Unbeaten and No. 12-ranked Tennessee Wesleyan University collected 10 hits in defeating No. 3 Georgia Gwinnett College 8-3 in baseball action on Wednesday afternoon at the Grizzly Baseball Complex.

Tennessee Wesleyan (11-0) scored runs in six of the nine innings. The Bulldogs built a 7-0 lead in the seventh inning after scoring two runs in the second and third innings. They pushed across a run in the fourth, sixth, seventh and ninth frames.

It took GGC (4-3) until the seventh inning to get on the scoreboard, with a two-run double from senior Brenton Burgess. One inning later, freshman Ali LaPread hit a run-scoring single.

TWU outhit the Grizzlies 10-to-5 in the game.
 
Turning Point
Tennessee Wesleyan grabbed early momentum of the game with a two-run home run by Adrian Marquez in the top of the second inning. The Bulldogs would later add two more runs in the third inning and another single tally in the fourth inning to build a 5-0 lead.
 


Key Plays
Top of Second
Adrian Marquez hit a two-run home run to give Tennessee Wesleyan an early lead
 
Top of Third
Dan Fry gave the visitors a 3-0 lead with a double
 
Bottom of Seventh
Brenton Burgess drove home a pair of runs for GGC with a double
 
Bottom of Eighth
Ali LaPread hit a RBI single to right field to give the Grizzlies their third run of the game
 
Inside The Numbers

• Tennessee Wesleyan outhit the Grizzlies 10-to-5 in the game
• Senior Brenton Burgess collected two hits and drove in two runs with a double
• The Bulldogs committed two errors

News & Notes

• GGC drops to 4-3 on the season; Tennessee Wesleyan improves to 11-0
• Georgia Gwinnett College was ranked No. 3 in the NAIA Preseason Top 25 poll; Tennessee Wesleyan stood No. 12 in the same poll
• GGC leads the series with the Bulldogs by a 6-to-4 margin, including a 5-1 mark in Lawrenceville

Up Next
Georgia Gwinnett College begins a three-game home series against No. 18-ranked Webber International University (Fla.) on Friday, Feb. 15, at 4 p.m. at the Grizzly Baseball Complex.