LaGrange, GA- The NC Wesleyan baseball team fell just short in the weekend series at LaGrange. In Game 1 of the series, the Bishop bats got off to a scorching start. In a 12-3 beatdown, Wesleyan had 4 players with multiple hits including Davie Morgan and Drifton Padgett with 3 each. With Padgett's 3 hits, he contributed 3 RBIs for the Bishops. Jean Legreca also had a 3 RBI game and 3rd basemen Javier Quintana went yard for a 2-run blast. In the lead-off spot, Junior Tyson Bass reached base in 3 of his 4 at-bats with a walk and a multi-hit game.
On the mound, Junior Danny Thompson was lights out tossing 7 innings while striking out 3 Panthers and allowing 3 runs.
In game 2, which ended up being the most contested of the weekend, the Bishops got walked off in the 9th with a heartbreaking 4-3 loss. Starting pitching was once again the driving force for the Bishops in this one with Junior Payne Stoldworth throwing 7 innings of 3-run baseball to give Wesleyan a shot late. While the outcome was not in the Bishop's favor, there were many high spots during the 2nd game. Luke Chung had an impressive 2 hit game with 1 of the 3 RBIs for Wesleyan. Davie Morgan was also able to continue his hot streak with a 2/4 ballgame that gave him a multi-hit game in every contest this week.
On Sunday, the game was never really in Wesleyan's favor with the pitching struggling in a 15-9 loss. Senior Zach Lyon was able to get 3 hits and 3 RBIs for the game, however, and Jackson Hobbs also was able to contribute 3 hits as well.