Sunday, March 4th, 2007

Baseball Team Drops Pair Of Home Games

The Piedmont College baseball team extended its losing streak to three games with a pair of losses to #8 Marietta College 8-6 and Bridgewater College 3-0 today at PC's Loudermilk Field. The Lions could only muster nine hits combined in both games while allowing 18 hits and 11 runs.

Against Marietta, the defending NCAA Division-III National Champions, the Lions took a 3-2 lead into the top of the eigth inning but the Pioneers responded with five earned runs to take a 7-3 lead. PC answered with a three spot of their own but allowed an unearned insurance run in the top of the ninth and dropped the two-run decision.

Against Bridgewater the Lions offensive was dormant as Piedmont could only scratch out three hits while the Eagles pounded eight hits and three earned runs en route to the victory. Corey Lindsey, Stan Brosko and Justin Vorherr notched singles for PC.

The losses drop Piedmont to 3-9 overall. The Lions will host Bridgewater College on Thursday, March 8th at Loudermilk Field with game time scheduled for 1:00.