South Charlotte Panthers

The 2010 Panthers returned to Winthrop University to face the Carolina Sand Gnats in a 9 inning game on Monday, June 16.

GAME 1

SC Panthers  9...............................................................9.....12.....1

Sand Gnats  2................................................................2......4.......1

The Cats jumped out to an early lead and did not look back in the 9-2 victory over the Gnats. Starting pitcher Andy Wilson (4-0) picked up his fourth win of the season and was followed by 6 other Panther pitchers as the pitching staff prepared to travel to Jupiter later in the week. The staff carried a no hitter into the seventh and gave up 4 hits in 9 innings to the solid visitors from Columbia. Jesse Brewer struck out 3 in 2 innings of work.

In an open substitution game the Cat hitters pounded out 12 hits for the game. Ty Linton supplied the big blow with a 3 run HR in the first. Panthers having multi hit games were Brett Austin and Rafael Gonzalez.

The win took the junior Cats record to 12-4 on the season

EAST COBB SHOWCASE - UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA

The 2009 Panthers traveled west to Georgia to compete in the University of Georgia Showcase.

GAME 1

SC Panthers  5

East Cobb Cubs  1

The 09 Panthers took a little revenge on the 09 Cubs as they faced them for the third time in a week with a 5-1 victory. SS Seth Neely hammered two home runs including a grand slam and accounted for all of the Panther runs with 5 RBIs. Starting pitcher Justin Setzer pitched 5 strong innings for his fourth victory of the season. Reliever Kurt Semeniuk finished things up on the mound.

GAME 2

SC Panthers  9

Team Elite  5

The Panther bats came alive in game 2 in a victory over Team Elite. Casey Gebhardt led the offense with a 2 run triple and RBI single. C Matt Lee collected a pair of hits as did Drew Casella. Starting pitcher Corbin Shive (1-0) earned the win with 5 innings of work and helped his cause with a deep homer to center. Jake Watson finished things up for the senior Cats eighth victory of the year.

GAME 3

SC Panthers  10...............................................................10.....14.....7

DCB Tigers  10..................................................................10.....7.....2

The Panthers took a 10-4 lead into the 5th inning only to see the relief pitching and defense fall apart before holding on for a 10-10 tie. Tyler Tewell Closed the last three up and three down to stop the bleeding. Leading hitters for the Panthers were Casey Gebhardt 2-3; Spencer Shuey 2-3 and Rafael Gonzalez 2-3. Drew Casella had a 3 run double.

GAME 4

SC Panthers  5.....................................................................5.....8.....2

East Cobb Astros  1.............................................................1.....3.....1

Corey Roberts (2-1) pitched a complete game gem allowing one run on three hits while striking out 5. Tyler Zupcic led the hitters going 2-4 while 7 other Panthers; Tyler Miller, Rafael Gonzalez, Seth Neely, Corbin Shive, Tyler Tewell, Casey Gebhardt and Drew Casella; all collected hits in the win at the UGA Stadium.

SCP 2009 (9-2-3)