BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - The Panthers defeated the fourth-seeded Oglethorpe Stormy Petrels and avenged their loss to the eighth-seeded Sewanee today to advance to the BSC Pod Championship.
Game one
In a game where the two teams combined for 15 runs it was the Stormy Petrels that got on the board first, but the BSC offense came alive late to scathe off elimination.
Oglethorpe pushed two runs across in the opening inning before the Panthers tied it up in the bottom of the second.
Alfredo Granier and
Andrew Dutton each drove in a run on RBI-singles to tie the game up. The following half inning the Stormy Petrels retook the lead scoring two runs on two hits in the inning.
The Panthers were held scoreless the next three innings but cut the Stormy Petrel lead in half after Granier hit an opposite field homerun to make the game 4-3. Again, Oglethorpe responded scoring two more runs in the top of the seventh to extend their lead to 6-3.
Down to their final six outs the Panther offense found their rhythm and exploded for six runs on four hits.
Andrew Dutton doubled in two runs,
Cole Steadman grounded out that drove in another run,
Noah Best singled in a run, and
Jack Fleming brought around two runs on a single to right field in the inning. The Panthers took a 9-6 lead to the ninth.
Davis Williams set the Stormy Petrels down in order with a 1-2-3 inning to help the Panthers survive and advance in the tournament.
Pitching decisions
WIN:
Davis Williams (4-1)
LOSS: Will Marconi (2-3)
Game two
In game two the Panther offense picked up right where they left off. BSC came out and plated five runs in the bottom of the first inning against Sewanee. Six of the eight hitters in the inning reached base safely. Up 5-0
Carter Tyus twirled three scoreless frames before Sewanee was able to push a run across. Sewanee got on the boar in the fourth inning as they pushed across a single run to cut the BSC lead to 5-1.
The Tigers came right back in the fifth inning and put two more runs on the board to bring it to a two run game. After being held scoreless for three innings BSC got back in the run column with a two-run homerun off the bat of
Noah Best. BSC got the two runs back on one swing of the bat and extended their lead to 7-3. BSC added a run in the sixth and eighth inning enougth to defeat the eight seed Sewanee.
Sewanee scored two runs in the eighth to cut the lead to 9-5 but
Troy Bearden came in, in the ninth to close down the game and help Birmingham-Southern avenge their loss from the day before and advance to the Pod Championship game.
Pitching decisions
WIN:
Carter Tyus (3-0)
LOSS: Hayden Swisher (0-5)
News and notes
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Andrew Dutton finsihes the season going 12-for-20 against Oglethorpe across four games.
> The Panthers have five players with 40 or more RBI.
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Carter Tyus threw a season and career-high seven innings en route to his third win of the season.
Up next
The Panthers will play the fifth-seeded Hendrix Warriors tomorrow at 1 p.m. If the Panthers win the first game the two teams will play the if necessary game 45 minutes following the conclusion of game one.
