Visiting Oglethorpe topped LaGrange 4-2 on Wednesday at Cleaveland Field in Williamson Stadium.

The game was the first of a four-game homestand for the Panthers (11-20). The Panthers host N.C. Wesleyan in a three-game series starting with a doubleheader Friday.

Justin Yestrumsky (2-6) started on the mound for the Panthers. He pitched into the sixth inning, allowing the four runs, but only two were earned. Yestrumsky walked four and struck out six.

Blake Schuck pitched 1-2/3 innings, walking two and striking out three. Gage Mooney lowered his ERA to 1.07 with two scoreless innings. Mooney has allowed only two earned runs in the last 21-1/3 innings he has pitched.

The Panthers had six hits in the game. Keith Sims was the only Panther with two hits.

The Stormy Petrels (17-19) got a run off Yestrumsky in the first inning for a quick 1-0 lead. The Panthers got the run back in their half of the inning.

Sims reached on a one out infield single, then stole second. He came around to score as Alec Redden reached on an error to make it 1-1.

The game remained tied until the sixth. Oglethorpe pushed across three runs in the inning, needing only one hit and benefitting from a Panther error. 

The Panthers got one of the runs back in the eighth inning. Alec Redden singled, took second on a wild pitch and went to third on a base hit by Cain Sauls. Redden came home on an error to make it 4-2.