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LaGrange LAGRANGE 14-17
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Winner Piedmont PIEDMONT 20-9
LaGrange LAGRANGE
14-17
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Final
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Piedmont PIEDMONT
20-9
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
LaGrange LAGRANGE 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 6 1
Piedmont PIEDMONT 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 X 3 7 2

W: Swartz, Zeke (4-1) L: J. Chiesa (4-4)

Game Recap: Baseball | | Danielle Percival: Assistant A.D. of Communications

Swartz Throws Complete Game in 3-1 Win Over LaGrange

NEED TO KNOW:
Score: Piedmont 3, LaGrange 1
Records: Piedmont, 20-9 (7-3 CCS); LaGrange, 14-17 (6-4 CCS)

DEMOREST, Ga. - Piedmont senior Zeke Swartz tossed a complete game in the Lions' 3-1 win over LaGrange Friday evening. Swartz allowed just six hits and one unearned run while striking out 12 batters. 

Swartz worked a 1-2-3 inning in both the first and the second as he struck out the side in the second. Piedmont was the first to record a hit in the game in the bottom of the second but it took until the fourth for a run to come across. 

With the bases loaded and Tucker Ausband at the plate, a wild pitch drove in the first run of the game. Swartz struck out two more in the fifth to have eight strikeouts through 18 batters faced.

The Panthers struck in the sixth inning after a pair of singles and an error to tie the game, but the run was unearned. 

Piedmont was not deterred coming back with their own run in the home half of the inning to take back the lead and added another in the seventh for good measure. 

After another three up, three down inning in the eighth, Swartz was given the green light to close out the contest and did so with another quick inning in the ninth. 

Up next, Piedmont will continue the series with LaGrange on Saturday with first pitch set for 2 p.m.
 
TURNING POINT:
- LaGrange tied the contest at one in the sixth inning but Piedmont was able to rally in the home half to score one run on one hit and a pair of walks to reclaim the lead. 

STANDOUT PERFORMANCES:
- Zeke Swartz threw the complete game closing out the ninth inning with a 1-2-3 frame and ended the contest on a strikeout. 
- A Tucker Ausband single in the sixth proved to be the game-winning hit as he drove in Cole Ellis for a 2-1 advantage. 

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