MOUNT VERNON, Ga. – Brewton-Parker Baseball hosted Middle Georgia for the final SSAC series of the regular season, opening with a single nine-inning contest on Thursday night.

The Barons (18-27, 10-18 SSAC) fell 8-4 to the Knights (23-22, 14-14 SSAC) in Mount Vernon.

How It Happened | BPC 4, MGSU 8

After a scoreless first inning, Middle Georgia put a run on the board first with a home run over the left field fence. In the bottom of the third, Jordan Rahn picked up a leadoff double and an RBI single from Jack Morris brought Rahn home to tie the game up 1-1. J. Reid Phillips pinch ran for Morris and advanced to third on a single from Carson Kirby followed by an error. A sacrifice fly from Kyran Coleman got Phillips home to give the Barons a 2-1 lead.

Middle Georgia responded in the fourth inning with a series of three hits and two runs to take a 3-2 lead. The Knights kept the momentum going in the sixth inning with a series of hits and a three-run homer to extend the Barons deficit to 8-2.

In the bottom of the sixth, the Barons pushed two runs home on three-straight doubles to open the inning with barrels from Coleman, Tate Worrell, and Kennard Dawson cutting the deficit in half. The Barons were unable to get the offense going in the last three innings and ended the game losing 8-4.bThe Barons will finish the series against Middle Georgia with a doubleheader tomorrow starting at 1:00 p.m. ET.(Courtesy of BPC)