Box Score LC Baseball crushed N.C. Wesleyan 17-4 in game one but the tough 25th ranked Battling Bishops stole a 13-3 game two win over the Panthers (March 10).

Game one details
Senior Dalton Brooks started on the mound for the Panthers in game one. The Sharpsburg, Ga. native is 3-0 on the season. In 17 innings pitched, Brooks has allowed 14 hits and only five runs scored. Both teams found early success today. The first inning ended with the Panthers up 3-2. The LC points happened on an RBI single by Colby Zinser. Then, Brody Hollingsworth crushed the ball over the left field fence for a two-run homer. In the bottom of the second, the #25 ranked Battling Bishops jumped out to a 4-3 lead on a pair of RBI doubles (D3Baseball.com rankings). The Panthers recaptured a one-run advantage in the following inning thanks to a two-run homer by Colby ZInser (who also hit two on Sunday, March 3rd). In the fifth, Jorge Fragoso extended the LC lead on an RBI single. Adam Dorn then hit a two-run homer of his own to put the Panthers up 8-4. Going into the bottom of the sixth, Dalton Brooks was relieved on the mound by senior Jack Richards. The Panthers continued to put it on the host Bishops. In the seventh, Carson Burgamy drove in two Panthers on a double to left. After seven, LC held a 10-4 lead. In the following inning, Jorge Fragoso walked home after a wild pitch got loose from the Bishop's catcher. This error opened the scoring floodgates for LC. Two more Panthers scored when the Wesleyan pitcher walked back-to-back batters with the bases loaded. Still in the eighth, a double by Jackson McElvy brought in a pair of Panthers. LC scored two more runs in the eighth, putting the Panthers up 17-4. In the bottom of the inning, Jack Richards was replaced by junior Caden Hare. The game ended in the eighth with the Panthers winning 17-4.

Game two details 
Sophomore Eduardo Peralta was the first Panther to pitch in game two. Peralta has posted a 1-1 W/L record this season. In just over 12 innings pitched, he has allowed 14 hits and seven runs. He also struck out 16 batters. In the first inning, the Panthers carried over their scoring run, going up 1-0. This point came off a Rhett Mixon homer to right field (fourth of the day for LC). The Bishops equalized the game at 1-1 with an RBI single in the second. Over the next two innings, NCW jumped out to a 6-1 lead after hitting two homers and two RBI doubles (second RBI brought in two runners). In the top of the fifth, LC cut the deficit to 6-2 after Colby Zinser hit an RBI single to center. During the bottom of the inning, the Bishops hit a home run, reestablishing a five-point lead. After this hit, sophomore Tyson Harnage came in to relieve Eduardo Peralta. NCW hit another homer and a two-run RBI to go up 10-2 in the fifth inning. Still in the fifth, Harnage rotated out for junior Nash Evans. The Bishops scored one more run to finish the inning up 11-2. In the sixth, the Panthers scored on an RBI by Noah Preuer, cutting the lead to 11-3. In the bottom of the inning, Evans was replaced on the mound by sophomore Eli Folds. In the bottom of the sixth, the Bishops extended their lead to 12-3. NCW scored one more in the seventh to end the game with a 13-3 win for the Bishops.

Panther pitchers
Dalton Brooks pitched in five innings in game one. He finished the day with eight strikeouts, five hits allowed and four runs scored. 
In game one, Jack Richards pitched two innings and faced eight batters. Richards allowed only two hits and did not let the Bishops score.
Caden Hare finished game one for the Panthers. In one inning pitched, Hare struckout one batter and only allowed two hits.
In game two, Eduardo Peralta threw five innings and faced 23 batters. He finished allowing seven hits and seven runs. Peralta also had a strikeout.
Tyson Harnage took over in the fifth inning of game two. In one inning pitched, the Bishops had five hits and three runs.
Nash Evans relieved Harnage in game two for one inning. Evans had one strikeout and allowed one run,
In two innings pitched, Eli Folds allowed two hits and one run. He also struck out two batters

Next game information
The Panthers take on Berry College at home this Tuesday (March 12) at 6 p.m.