UNG beats Georgia College in series opener

After the Bobcats pushed a run across in the top of the first, North Georgia went on to bat around and score four runs in the first. Nik Levensteins tied the game with a RBI single that plated Crews Taylor before Riley Frost had a RBI single to take the lead. Connor Frost and Jorge Arispuro backed that up with RBI singles as well to take a 4-1 lead.

The Nighthawks pushed another run home in the fourth off a Kaleb Freeman RBI single and take a 5-1 lead. GC scratched a run across in the eighth on a sacrifice fly to get to the final score.

NOTES

– Cade Heil (4-3) earned the win, going seven innings and allowing just the two runs. Jake Arnold earned his third save of the year, fanning two over his two innings of work.

– Taylor, Arispuro and Tim Conway each had two hits on the day.

– Connor Frost has now reached base in 10 straight games.

NEXT UP

The two teams will finish the series tomorrow with a 1 p.m. doubleheader.