ATLANTA, Ga. - Craig Mobley and Robbie Shelton hit home runs to power LaGrange to a 7-2 win over Oglethorpe at Anderson Field on Friday. It was the 2011 season opener for both teams.

Mobley and Shelton both hit two-run home runs to stake the Panthers to an early 4-0 lead. Shelton added an RBI single in the fifth inning.

Robbie Williams (1-0) pitched five innings to get the win for the Panthers. He allowed four hits and the two earned runs. Williams walked three and struck out three. Sam Briend (0-1) took the loss for the Stormy Petrels.

Doug Scherer followed Williams with three scorless innings. Scherer allowed two hits and struck out four. Mason Webster retired the Petrels in order in the ninth to close out the game.

The Panthers struck for two runs in the first inning. Matt Hvizdzakled off the game with a single to left and moved over to third on an errant pickoff throw by pitcher Sam Briend. Two outs later, Mobley went the opposite way with a two-run home run to right field for a 2-0 lead.

Williams got out of a jam in the second inning. The Petrels had runners on second and third with no outs after Adam Brazenas and Jeff Brothers led off the inning with a single and a double. Williams came back to strike out Joseph Parillo, got Jake Spear on a grounder back to the mound and ended the threat by getting  Andrew Lofholm to fly out.

The Panthers added to their lead in the third inning with another two-out home run. Brent Kinsey doubled with two outs and Shelton followed with his home run to right field to make it 4-0.

Oglethorpe cut the deficit in half in the bottom of the third. Matt Cornwell walked to lead off the inning. Brendan Pilger followed with a two-run home run to right center to make it 4-2.

The Panthers added a run in the top of the fourth inning. Jordan Martinec walked to lead off the inning and moved over to third on a single by Luis Perez. Martinec scored on Anthony Iannetta's ground out to the shortstop to make it 5-2.

Oglethorpe stranded two more runners in the fourth. The Petrels had runners on the corners with two out. Williams got Cornwell to ground out to Shelton at third to end the inning.

The Panthers chased Briend in the fifth inning with two more runs. Hvizdzak walked to lead off the inning and came around to score Shelton's RBI single to right. Shelton later scored on Martinec's two-out single to up the Panthers' lead to 7-2.

The Panthers host nationally-ranked Birmingham-Southern on Tuesday at 3 p.m.