YOUNG HARRIS, Ga. -- Ferrum College dropped the first two games in a three-game Conference Carolinas baseball series with #17 Young Harris College this afternoon on the road. The Panthers fell 21-2 in the opener and 12-3 in the nightcap at Zell B. Miller Field.

RECORDS
#17 Young Harris 17-3, 11-0 CC
Ferrum 6-10, 2-9 CC

GAME ONE
Young Harris scored nine runs, including a three-run homer and a two-run homer, in the first inning to take control early. The Mountains Lions led 20-0 after six full innings, then Gray Thacker's RBI single to right-center pushed two runs across the plate for Ferrum to break up the shutout. 

KEY STATS
Young Harris: SP Austin TRichie (W, 1-0) 5 inn, 3 hits, 0 runs, 1 BB, 1 K
Ferrum: Thacker 1-2, 2 RBI; SP Jai Penn (L, 0-2) 0.2 inn, 9 hits, 9 ER, 3 BB

GAME TWO
Young Harris jumped out to a 5-0 lead after two innings and never trailed. Ferrum scratched out a run in the fourth inning two in the fifth on RBI singles by Garrett Pancione and Tyler Mason and to trim the lead to 7-3, but the Mountain Lions picked up fine runs in the bottom of the fifth inning and the game ended after the seventh inning. 

KEY STATS
Young Harris: SP Barrett Eldridge (W, 3-0, 2.2 inn, 2 hits, 0 ER, 
Ferrum: SP Garrett Sawyer (L, 0-2) 3.1 inn, 5 hits, 6 ER, 5 BB, 2 K

UP NEXT
Coach Eric Owens' team will be back Saturday for game three to wrap up the series. A starting time had yet to be determined.