Jonathan Reily led the Eagles with two hits, three RBIs and two stolen bases. Kevin O'Connor hit his first home run of the season and finished with three hits. The Eagles had 10 hits in the game.

Jordan Martinec had two hits, including a double, for the Panthers. David Miller had a double and drove in two runs. Brent Kinsey had a hit and two RBIs. The Panthers had nine hits in the game.

Taylor Smith (1-2) started and took the loss for the Panthers. Smith pitched 1-1/3 innings, allowing four runs. James Connell relieved Smith and also allowed four runs in 4-2/3 innings. Kenneth Strack pitched two scoreless innings to finish the game.

Emory jumped out to a 2-0 lead after an inning. O'Connor started the scoring with a one-out home run. The Panthers came back with two runs in the top of the second to tie the game.

Martinec led off the inning with a double down the left field line. Miller drove in Martinec with a double for the first run. Miller later scored on Kinsey's sacrifice bunt to make it 2-2.

Emory came back in its half of the second with four runs to retake the lead. Connell relieved Smith with one out and a run in. Reilly capped the inning with a two-out two-run single for a 6-2 lead.

The Panthers closed within a run with three runs in the sixth inning. Miller reached on an error allowing Robbie Shelton, who had led off the inning with a single, to score from third. Kevin Bowman drove in another run with a sacrifice bunt and Kinsey capped the inning with a run-scoring single to make it 6-5.

The Eagles pushed across two insurance runs in their half of the sixth. O'Connor and Reilly had RBI singles in the inning.

The Panthers put two runners on in the eighth inning. But the Eagles got an inning ending double play to avoid further trouble. The Panthers went in order in the ninth inning.

The Panthers host Case Western University on Saturday at 1 p.m. It is the first of eight straight home games.