MILLEDGEVILLE, Ga. - University of Southern Indiana Baseball dropped a tough outing to Georgia College Tuesday afternoon, 13-2. The Screaming Eagles were held to just six hits on the afternoon.
The Bobcats struck immediately in the first frame, dinging senior starter
Chase Partain (Evansville, Indiana) for four runs (three earned) on four hits after back-to-back outs toward senior second baseman
Jacob Fleming (Evansville, Indiana).
Fleming hit a lead-off double and scored the first USI run in the third inning thanks to an RBI single to right-center by junior third baseman
Kobe Stephens (Dale, Indiana).Â
Georgia College dropped six more on the Eagles in the fifth inning. Partain left the outing after four innings-pitched and the first two batters of the fifth, eight hits, four earned runs and a strikeout.
Junior rightfielder
Manny Lopez (Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic) added the second USI run in the ninth, getting on with a lead-off triple, then scoring on a wild pitch.
USI Baseball returns to action Wednesday in a 1 p.m. (CST) matchup with Young Harris College.