March 16, 2013

GGC 14, OSU Lima 6

Freshman Jereid Woods had three of the Grizzlies’ 16 hits on Saturday as the Georgia Gwinnett baseball team finished a four-game sweep of Ohio State-Lima with a 14-6 victory at the Grizzly Baseball Complex.

Eight different players drove in runs for GGC, which remained unbeaten at home with its seventh straight win.

Phillip Bates, Billy Best, Sloan Strickland and Christian Van Camp each had two hits for the Grizzlies (16-6).

Drew Riley picked up his team-leading fifth win on the mound as GGC used six pitchers to finish the series against the Barons.

Georgia Gwinnet outscored Lima throughout the series, 49-16.

The Barons (2-7) tallied the game’s first score in the first inning but GGC responded with four runs of their own in the first and six more in the second.

Lima scored five runs over the next three innings to make it 10-6, but the Grizzlies pushed across two scores in the seventh and two in the eighth to seal the win.

Grizzlies starter Austin Smith struck out four over four innings of work.

Robbie Payne went 1-for-4 on the day to continue a 10-game hitting streak. Payne, Bates, Best and Woods each scored twice.

Bates now has a team-high .460 batting average this season with a 1.229 OPS.

The Grizzlies continue their home stand with a doubleheader Tuesday against Reinhardt University beginning at 4 p.m.