ATLANTA – Sam Mills went 4-for-5, but Oglethorpe dropped its season opener to Emory, 7-4, Tuesday afternoon at Chappell Park. The Stormy Petrels rallied late in the game but suffered from a rough start which saw them fall behind 5-0 after two innings.
Nick Tarantino was the first to put the Petrels on the board in the 2023 season, driving home Carter Guarino in the third inning on a bases-loaded ground ball to third.
Guarino later doubled in a run in the seventh to help ignite a would-be rally. Mills, the reigning Southern Athletic Association newcomer of the year, followed in the next at-bat with a two-RBI single up the middle to make the score 7-4 in favor of Emory, but that would be where the rally would end, as two straight groundouts, one a double play, ended the Oglethorpe threat.
Game Notes
- Mills' four-hit day was accompanied by two RBI's and a first-inning double.
- This was Mill's second four-hit game in just his second season. His first came on March 6 last season.
- Mason Pearcy and Carson Weir also finished with multiple hits, going 2-for-4 and 2-for-3, respectively.
- Freshman Aiden Hosford tallied a hit in his collegiate debut, making the start at third base.
- Relievers Thomas Krystopa, Colin Stewart and Parker Spring combined for 4.1 scoreless innings, allowing only two hits. Krystopa accounted for 2.1 of those innings and struck out three.
Up Next
Oglethorpe heads to Maryville this weekend for a three-game set. Teams will play a doubleheader Saturday beginning at 1 p.m. then a single game to close out the series Sunday at 1 p.m.
