Atlanta, Ga. – The Owls baseball team shutout Clark Atlanta University in a doubleheader on Saturday, February 29. The W moves to 4-0 on the season with the back-to-back victories.

Game One (W, 10-5)

David Standifer won his first victory on the mound for the Owls this season. The junior right-hander pitched 4.0 innings for four strikeouts, and six hits, two runs, and three walks.

At the bottom of the fifth, Kameron Ferguson pitched for the first time as an Owl. He allowed one hit, three runs, and three walks.

Brady Jones, a junior lefty pitcher, entered the game in the bottom of the fifth in relief to pitch 2.2 innings for three strikeouts, no runs, one hit, and three walks.

At the top of the second, junior Johndavid Birdsong recorded the Owls first homerun of the season. The Montevallo, Ala. native went 3-for-4 at the plate for two runs and four RBIs.

Other standout players were Damain Benefield who collected three RBIs. Collecting two runs each was Leon "Trey" Petite, Heath Ford, and Logan Suggs.

Game Two (W, 16-4)

The Owls kept the winning momentum going in the second game of the day to defeat the Panthers 16-4.

On the mound, Courtlan Frost was credited with the win in game two, pitching five innings for four hits against, one earned run, one homerun, and 10 strikeouts. Ferguson and Logan Suggs each pitched one inning allowing zero runs.

Petite, was most effective at the plate for the Owls, going 2-for-3 at the plate with two runs. Suggs contributed four runs and 6 RBIs to the Owls season. Other contributing players were Birdsong with three runs, Ford with two runs, and tallying one each was Ethan Carrouth, Blake Estabrook, Bret Linton, Reese Wagner, and John McGee.

Coach Wolfe's Thoughts

"I am really proud of our guys! They competed hard all weekend. All preseason we've talked to our guys about competing hard. The depth in our lineup really showed today. We had guys all up and down the lineup contribute in a major way. During game one, David Standifer gave us a quality start, and Brady Jones was phenomenal out of the pen. John David Birdsong had a big game along with several other guys offensively. During game 2, Courtlan Frost competed hard on the mound and was outstanding. Our offense had really mature approaches and that allowed us to score 16 runs. Overall, it was a great weekend for the Owls!"

 Up Next

The Owls will continue their play on the road as they take on the Blue Mountain College, Tuesday, March 3^rd at 1:30 p.m.

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