BIRMINGHAM, Ala.- Birmingham-Southern Baseball Head Coach Jan Weisberg earned his 500th win this past Saturday in his team's 13-3 victory over Oglethorpe University.
The rain delay did not slow the Panthers down as they got the bats going early vs. Oglethorpe.
BSC wasted no time catching fire as Jackson Webster continued his great form at the plate with an RBI double in the bottom of the first inning. Luke DePiero later tripled in the inning scoring two more runners and giving the Panthers a 3-0 lead early.
Oglethorpe got their first run on a sac fly in the top of the second inning, but BSC added on two more runs in the bottom of the inning thanks to a Andrew Dutton double.
After a scoreless third inning, the Stormy Petrels scored two runs in the top of the fourth to cut the lead to two. However, this did not last long as RBIs from Ian Hancock, Jackson Webster, and Luke DePiero stretched the BSC lead to 8-3 after four innings.
The Stormy Petrels were shut out for the rest of the game, while the Panthers continued their hot hitting. Dominant pitching from Joey White (6 IP, 6 H, 3 ER) and Ben Hoover (2 IP, 0 H, 0 ER) made things very difficult for Oglethorpe.
The Panthers scored one run each in the fifth, sixth, and seventh innings. A wild pitch in the fifth, a Wes Diamantis double, and Jackson Webster's third double of the game stretched the lead to 11-3 heading into the eighth inning. After an RBI from JT Weisberg to start the eighth, Eli Steadman ended the game with an RBI single by making the score 13-3.
Weisberg was named head coach of the Panthers in 2006 and has been phenomenal in his sixteen years on the Hilltop. He was the fastest coach in BSC history to reach 300 wins and is BSC's second winningest coach in program history. He also led BSC to the NCAA National Championship in 2019. Coach Weisburg currently has the Panthers ranked #1 in the country this season which is the first time in the DIII era that the program has achieved this feat.
Coming off an SAA regular season and tournament championship last season, Coach Weisberg is looking to add to his wins total, defend the team's title, and get back to the World Series this season.