CENTRAL, SC (February 17, 2007) --- The Milligan College Buffs’ baseball team lost both games of a doubleheader at Southern Wesleyan College Saturday afternoon to conclude their three-game series. The Buffs lost the opening game 7-4 and dropped the second game 2-1. After the doubleheader, Milligan now holds a 1-5 record while Southern Wesleyan moves to 8-2.

Game 1 Southern Wesleyan 7 Milligan 4

In the opening game of the twin bill, Southern Wesleyan jumped in front 3-0 after one inning. They would add another run to their lead in the second, and three more in the fourth inning.

Milligan answered with a run in the fifth inning when Ben Huff (Bristol, Tenn.) scored on a base hit from Brandon Murphy (Johnson City, Tenn.)

Neither team scored in the sixth inning, but the Buffs mounted a comeback in the top half of the seventh inning. Milligan put three runs on the scoreboard. Two of the runs scored when SWU’s Jeff Vitaris committed an error in center field on a ball hit by Spencer Street (Jonesborough, Tenn.) and brought the tying run to the plate when Baker DeCamp (Miami, Fla.) came to the plate with runners on the corner, but he flied out to right field.

Sophomore Adam Chapman (Jefferson City, Tenn.) suffered the loss. He pitched 1 1/3 innings and allowed four earned runs on one hit with four walks.

To go along with Murphy’s hit, DeCamp, Huff and Ricky Morgan (Johnson City, Tenn.) each added a hit for Milligan.

Tom Potterfield pitched six complete innings for the win and he gave up one run on four hits with four strikeouts.

At the plate for SWU, Kellen Kmiecik went 2-for-2 and scored two runs while Kody Hightower and Brandon Brown each accounted for two RBIs.

Game 2 Southern Wesleyan 2 Milligan 1

A run in the second inning gave Southern Wesleyan the lead and another run in the fifth proved to be too much to overcome for the Buffs.

Milligan would battle and they scored in the sixth inning when Jonathan Ridenour (Alcoa, Tenn.) drove in Danny Bacon (St. Petersburg, Fla.) with a sacrifice fly.

The Buffs’ lone two hits came from Bacon and Garrett Reed (Gray, Tenn.).

On the mound for the Buffs, Nathan Fritz (Kingsport, Tenn.) pitched a complete game and he gave up two runs while scattering six hits with one strikeout.

Brett Hoogkamp pitched 5 1/3 innings of two-hit baseball and he did not allow a run for the win on the mound. Southern Wesleyan’s two runs were scored by Dustin Smith and John Sciullo.

The Buffs will travel to play Pikeville (Ky.) College next Friday and Saturday in a three-game series. The first game of the series is scheduled to begin at 2 p.m. Friday afternoon with a doubleheader followed on Saturday.