Box Score Despite being down 7-1 in the fourth, LC Baseball stormed back to win 11-7 (Feb. 27).

Game Details
Freshman Logan Willis started on the mound for the Panthers tonight. Wills has a 1-0 W/L record after pitching five innings in the 7-4 victory over Oglethorpe (Feb. 20). In that game, he threw two strikeouts, allowed eight hits and two runs. In the top of the first, the Panthers found themselves with bases loaded and two outs. That was when a walk by Willis brought an Emory runner home. With the Eagles chirping from their dugout, Willis struck out the batter to escape the top of the first only down 1-0. In the second, Logan Willis was swapped out on the mound for junior Nick Morgan. The top of the second finished with the Eagles up 2-0. They scored on a single down the middle that brought in the base runner on second. The Panthers responded with their first points of the day when the Eagles walked Rhett Mixon to bring in Curt Bonner. After two, LC trailed 2-1. In the third, Emory reestablished a two-point advantage when a double to left center allowed an Eagle to score. Emory continued to make contact on the ball in the following inning. In the fourth, the Eagles took a 4-1 lead when a double to center added an Eagle point. The next batter for Emory then hit a three-run homer to put the visitors up 7-1. Nick Morgan was relieved by junior McCain Mangum. Before the fourth could end, McCain was switched out for sophomore Tyson Harnage. With the bases loaded, Harnage prevented Emory from adding to the tally by striking out the Eagles. The Panthers cut their lead to 7-2 after Jackson McElvy hit a fielder's choice RBI to bring Adam Dorn home. Fletcher Hislop then singled up the middle, which drove in Gabriel Pallo. With the bases loaded, Brody Hollingsworth and Fletcher Hislop were both walked, allowing two Panthers to score. Still in the fourth, LC tied the game at 7-7 when two Emory errors on the same play brought in two more Panthers. The fourth finished tied at 7-7. In the fifth, the Panthers took a lead for the first time today when Jorge Fragoso crushed a pitch to the right field fence to drive in Fletcher Hislop. LC finished the fifth up 9-7 thanks to a Brody Hollingsworth single to center that brought Fragoso home. In the top of the sixth, senior Benjamin Epperley came in to replace sophomore Tyson Harnage. The game stayed at 9-7 until Colby Zinser hit a beautiful ball over second base which brought in Jorge Fragoso. Going into the top of the eight, the Panthers led 10-7. LC extended their lead to 11-7 thanks to a sacrifice fly from Fletcher Hislop that drove home Gabriel Pallo. In the ninth inning, senior Benjamin Epperley was relieved by sophomore Eli Folds to finish out the game on the mound. Folds closed out the game and the Panthers would hold on to win 11-7.

The Panther pitchers
Freshman Logan Willis finished the day having faced nine batters, punched one Eagle out and allowed two runs.
In two innings pitched, junior Nick Morgan faced 14 batters, allowed six hits and five runners to score. 
Junior McCain Mangum faced four batters, struck one Eagle out and did not allow a score. 
Sophomore Tyson Harnage pitched in two innings and faced eight batters. The Booklet, Ga. native threw four strikeouts and did not give up a run or hit.
In two innings pitched, senior Benjamin Epperley finished with three strikeouts, only allowed one hit and no runners scored.
Sophomore Eli Folds came into the game during the ninth to close it out.

Next up
The Panthers host Nichols College this Friday at 7 p.m.