Milledgeville, GA – Southern Wesleyan fell to the Georgia College Bobcats on Tuesday afternoon in an 11-6 final score.
The Warriors collected 14 hits in the loss to the Bobcats with
Josh Galloway leading the team with four.
DJ Ludwick followed Galloway with three hits. Galloway had a double and Ludwick tripled. Both
Parker Pillsbury and Ludwick hit home runs during the game. Ludwick led the team with four of the six RBIs.
Will Pitts was the lone Warrior to walk and four Warriors stole bases.
Jake Wisniewski started the game against the Bobcats for the Warriors. Wisniewski pitched five innings while striking out seven batters.
Andrew Patterson,
Aaron Bennett and
Beau Shaw came in to pitch in relief for Southern Wesleyan.
Game Vitals
Final: Georgia College 11, Southern Wesleyan 6
Records: Southern Wesleyan (6-20) Georgia College (16-9)
How It Happened
Southern Wesleyan took the first run of the game in the top of the first inning. With two outs,
Parker Pillsbury hit his first home run of the season to give the Warriors a 1-0 run lead.
Georgia College countered in the bottom of the first inning with a grand slam by Brown to give them a 4-1 run lead.
The Warriors fought back as
DJ Ludwick homered in the top of the second inning to allow the Warriors to cut the Bobcats lead in half.
Southern Wesleyan continued to challenge the Bobcats. With one out,
Josh Galloway singled to short stop.
Zach O'Malley singled to right field to allow Galloway to advance to third. O'Malley then stole second to put both runners in scoring position.
Jordan Montgomery was hit by a pitch to load up the bases. With the bases loaded,
DJ Ludwick tripled to left field to bring Galloway, O'Malley and Montgomery in to score. A single to left field by
Sean Sutay allowed Ludwick to score to give the Warriors a 6-4 run advantage.
However, Georgia College walked away with the victory after scoring runs in the bottom of the sixth, seventh and eighth innings to win the game in a 11-6 final.
What's Next
Southern Wesleyan will remain on the road as they travel to Murfreesboro, NC to take on the Chowan Hawks on March 25-26. They will then travel to Toccoa Falls, GA on March 29 to take on the Toccoa Falls Screaming Eagles in a double header starting at 2:30 p.m. The Warriors will return home on April 1-2 as they host the Francis Marion Patriots.
