DAHLONEGA | The University of North Georgia baseball team won a weather-shortened five inning game over Emmanuel, 5-1, Saturday night at Bob Stein Stadium. The game saw over 2.5 hours of delays before being called after the top half of the fifth inning.
 
Emmanuel put the first run of the game on the board in the top half of the inning. After loading the bases, Stephen Skeggs shot a single to right center to score Jonah Reyes that put the Lions up, 1-0.
 
UNG tied it up moments later. After a leadoff walk drawn by Devin Gearhart and a single by Joshua Profit, Gearhart scored on a passed ball to draw even with the Lions. After a 1:07 rain delay, the Nighthawks jumped back on the scoreboard on a Trevor Sams sacrifice fly, putting UNG on top, 2-1.
 
Joshua Peterson kept the runs coming in the second as he hit his third homer of the season, a no-doubter to right center that stretched the Nighthawk lead to 4-1.
 
After a leadoff single, Peterson would score his second run of the day on a Gearhart sacrifice fly in the fourth that extended North Georgia's lead to 5-1.
 
Emmanuel added a final run in the fifth that brought the game to the final 5-2 score. The game was called in the fifth due to inclement weather.
 
NOTES
- The rain-shortened game was the first since April 17, 2013, when North Georgia was defeated by Valdosta State, 11-3, in seven innings.
 
- Daniel McCrary (5-3) earned the win after throwing all five innings and striking out five. He scattered two runs and three hits and walked three.
 
- Peterson led the Nighthawks at the plate with a 2-for-2 performance, scoring twice and batting in two. Gearhart was 1-for-1 with an RBI and a run scored
 
NEXT UP
North Georgia's final game of the regular season is scheduled for a 3 p.m. first pitch tomorrow in the series finale against the Lions.