaGrange Tuesday for their final game of the regular season. First pitch is scheduled for 6 p.m.