Shelton went 4-for-4 with the two home runs and had three RBIs. Craig Mobley drove in four runs with three hits, including two doubles. Jordan Martinec hit his first home run of the season and also drove in three runs. The Panthers finished with 18 hits in the game.

The Panthers used seven pitchers in the game. Freshman James Yancey (1-0) pitched the first two innings to get his first collegiate win. Taylor Smith retired all six batters he faced and James Connell had a scoreless 1-1/3 inning of work to finish the game.

The Panthers jumped out to a 4-0 lead in the top of the first inning. Eric Heath and Shelton reached on back-to-back one out singles. Mobley hit a ground rule double to deep center to drive in Heath with the first run. Martinec followed with a three-run home run to left field on the next pitch to make it 4-0.

Shelton's first home run in the third inning made it 5-0. Jason Aylesworth doubled in a run in the fourth and Shelton went deep with a solo blast in the fifth to make it 7-0.

The Panthers stretched their lead to 12-2 in the sixth inning. The Panthers scored five runs in the inning. Shelton had an RBI single and Mobley drove in two more runs with his second double of the game.

Oglethorpe got back in the game with four runs in its half of the sixth inning to make it 12-6. The Panthers got run-scoring singles from Miles Lee in the eighth and Mobley in the ninth for the 14-7 final. Connell got the final out in the eighth inning, then struck out the side in the ninth inning to close out the win.

The Panthers host York (Pa.) College on Friday at 4 p.m. and Rhodes College on Saturday at 1 p.m.