![Emory Baseball Drops a 7-5 Decision at Oglethorpe](/sports/bsb/2009-10/photos/EslerPhotos/Cohn_Swinging.jpg?max_width=450)
The Emory University baseball team suffered its first loss of
the season on Sunday, falling 7-5 at Oglethorpe
University.
After both teams battled through a pair of scoreless innings,
Oglethorpe broke through with a pair of runs off Emory starter
Paul Schwendel in the third on a bases-loaded walk
and a fielder choice. The Stormy Petrels would put up another
run in the fourth on an RBI groundout to take a 3-0 lead.
The Eagles would score all of their runs in the fifth inning,
including a RBI double for Gabe Shivers, a
run-scoring single for Ryan Jones, a two-RBI
double from Andrew Cohn, and an RBI single from
Patrick Riebsame.
Freshman Jason Edwards, making his collegiate
debut, entered the game in relief of Schwendel with two outs in the
fourth inning, and kept Oglethorpe off the board with just two hits
and two walks allowed with four strikeouts through his first
three-and-two-thirds innings on the mound. However, in the
eighth, Edwards allowed three runs on two hits and a walk,
including the go-ahead run, to give the Stormy Petrels the
lead. Emory would go down one-two-three in the top of the
ninth to end the game.
Cohn finished the game one-for-four with two RBIs, and has now
driven in six runs through his first two games. Riebsame,
Shivers and Jones each had a pair of hits, as the Eagles totaled
eight hits, just a day after posting 17 hits against the Stormy
Petrels.
With the loss, Emory falls to 1-1 on the campaign, while Oglethorpe
improved to 1-2.
The Eagles will return to action on Friday at 2:00 PM, as the
Eagles will host their first game of the Rawlings Southern Classic
against York College (Pa.).