The Lynx began their 3-game series vs. the Oglethorpe Stormy Petrels this afternoon, winning by a score of 11-6.
Sophomore
Mick Arney made an emergency start after a late scratch of
Nick Ferazzi, and he did his job, pitching four and one-third innings and keeping the Lynx in the ballgame.
The Lynx bats came out hot to start the weekend, as they put up 4 runs in the third inning, led by
John McNair's 3-run homer. In the fifth, sophomore
Malcolm Rohlfing knocked in
Gunnar Vachris to knot the score at 5 with an RBI groundout.
The seventh inning, however, was when the Lynx blew the game open. After a lengthy at-bat of spoiling a slew of 2-strike pitches,
Ben Burkhart lined an RBI single to left field, scoring
Dante Messina,
Gunnar Vachris then singled home Burkhart from second.
Malcolm Rohlfing then stepped to the plate and crushed a 3-run homer, putting the Lynx up by a score of 10-5. The Lynx scored again in the eighth, as
John McNair plated
Dante Messina on an RBI groundout.
Freshman William May collected his second win of the season, relieving
Mick Arney and tossing 3 ⅔ innings, allowing 0 runs on only 1 hit, striking out 3.
Thomas LeMaster came in in the ninth, sealing the win for the Lynx.