Carrollton, GA – Scoring in every inning but two, the West Georgia baseball team took down the Paine Lions 8-0 in today's first game of the doubleheader. In the second game, the Wolves shut down the visitors with pitching and good defense for a 4-2 win.

Game 1:
In game one, #Cody Skinner# went the distance pitching all seven innings and allowing only five hits. Skinner also struck out four batters on the day. Skinner kept his pitch count under 100 pitches while throwing his second complete game of the season. This win puts Skinner at 6-3 on the season.

The Wolves took advantage of the four errors made by the Lions in the first game putting up four runs in the bottom of the fourth inning to put the game out of reach for Paine. Paine's two pitchers only gave up a combined two earned runs with all the rest being unearned because of errors committed by the defense.

The Wolves with multi-hits were #Stuart Drew#, #Garrett May#, and #Galen Smith#. May knocked in two runners and Drew had an RBI himself. Other Wolves who contributed were #Tanner Drennan# with two RBI's, #Adam Whitlock# with a hit and two runs scored, and #Justin Croft# who was 1-for-3 with two runs scored. #Keith Borger# also went 1-for-2 with two RBI's and a run scored.

Game 2:
In game two, the Wolves were slow offensively the whole game but did enough to put a run on the board each of the last four innings.

#Chase Riemer# got the start for the Wolves and nearly pitched a second complete game on the day. Riemer went six and a third innings giving up only two hits and one earned run. Riemer also fanned 10 Lions during his outing. Riemer is now 4-1 on the season.

#Max Aeschilmann# came in to finish the game in the top of the seventh. He faced two batters throwing only five pitches to send Paine home with two losses. This was Aeschilmann's first save of the season.

The Wolves who hit well in the second game were #Evan Hester#, who went 2-for-3 with two RBIs and a homerun, and #Adam Whitlock# who went 1-for-2 with a run scored and a RBI. #Keith Borger# had a hit with a run scored and RBI as well. Other Wolves with hits were #Stuart Drew#, #Tanner Drennan#, #Andy Marinelli#, and #Justin Croft#.

The Wolves improve their record to 21-17 now on the season. The Wolves are away next week against Reinhardt on Wednesday April 18 at 6 pm.