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ATLANTA – The Hendrix College baseball team split a Southern Athletic Association double-header at Oglethorpe University on Saturday. The host Stormy Petrels (13-24, 7-13) won the first game 4-0, but the Warriors (18-20, 9-10) rebounded to win the nightcap 4-2.

The series will wrap on Sunday at noon Eastern. With one game left in the regular season, Hendrix sits in fifth place in the SAA standings at 9-10, just behind Rhodes at 10-10. The Warriors will have to travel to Birmingham-Southern or Millsaps next weekend for the opening rounds of the SAA Tournament.

In game two, the Warriors scored in the top of the first when freshman second baseman Charlie St. Clair walked and was driven in on a base hit by junior first baseman Thomas Weber.

The Petrels took a 2-1 lead in the bottom of the frame on a RBI double by Keith Dearden and a sacrifice fly by Cory Leff. Hendrix took the lead in the third when St. Clair and junior center fielder Collin Radack led off with back-to-back singles. Weber knocked in St. Clair with another base hit to tie the game 2-2. Sophomore right fielder Matt Simmons followed with a sac fly, allowing Radack to score the go-ahead run.

The Warriors tacked on another run in the fourth when freshman shortstop Brandon Smith had a lead off base hit, moved to second on a wild pitch, was bunted to third by freshman left fielder Zach Crenshaw and scored on a base hit by St. Clair.

St. Clair went 3-for-3 with two runs scored to lead Hendrix at the plate. Weber had two hits and two driven in.

Sophomore starter Nick Land (4-3) went five innings , giving up just five hits, two runs and a walk to go with three strikeouts. Junior Jacob Perschke picked up his second save of the year by fanning four and allowing one hit in two scoreless innings.  Emmett Goodman (3-6) took the loss for OU.

In game one, Leff, Justin Thigpen and David Langhan combined for a three-hit shutout for the Petrels. Leff (2-5) started and went six and a third, giving up three hits, two walks and four strikeouts to earn the win. Thigpen and Langhan did not allow hit in the final two and two thirds. Hendrix senior Ted Smoyer (5-3) took the loss with four strikeouts, five hits, one earned run and one walk allowed in five innings.

The Petrels scored in the first when right fielder Nick Mania singled and scored on an error. Manai drove in left fielder Will Hanna with a base hit for a run in the fifth. An error and a Jeff Brothers RBI single led to two more runs in the seventh.

Weber, sophomore third baseman Brady Newville and sophomore catcher Seth Mobley recorded a hit each for Hendrix. St. Clair was hit by a pitch twice. Mania and Brothers had two hits apiece for OU.