Friday, February 16th, 2007

Baseball Team Drops Fourth Straight At Oglethorpe

The Piedmont College baseball team was unable to find their first victory of the season this evening in Atlanta, GA as host Oglethorpe University handed the Lions a 1-0 shutout victory. Despite notching seven hits and playing error-free the Lions could not overcome a second inning run and lost their fourth straight game to start the season.

Oglethorpe scored the only run of the game in the bottom of the second inning on a one out sacrifice fly which proved to be the game-winner. The Lions used five pitchers and allowed only one earned run while striking out seven Stormy Petrel hitters.

Evan Nissley led the Lions offensive going 2-4 from the plate while Matt Devito went 1-3 with a walk. Justin Vorherr, Trey McCay, Travis Hunt and Cole Spedale also added a hit apiece.

The loss moves Piedmont to 0-4 overall. The Lions will start a 19-game homestand tomorrow, February 17th as they host NC Wesleyan College, currently ranked 7th nationally, beginning at 1:00.