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By Michael Hokanson, Sports Information Assistant

CARROLLTON, Ga. – Georgia College Baseball (21-16) dropped a non-conference game after a comeback in the seventh inning put the University of West Georgia (27-10) put the Wolves in the lead. The Bobcats gave up eight runs in the seventh and Wolves took the win, 14-10.

Georgia College started the game on top after they put up one run in the first inning and three in the second, but West Georgia flipped the order when the earned six runs in the bottom of the second inning. The Bobcats began working their way back to the top the following inning when the designated hitter Garrett Green (Bogart) plated a run by doubling to left center. After a scoreless third for the Wolves, Brandon Purcell (Glennville) tied up the game with a double. West Georgia brought in a new pitcher, but he could not stop Matthew Miller (Escondido, California) from breaking the tie with a single that sent two Bobcats home.

Two innings passed without any batter rounding the bases. The Wolves kept the Bobcats at bat in the top of the seventh before they began their return to the top. A walked batter, five singles and a double added eight runs to the Wolves score. The Bobcats tried to recover in the following inning with a sac fly from Tanner Giesel (Naperville, Illinois) and a single from Clayten Ayres (Kennewick, Washington) putting two more runs up on the board. The Wolves may not have added runs in the eighth, but they kept Georgia College from scoring in the final inning, leading to a victory for West Georgia, 14-10.

Miller and Dylan Cook (Portola Valley, California) led the team in scoring with each Bobcat sending in two runs apiece. Ayres, Giesel, Green, Purcell, Logan Mattix (Loganville) and Brandon Benson (Loganville) each had a single RBI of their own. Miller had the best batting average against the Wolves, going 4-for-6; two of those hits were doubles.

The Bobcats sent seven pitchers to the mound throughout the game. Junior Brady Walsh (Marietta) spent the longest time there with just over two innings under his belt against West Georgia tonight, giving up only two hits and facing 10 batters. The final Bobcat pitcher for the evening, Grant Khan (Richmond, Texas), had two strikeouts against the Wolves in just one inning of pitching.

The Bobcats begin another three-game series this weekend when they travel to Savannah to take on Armstrong State University. The first game against the Pirates is scheduled for Friday, April 15, with the first pitch being thrown at 3 p.m.

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