The baseball team competed in a double-header at Georgia Gwinnett College on Saturday. The men fell 4-3 in the early game but bounced back with a 4-1 victory in the late game, earning a split with the Grizzlies.
In the early game, the Eagles fell behind 2-0 after two innings until junior Daniel Iturrey made a two-RBI double to even the score in the fourth.
In the sixth inning, things were looking up and the Eagles were ahead.
Junior Jared Kahn led the charge when he scored the go-ahead run on a second error. Emory was at a 3-2 advantage. The bottom of the sixth brought Emory back down when Georgia Gwinnett scored a pair of runs and maintained their lead through a scoreless top of the seventh.
In the later contest, freshman pitcher Paul Merolla left Georgia Gwinnett with six scoreless innings, scattered seven hits and a walk while striking out four and improved to 4-1 this year while lowering his ERA to 3.78.
The game was largely keyed by his contribution.
Freshman second baseman Dylan Eisner pushed Emory to a 1-0 lead on a two-out RBI in the second inning.
Two more runs were added in the fifth, one on an RBI single from freshman Chris Slivka and the other by junior outfielder Brandon Hannon when he scored on an error.
A final run was made in the seventh on an RBI single from sophomore Chris Brown.
The Grizzlies scored their only run of the game in the bottom of the seventh.
"We're a young team and we've shown that we have the potential to win against anybody, we just have to work on consistently delivering our best on the field," sophomore right-handed pitcher Graham Bloomsmith said.
Emory stands at 17-14 this season after the double-header. Georgia Gwinnett currently has a record of 26-19.
The Eagles have come out with splits in all of the four scheduled doubleheaders they have played this season.
Next, the Eagles will be hosting Oglethorpe University on Tuesday, April 16 at 3:00 PM at Chappell Park. This will mark the beginning of a four-game home stand for the men.
– By Nicola Braginsky
Photo by Lauren Arsenault
