Baseball falls in two at Memphis
The baseball team completed their season-opening trip to Rhodes with an 8-2 loss to Augustana in game one followed by a 14-4 loss to Rhodes in game two.
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greenville | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 |
| Augustana (Ill.) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 8 | 10 | 2 |
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greenville | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 5 |
| Rhodes | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 1 |
Team Stats
Greenville
Augustana (Ill.)
Rhodes
MEMPHIS, Tenn. - The baseball team completed their season-opening trip to Rhodes with an 8-2 loss to Augustana in game one followed by a 14-4 loss to Rhodes in game two.
Game one remained scoreless through two and a half innings before Augustana took a 1-0 lead in the third, led 7-0 after four, and held an 8-0 advantage after five. The Panthers posted single runs in the top of the seventh and eighth innings.
Snyder Pennington went 4-for-5 with one RBI, and Trent Morgenstern batted 1-for-3 with one RBI.
Braden Maltbie allowed six runs, five earned over 3.2 innings for the loss.
Against the Lynx, Greenville fell behind 2-0 after one, 3-0 after two, and 6-0 after four before scoring three runs in the top of the fifth.
Rhodes added three in the bottom of the fifth, and the Panthers tallied a run in the top of the six before Rhodes ended the game with five runs in the bottom of the eighth.
S. Pennington provided a 2-for-4 hitting effort, and R. Pennington was 1-for-4 with two RBI.
Cade Buehnerkemper permitted six runs, four earned, over four innings to receive credit for the loss.
The Panthers (0-3) will return to action at home on Feb. 23 against Central at Robert E. Smith Field.