Mile's Lee's two-run single in the eighth inning gave LaGrange a 7-6 come-from-behind win over Emory at Cleaveland Field on Tuesday night. The Panthers finished the regular season 21-19, while the Eagles dropped to 26-17.

The Panthers finished with a 19-5 home record. They will face Piedmont on Friday at 3 p.m. in the first game of the Great South Athletic Conference Championship Tournament hosted by Maryville College in Maryville, Tenn. The Panthers are the defending tournament champion.

Lee's hit capped a three-run rally in the eighth inning. Bobby Woodall opened the inning with a single off Matt McMahon (4-3) and one out later, Jordan Martinec added a single. Kevin McCrary singled up the middle to score pinch-runner Phil Woods to make it 6-4.

Mike Bitanga relieved McMahon and got Anthony Iannetta to ground out as the runners moved up to second and third. Lee hit a one-hopper toward shortstop Jonathan Reilly. The ball took a high bounce off the edge of the infield and into left field, allowing Martinec and McCrary to score to put the Panthers in front 7-6.

J.J. Martone (2-0) pitched around a lead off infield hit by Kevin O'Conner in the ninth inning. O'Conner reached third on a balk and a ground out, but Martone struck out Andrew Cohn to end the game.

Martone had entered the game in the eighth inning in relief of Kenneth Strack with the bases loaded and one out. He struck out Brandon Hannon for the second out and got Reilly to line out to third to end the inning.

The Panthers had taken a 2-0 lead in the second inning. Bobby Woodall led off the inning with home run to right field, his fourth of the year. Iannetta drove in Craig Mobley with a two-out single to right for a 2-0 lead.

Emory answered with three runs in the third inning off starter Henry Jacobs. The Eagles were helped by two Panther errors in the inning, leading to two unearned runs.

The Eagles added two runs in the fourth inning and another in the fifth off Neil Smith, who relieved Jacobs, to go up 6-2. Jared Welch had a two-out two-run double in the fourth.

Strack entered in the sixth inning and pitched into the eighth before giving way to Martone. Strack allowed four hits, walked one and struck out one in 2-1/3 innings.

The Panthers had 10 hits in the game. Woodall and Brent Kinsey each had two hits. David Miller had his team-leading 12th double of the season.