Wednesday, April 4, 2007
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Contact: Travis Jarome, Sports Information Director

NORTH GEORGIA CRUISES TO VICTORY OVER WARRIORS
Saints make 50 appearances at plate, face Columbus State this weekend   

CENTRAL, S.C. – North Georgia College & State University pounded out a season-high 24 hits en route to cruising to a 14-4 victory over Southern Wesleyan in non-conference baseball action here Wednesday evening, giving head coach Tom Cantrell win number 498 in his career.

Andre Airich and Neil Krock paced the Saints with four hits each on the day, with Airich going 4-for-6 on the day (both career-highs for the freshman) with a run scored and five runs batted in. Krock was 4-for-5 with three runs scored and a run batted in, also walking one time.

Along with Airich and Krock, six other Saints' collected multiple hits on the day to assist Kyle Doehrman (1-0) and enable him to pick up his first collegiate victory in his first collegiate start. The redshirt freshman pitched five innings, allowing just one run off of four hits.

Kevin Morrison went 3-for-7 with two runs batted in, while Justin Rickett 2-for-6 with two runs batted in. Daniel Petitti went 3-for-4 with a run batted in, while Brett George went 2-for-3 with two runs batted in. Josh Tate and Creston Warner each added two hit each in the victory. Freshman catcher Brad Hall added a solo homerun late, in his only at-bat of the day.

The Saints blew the game open in the second inning when they plated five runs on six hits. Warner started the inning with a single to left center, advancing to third on a single by Petitti through the right side on a hit-and-run. Krock brought Warner home with a single through the left side, sending Petitti to second with no outs. George then sacrificed both runners over on a bunt, allowing Airich to step to the plate and drive both runners home for a 4-1 North Georgia lead. On the same play, Airich advanced to second on a fielding error by the leftfielder. Tate then grounded out to short to advance Airich to third, when Morrison drove him home with a two-out single through the right side. Morrison stole second, and advanced to third on a throwing error by the catcher. He scored when Rickett doubled to right center for the final run of the inning and a 6-1 North Georgia lead.

North Georgia (23-13, 10-5 PBC) battles Columbus State this weekend in a three-game series starting on Friday at 5 pm. The two teams are tied for second-place in the latest Peach Belt Conference series.

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