No. 8 Bobcats rip through PBC
On March 13, the ‘Cats faced North Georgia College and State University in a home game and defeated the Saints 5-1. Then on March 14, Georgia College faced NGCSU in a double header. The Bobcats won the first game 11-6, and then were able to defeat the Saints again 6-2. This gave the ‘Cats a 3-0 win in the series against North Georgia.
“Our offense is good,” said Head Coach Tom Carty. “We are starting to do some better situational hitting which is important for us to score runs.”
The Bobcats were on the road to play the University of West Georgia on March 18 and defeated the Wolves 9-8.
GCSU remained on the road to play the University of South Carolina at Aiken in a three game series. On March 20, the Bobcats won the first game of the series 12-10.
Later on that day, the ‘Cats played the Pacers in their second game but were defeated by USC Aiken 13-6. Then on March 21, the Bobcats played the Pacers for a third game but were defeated again by USC Aiken 10-2, causing GCSU to lose the series.
The Bobcats played their third series in a row on the road against Barton College in North Carolina on March 24. The ‘Cats defeated the Bulldogs in the first game 7-0. The following day, GCSU defeated Barton again 7-5.
“They were long trips,” said junior pitcher Martin Dewald. “It is always a battle having a long trip and playing the next day.”
The Bobcats returned to their home field to play Lander in a three game series which began on March 29. Lander managed to pull off a victory against the ‘Cats for the first game 4-3.
The ‘Cats and the Bearcats kicked off their second game later the same day. The Bobcats stepped up their efforts and came out victorious against Lander University13-5.
On March 30, the ‘Cats continued to play aggressively and defeated the Bearcats and shutout Lander 11-0. Junior left-handed pitcher Clete Jessup pitched eight shutout innings.
“Baseball is a sport of up and downs like a roller coaster,” said sophomore pitcher Eric Pettepher. “You cannot just live on a loss that you should have won.”
The Bobcats are on the road to face the Francis Marion Patriots in a three-game series on April 10.
“The next two weekends are big for us,” said Coach Carty. “We are in first place and Francis Marion is right behind us, so they are going to come here and try to catch up to us. We can certainly take care of business there and go to Columbus next week.”
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on Apr 3 2009. Filed under Sports.
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