LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN, Ga.—Oglethorpe junior right-handed pitcher Michael Sarzen threw a nine-inning gem, but the Stormy Petrels were bit in extra innings at Covenant, 3-2, Tuesday night on the road. The game went 11 innings and saw Covenant win with the aid of the international tiebreaking rule which begins the inning with a runner on second base.

Sarzen scattered just three hits and two runs, only one of which was earned, across the career-long effort. He struck out two and walked one.

Sarzen's effort kept the Scots to a run in the third that came across via error and a run in the sixth that scored on a groundout. The latter tied the game after the Petrels struck first with two runs in the top of the third.

Matt Huckabee and Greg Johnson led off Oglethorpe's scoring inning with a pair of singles up the middle. Carson Weir then walked to load the bases with nobody out, then Drew Jabaley drove in one on a ground ball, and another scored on a Covenant error.

Covenant's extra-inning run came home to score on a lead-off single through the right side, driving in the runner from second placed on base to start the inning.

Game Notes

• Aiden Hosford led the Petrels with a 2-for-3 effort at the dish.
• Five others recorded a hit.
• Thomas Krystopa pitched the 10th inning and allowed one hit while striking out two in a scoreless frame.
• One of Oglethorpe's best scoring chances came in the ninth when Hosford led off with a walk and Mason Pearcy bunted David Raygoza, Hosford's pinch runner, to second. The Petrels would come up scoreless, though, as a flyout and groundout ended the threat.
• Oglethorpe leads the all-time series with Covenant 10-8 since 2011.

Up Next

The busy week continues for Oglethorpe, as the Stormy Petrels welcome Huntingdon to Hermance Stadium on Wednesday for a rematch of the 8-6 Huntingdon win midway through February. After that, the Petrels will host Southern Athletic Association foe Berry starting with a doubleheader Friday at 1 p.m.