FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Friday, March 26, 2010
Contact: Robert Preston, Jr.,
912.260.4276
robert.preston@sgc.edu
Tigers Sweep Double-header, Improve to 25-12
The South Georgia College Tigers refuse to slow down.
Thursday afternoon, they made the short trip to Mount Vernon to face the
Brewton-Parker junior varsity squad and returned home with a pair of wins,
including an 18-13, extra innings slobberknocker in game two.
Jake Gower stepped things up in the first game, an uneventful 8-1 win, with
a three-hit, four-RBI performance that included a two-run home run in the
fifth inning, his first of the year. Chris Thompson, Josh Palmer and David
Reid-Foley also had multiple hits for SGC. A trio of pitchers — Bray Bishop,
Dylan Wall and Bryan Petree — combined for a three-hit, one-run outing.
Bishop (2-0, 7.20), who went four innings and allowed the only
Brewton-Parker run, earned the win.
Game two didn’t go quite as easily as did the first contest. Brewton-Parker
decided enough was enough and touched the first to SGC pitchers, starter
Caleb Lairsey and Phillip Summers, for 13 runs in the first four innings.
While Brewton Parker was scoring in droves, the Tigers weren’t exactly
sitting back and watching helplessly. They were scoring as well, just not at
the same clip as their opponents. SGC plated 10 runs in that same time frame
and headed into the fifth inning trailing by just three runs, 13-10. Head
coach Scott Sims sent reliever Tyler Ross in with one out in the fourth
inning, who stopped Brewton-Parker’s rally. In the fifth, Zach Bennett
entered the game and threw four scoreless innings, which allowed the Tigers
to get back in the game.
SGC tied the score in the seventh on a sacrifice fly by Logan Gaines and a
double by Jake Gower, who was pinch hitting for Jeremy Donaldson, which
forced the game into extra innings. In the top of the eighth, Cole Anderson
led off with a single, followed by a base-hit bunt by Chris Thompson. Stuart
Drew singled to load the bases. Andrew Anderson hit a single, which scored
Cole Anderson and Thompson. Drew scored on a sacrifice fly to center by
David Reid-Foley. With Andrew Anderson on third, Gaines hit a big two-run
home run, his second of the game and sixth of the year, to put the Tigers
ahead 18-13. In the bottom of the frame, Bennett gave up a lead-off walk but
then retired the next three two batters, two on strikeouts, to end the game.
Gaines launched a pair of two-run homers to cap his 3-5, five-RBI
performance. He and Andrew Anderson are now tied for the team lead in home
runs with six each. Gaines, Andrew Anderson, Stuart Drew and Seth Foster all
scored three runs each. Bennett (1-1, 1.69) took the win.
The Tigers’ next six games, all of which are conference games, are on the
road. This weekend, SGC faces Darton in a three-game series in Albany. Next
week, the Tigers travel to Tifton twice to play ABAC before returning home
for a non-conference double-header against East Georgia College on April 6
at 3 p.m. SGC is now 25-12 on the season.
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About South Georgia College
South Georgia College (www.sgc.edu)
was founded in 1906 and is a two-year institution in the University System
of Georgia. Located in Douglas, Ga., the college's environment gives
students exceptional opportunities for interdisciplinary study and close
collaboration with faculty.
