ATLANTA—Four long balls and a masterful performance from Parker Spring helped Oglethorpe top Huntingdon 8-0 Wednesday evening in a nonconference game at Hermance Stadium.
Isaiah Pou twice plus Trey Kinnan and Nick Tarantino combined for four dingers, one shy of the Oglethorpe single-game record. Pou's pair also was one shy of the individual single-game record.
Kinnan's proved to be all the scoring the Petrels would need as Spring and Tate Henderson turned in a shutout. In the bottom of the third, Jaxson Corr had a one-out double down the left-field line, then Kinnan two batters later sent the first pitch he saw over the left-field fence.
An inning later, and two batters later at that, Pou and Tarantino led off by going back-to-back for a stretch of three home runs in four at-bats for the Petrels. Both went to left field on a 1-1 pitch, Tarantino's making it 4-0.
Pou led off the fifth inning with a home run, again to left field, on the first pitch of the inning, making it 5-0.
Oglethorpe then rounded out the scoring with three runs in the bottom of the eighth. Corr had an RBI single to left, driving in Brick Conway, and Cooper Krause scorched one down the left-field line that scored two.
Meanwhile, Spring turned in the best start of his career, going seven shutout innings allowing only two hits and three walks while striking out four. He ran into a little bit of self-induced trouble in the second when the first two batters reached on a walk and a hit-by-pitch.
Later, Spring escaped a similar situation when Huntingdon put the first two on in the seventh. After a walk and a single to start the frame, Spring exited the jam with a pair of groundouts and a runner caught stealing.
Henderson finished the last two innings with a perfect eighth and ninth on 14 pitches.
Game Notes
- Pou's two-homer effort was one home run shy of the Oglethorpe record, a feat only done three times in the history of the program.
- The last time Oglethorpe hit four home runs in a game was in 2019 when the Petrels smacked four against Hendrix. The record of five homers came in 2017 when the Petrels hit nine long balls in a conference doubleheader against Sewanee. The team hit four in game one of that doubleheader, then set the record with five in the nightcap.
- Pou's homers were his sixth and seventh of the season.
- Kinnan's homer was his second of the season.
- Tarantino's was his first.
- Pou went 3-for-5 with two runs and two RBI's.
- Kinnan (2-for-5), Conway (2-for-4) and Corr (2-for-4) all posted multiple hits.
Up Next
Oglethorpe heads to Millsaps for a three-game Southern Athletic Association series. The next home game will be Tuesday, April 8, at 6 p.m. against LaGrange.
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