The Oglethorpe baseball team assured themselves of winning this year's season series with Emory, defeating the Eagles 6-5 on Wednesday afternoon in a makeup game of a February contest postponed by snow.

The Petrels jumped on the board early against their archrivals, scoring four runs in the top of the first inning. They used six straight singles to leadoff the game. RBI singles by Andy Farrey and Stephen Archer started the scoring, and a two-run single by Nick Manai capped the inning for the Petrels.

The Petrels would only score twice more after that. They got a run each in the second and thrid innings. An RBI single by J.J. Rizzo pushed the lead to five. Then, the Petrels scored an unearned run in the third.

They would not score again, and were forced to hold on as Emory mounted numerous rallies. Emory left eight men on base in the game, and the Petrels turned three double plays on them.

With the score 6-4 entering the bottom of the ninth, Emory recorded an RBI double to make the score 6-5 and put the potential tying run in scoring position. However, Matthew Cornwell was able to induce a ground ball to second to end the game and pick up his second save of the year.

Drew Brooks picked up the win in relief, going two innings without allowing a hit at a time when Emory had just pulled the lead back to 6-4 and appeared to be on the war path. He is now 1-3 on the season.

Though Sam Briend did not pitch long enough to qualify for the win, the regular relief pitcher went four largely effective innings, allowing four runs on five hits. A day after much of the bullpen was extensively used in the blowout at the hands of Piedmont, Briend's four strong innings were just what the doctor ordered.

The win improves the Petrels to 17-14 on the year. They will now travel to Centre for this weekend's huge SCAC series. If they take two-of-three from the Colonels, Oglethorpe will clinch a spot in the SCAC baseball tournament.