SAUGET, Ill. -- The baseball team dropped two games at Webster on Friday. They lost 2-1 in the opener as Webster scored the winning run in the bottom of the seventh, and they fell 6-5 in 12 innings in game two.
Starting pitcher Jonah Moore went the distance in the first game against Webster as he allowed both earned runs on seven hits.
Greenville went ahead 1-0 in the second inning when a run scored when a ball hit by Danny Strohm was misplayed by the third baseman.
Webster tied the game 1-1 in the bottom of the second inning.
The Panthers jumped ahead 2-0 in the second game when Mike Hardin hit a two-run homer. They added to the lead in the top of the third on an error on a ball put in play by Shane Olmsted.
Webster tied the game 3-3 with a three run third inning.
Travis Ralls recorded an RBI double in the fourth inning to give Greenville the lead again.
The Panthers tacked on their fifth run on a run-scoring groundout by Hardin in the seventh.
Webster posted the tying runs in the bottom of the eighth.
The Panthers (8-10, 0-2 SLIAC) travel to Westminster on Saturday for a doubleheader.