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Carson Burgamy3
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Carson Burgamy
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Piedmont PIEDMONT 24-11, 10-4 CCS
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Winner LaGrange LAGRANGE 17-15, 6-8 CCS
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LaGrange LAGRANGE
17-15, 6-8 CCS
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Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Piedmont PIEDMONT 3 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 11 1
LaGrange LAGRANGE 1 1 3 0 2 0 0 0 1 8 14 3

W: Chiesa, Josiah (3-0) L: Harris Bryson (2-2)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Panthers win series over nationally-ranked Piedmont on Saturday

LAGRANGE, Ga. – The LaGrange College baseball team was victorious in their three-game series against 14th-ranked Piedmont University, winning game two 8-7 in walk-off fashion in Collegiate Conference of the South (CCS) action on Saturday afternoon at Cleaveland Field in Phil Williamson Stadium in LaGrange, Ga.

THE BASICS
Score:                  LaGrange 8, Piedmont 7
Records:             Panthers 17-15, 6-8 CCS | Lions 24-11 10-4 CCS  

HOW IT HAPPENED
  • The Panthers once again fell behind 3-0 in the top of the first, as the Lions got their bats going early.
  • Seniors Curt Bonner (Cartersville, Ga.) and Jackson McElvy (Kennesaw, Ga.) got LaGrange on the board in the first and second innings as they  each drove in a run to make it 3-2 Lions after two.
  • Piedmont continued the offensive showcase as they went up 7-2 in the top of the third inning.
  • The Panthers refused to quit, coming together for five runs in the next couple innings to tie it up 7-7 after five.
  • In the bottom of the ninth inning with a man on third, senior Carson Burgamy (Woodstock, Ga.) stepped up to the plate. With an 0-1 count and the game on the line, Burgamy laid down the epic swing to send the entire Cleaveland Field crowd into a jubilant frenzy as he drove a sac-fly deep enough to bring home the game-winner and take the series over one of the nation's top teams in the Piedmont University Lions.
  • Sophomore pitcher Josiah Chiesa (Dalton, Ga.) earned back-to-back victories for the Panthers as he helped secure the final outs in the top of the ninth inning.
UP NEXT
  • LaGrange and Piedmont are back on the field on Sunday when they face off in game three of the series. First pitch is set for 2:00 p.m. at Cleaveland Field in Phil Williamson Stadium.
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