Saturday, March 3rd, 2007

Baseball Team Downed By Defending NCAA National Champions

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For the seventh time this season the Piedmont College baseball team was defeated this afternoon at Loudermilk Field as visiting Marietta College handed the Lions a 6-1 loss. Marietta, the defending NCAA Division-III national champions, capitilized on three unearned runs and walked away with the five-run victory.

The Lions allowed a pair of runs in the first inning on a two-run homer. MC added a pair of unearned runs in the second and manufactured single runs in the sixth and the ninth. The Lions only run came on a Justin Vorherr steal of home with two outs and the bases loaded.

Tom Dimitroff suffered his second loss of the season on the mound going 5 1/3 innings allowing only three earned runs. Freshman Josh McEachin was impressive in relief going 3 2/3 innings allowing only one run, unearned.

The loss drops the Lions to 3-7 overall. The team will return to action again tomorrow, March 4th as they host Marietta College at 12:00 and Bridgewater College at 4:00.