NEWBERRY – The Newberry College baseball team (7-16,3-6 SAC) fell at home to the visiting Bobcats of Georgia College (13-10, 4-2 PBC) 9-7 Tuesday evening at the Smith Rd. Complex.
 
Senior first baseman Henry Gibson drove in four runs on the evening for the Wolves. Junior outfielder Donovan Ford jumped into third place in the all-time career stolen base list as he stole third in the bottom of the fourth inning.
 
After giving up a run in the top of the first, the Wolves would answer with three runs in the bottom half starting with an RBI single from Kade Faircloth to make it 1-1. On the next at-bat, Gibson would hit a single up the middle that would score two and give the Wolves a 3-1 lead.
 
The Bobcats would score a run in the second and the third to tie it back up at 3-3 before Faircloth would get his second rbi on a sacrifice fly to make it 4-3.
 
The Bobcats would regain the lead with a three-run top of the fourth to make it 6-4. In the bottom half of the fourth, Ford would rip a double down the left field line to cut their deficit to 6-5.
 
The Bobcats would score two more runs in the top of the seventh inning to increase their lead to 8-5. The Wolves would fight back by adding two runs in the bottom half on a Gibson sacrifice bunt that would score two runs to make it 8-7.
 
The Bobcats would score an extra run in the top of the eighth to extend the lead to 9-7 and hold on to get a win.
 
Up Next.
The Wolves are back on the diamond tomorrow as they will travel down to Aiken to face the Pacers of USC Aiken. The first pitch is scheduled at 6:00 p.m., from Roberto Hernandez Stadium