Ashley Garcia, Sports Writer
The Wingate Bulldogs began their baseball season at home with a 12-3 and 3-2 win in a doubleheader against the University of West Georgia Wolves. The next day, the Bulldogs beat the Wolves again with a score of 8-5.
In the fourth and fifth innings of the first game, seniors Andrew Llewellyn and Tanner Forry both hit a home run. In the third game, Forry hit another home run.
“I thought we pitched it very well today, and that was the big part we did today,” said Wingate Head Coach Jeff Gregory. “Obviously in the first game, we swung it really well and in the second game I thought our guys did a great job with the pitching.”
Pitcher Austin Turgeon played six innings with eight strikeouts in the first game and David Nash pitched for the first five innings in the third game.“Even though I made some mistakes, our team was still able to score some runs,” Turgeon said.
But it was the freshman that really stepped up in the three games.
Junior McCann Mellett said, “I thought personally that a lot of freshmen would help us out this year, and I knew they would in the first weekend. And I’m very pleased that they did.”
After practicing since the beginning of August and winning three games on opening weekend, the team was very happy and proud of how the games turned out.
“It felt good to get out here and play somebody else. It felt good to get out on to the plate,” shortstop Reece Daniel said.
With their record being 3-0, the team expects the season to be very successful, but also be able to fix mistakes along the way.
“With this group that we have together this year, I’m expecting this season to be really successful. Even though we won our first three games, we still have a lot to clean up and to get better,” said David Nash.
The Bulldogs will return home to play a three-game series against Erskine College on Feb. 14 and 15, with two games on the 15th.
Edited by Brendan Shriver
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