Seniors Eric Heath, Dale Feldman and Amauri Smith were honored in a pre-game ceremony. The trio had nine of the Panthers' 15 hits in the game. Heath led the way with four hits, including a pair of doubles. Defensively, he threw two runners out at home from his centerfield position.

Feldman had three hits; including two doubles, and drove in three runs. Smith had a pair of hits, scored twice and had an RBI.

Oglethorpe (19-21) lost its seventh straight game. The Stormy Petrels had 13 hits in the game. They left 17 men on base, including leaving the bases loaded in three innings. The Stormy Petrels left at least one batter on base in every inning.

Trevor Tullock (2-1) pitched 5-2/3 innings to get the win for LaGrange. Tullock scattered 10 hits, allowed two runs, walked four and struck out four. James Yancey, Jacob Mauldin and James Connell finished the game with 3-1/3 innings of scoreless relief.

Oglethorpe loaded the bases with three singles in the first inning with one out. Tullock got out of the jam by striking out Nick Manai and getting Joe Parillo to hit into an inning-ending force play.

The Panthers got a run in the first without benefit of a hit. Derek Hooper led off the inning with a walk. He moved up to second on an errant pickoff throw, over to third on a wild pitch and scored as Heath grounded out to second.

The Stormy Petrels tied the game in the second inning. Jake Spear led off with a single and later scored as Jeff Pope grounded out to first.

The Panthers broke the game open with seven runs in the fourth inning off Ethan Hardy (0-1). David Miller scored the go-ahead run on a wild pitch. Feldman had a run-scoring single and Heath an RBI double in the inning. Robbie Shelton capped the inning with a two-run single to make it 8-1.

The Panthers added to their lead in the fifth inning, scoring three runs on just one hit. Oglethorpe pitching issued five walks in the inning. Hooper's two-run single was the only hit for the Panthers.

The Panthers closed out the scoring with a run in the seventh inning and two more in the eighth inning. Heath led off the seventh with a double to left and scored on Shelton's base hit. Smith drove in the first run in the eighth with a double to right center. Pinch-hitter Zach Engesser added an RBI single to make it 14-2.

The Panthers will be the top seed in the GSAC Tournament which begins Friday at Piedmont College in Demorest, Ga. The Panthers will play fourth seed Huntingdon at 3 p.m.