The nationally ranked Georgia Gwinnett College baseball team registered its 20th win of the 2022 season with a commanding 12-0 victory in seven innings against Toccoa Falls College (Georgia) on Saturday afternoon from the Grizzly Baseball Complex.

The Grizzlies (20-4), ranked No. 5 in the NAIA Top 25 poll, scored runs in four of their six offensive innings and collected 12 hits, with each starting player getting on base in the game.

GGC jumped out to an 8-0 lead through four innings. Senior Livingston Morris drove in a pair of runs with a double in the third inning. He later scored on an RBI single from junior Myles McKisic and the team also pushed three runs across in the fourth inning.

Junior Jake Defries hit a run-scoring single to center field before sophomore Chase Evans collected an RBI double. Morris recorded his third RBI of the contest with a sacrifice fly to cap the team's early offensive output. He finished the game with four RBI and scored two runs.

The hosts added four runs in the fifth inning to cap the scoring.

That was enough offense to support senior starting pitcher Kevin Kyle, who struck out nine batters and allowed just three hits in the shutout. The right hander improved to 6-0 on the season.

Four Grizzlies recorded two hits: Freshman Braxton Meguiar, who scored a pair of runs; Defries, who also scored twice; senior J.D. Stubbs; and McKisic.


  The Grizzlies scored three runs in the third and fourth innings while building an 8-0 lead. Senior Livingston Morris drove in a pair of runs with a double in the third inning. He added a sacrifice fly one inning later.
  Bottom of Second
J.D. Stubbs opened the scoring with a single through the right side
Joshua Holt Jr. gave the Grizzlies a 2-0 lead with an RBI double
 
Bottom of Third
Livingston Morris drove in a pair of runs with a double
Myles McKisic brought home Livingston Morris with a run-scoring single
 
Bottom of Fourth
Jake Defries hit an RBI single to center field
Chase Evans added a run-scoring double down the right field line to give the Grizzlies a 7-0 lead
Livingston Morris capped the team's three-run inning with a sacrifice fly
 

• The Grizzlies outhit Toccoa Falls by a 12-3 margin
• GGC recorded four doubles
• Junior Blaze O'Saben reached base three times after getting by a pitch in those plate appearances

• GGC improves to 20-4 on the season; Toccoa Falls fall to 8-22
• The Grizzlies were ranked No. 5 in the first NAIA Top 25 regular-season poll
• GGC leads the series history with the Screaming Eagles by a 10-3 edge

Georgia Gwinnett College is scheduled to play Faulkner University (Alabama) and No. 2 Tennessee Wesleyan University on Sunday, March 20, from the Grizzly Baseball Complex, starting at 2 p.m.