#19 Bobcats Clipped in Extra Innings by Pfeiffer, 9-8
by Tyler Peck, sports information graduate assistant
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MISENHEIMER, N.C. – The No. 19 Bobcat
baseball team at Georgia College & State University (15-9) lost
in 11 innings at Pfeiffer University (17-18) 9-8 Wednesday, as each
team threw six pitchers in the contest.
Georgia College had three batters, first baseman Matt Pitts
(Brunswick, Ga.), third baseman Brett
George (Dacula, Ga.) and second baseman Jason
Veyna (Lamar, Colo.), record two hits each.
The Bobcats put up five runs in the fifth to go up 6-5 as Veyna hit
a three-run homerun, his first as a Bobcat. The second baseman
finished with a team-best three RBI. Also in the fifth, Pitts
singled to score centerfielder Sean
Harrell (Martinez, Ga.) and leftfielder Kyle
Allen (Conyers, Ga.). Harrell had a team-high three
runs scored.
The ‘Cats were up a run, 8-7 going into the bottom of the
eighth when the Falcons’ Myles Pearl hit a solo round-tripper
to tie the game.
The tie stayed intact until the bottom of the 11th, when first
baseman Will Davis led off with a single. After a sacrifice bunt,
Pfeiffer’s Eric Shoemaker hit the game-winning RBI as the
Falcons won 9-8. Davis led the team going 4-for-6 and scoring
twice.
John McDaniel got the win for Pfeiffer as Bobcats’ reliever
Ryan Tabor (Lawrenceville, Ga.) was credited
for the loss (1-1). Tabor went 2 1/3 innings, allowing four hits
and just the one run. Each of GCSU’s six pitchers gave up at
least one score.
Georgia College travels to face conference foe No. 7 USC Aiken
starting with a doubleheader Saturday, March 27 at 3 p.m.
The GCSU Department of Athletics, winners of the 2008-09 PBC
Commissioner's Cup, sponsors 10 varsity athletic programs at the
NCAA Division II level. As a Division II program, Georgia College
prides itself on balancing the life of the student-athlete,
evidenced by the Bobcats' multiple appearances in post-season
competition as well as documented academic success and
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