The No. 11-ranked Georgia Gwinnett College baseball team flexed its muscles to blast back-to-back home runs while splitting games against two different opponents Friday at the Big League Camp in Marion, North Carolina.

Sophomore Chase Evans connected on a two-run go-ahead home run in the eighth inning and junior Blaze O'Saben circled the bases after hitting another homer as the Grizzlies started the day by defeating Fisher College (Massachusetts) 4-1 in eight innings.

Montreat College (North Carolina) hit a pair of two-run homers of its own to win the nightcap 4-3 in a heated battle.

The Grizzlies (29-11) connected on three home runs during Friday's action.

Junior Jake Defries hit a sacrifice fly to score freshman Braxton Meguiar in the first inning against Fisher (21-21). The Falcons answered with an infield single in the bottom of the first inning.

The morning contest then turned into a pitchers' duel. Sophomore left hander Tyler Clayton stranded runners on third and first bases with one out in the sixth inning to keep the score deadlocked at 1-1.

Evans' go-ahead round tripper in extra innings gave GGC a 3-1 lead. O'Saben followed with his second home run of the season for an insurance run.

Clayton scattered six hits and struck out four batters in a complete-game pitching performance that improves his record to 4-1 on the season.

In the nightcap, GGC jumped out to a 1-0 lead against Montreat with a first-inning RBI double from Evans. The North Carolina team's Daniel Wetmore answered with a two-run homer in the bottom half of the opening frame to give the Cavaliers (29-21) a 2-1 lead.

Senior J.D. Stubbs tied the game at 2-2 with a run-scoring double in the fourth inning. Montreat hit another two-run home run in the fifth inning to take the lead for good.

GGC attempted a rally in the seventh inning when sophomore Joshua Holt Jr. connected on a solo home run with one out to trim the deficit to 4-3.
  The Grizzlies used the long ball to win Friday's opening game in extra innings against Fisher. GGC hit a pair of home runs. With the score tied at 1-1, sophomore Chase Evans connected on a two-run home run down the right field line to give GGC the lead. Junior Blaze O'Saben followed with a homer in consecutive plate appearances.
  Fisher Game
Top of First
Jake Defries hit a sacrifice fly to left field to score Braxton Meguiar
 
Bottom of First
Reynaldo Vega tied the contest at 1-1 with an infield single
 
Top of Eighth
Chase Evans hit a go-ahead two-run home run
Blaze O'Saben connected on a home run to make it back-to-back homers and give the Grizzlies a 4-1 lead
 
Montreat Game
Top of First
Chase Evans hit a run-scoring double to bring home Jake Defries
 
Bottom of First
Daniel Wetmore connected on a two-run home run to left field
 
Top of Fourth
J.D. Stubbs tied the game at 2-2 with a two-out RBI double
 
Bottom of Fifth
Rafael Padilla hit a two-run home run
 
Top of Seventh
Joshua Holt Jr. hit a solo home run to bring the Grizzlies within a run, 4-3
 

• The Grizzlies had eight hits in each game on Friday
• Sophomore Chase Evans went 4-for-5 and drove in three runs
• GGC combined to hit three hits
• The team picked up its third extra-inning win during the Fisher contest

• GGC stands 29-11 on the season; Fisher is 21-21 this spring; Montreat is 28-21 in 2022
• The Grizzlies were ranked No. 11 in the latest NAIA Top 25 poll
• Fisher and GGC are members of the Continental Athletic Conference

Georgia Gwinnett College is scheduled to conclude the weekend trip by playing Fisher College (Massachusetts) in a doubleheader on Saturday, April 16, from Marion, North Carolina, starting at 11 a.m.