YOUNG HARRIS, Ga. | Young Harris College scored twice in the bottom of the eighth inning as the Mountain Lions defeated Cedarville University 5-3 in a non-conference baseball game Wednesday (March 2) at Zell B. Miller Field.
 
The Mountain Lions snapped their eight-game losing streak as they improved to 5-9 while the Yellow Jackets fell to 0-1. Young Harris travels to Augusta, Georgia, Friday (March 4) for a 6 p.m. Peach Belt Conference game against Augusta University.
 
Young Harris tied the game at 3 with an unearned run in the sixth. Brett Westmoreland started the inning by reach on a throwing error and later scored on a balk.
 
Chris McGinnis started the YHC rally with one out in the eighth by being hit by a pitch and Triston Smith followed with a walk issued Cedarville reliever Jordan Ralston (0-1).  Pinch hitter Troy Kizer followed with a double down the right field line that scored McGinnis to give the Mountain Lions a 4-3 lead. YHC added an insurance run on Zach Odom's sac fly to right.
 
Young Harris had taken a 2-0 lead on Odom's two-run double down the left field line in the second inning.
 
Odom and Nick Sexton led the Mountain Lions with two hits.
 
Young Harris reliever Jack Ganter (1-0) earned the win as he pitched the final 3 2/3 innings, allowing no hits or runs while striking out four.