Baseball | 2/7/2010 6:54:48 PM

LaGRANGE, Ga. - The Methodist baseball season opener was delayed a day, but the Monarchs earned the 6-3 win Sunday afternoon at LaGrange College.

The Monarchs (1-0) scored the first run of the game after Brian Goodwin reached on an error and stole second. He advanced to third after back-to-back walks and scored on Trey Such's fielder's choice to give Methodist the 1-0 lead.

Goodwin scored the Monarchs' second run of the game in the third after drawing the lead-off walk and scored on a RBI-single from Brian Halpin.

The Monarchs took the 5-0 lead in the fourth capped off by a 2-RBI single from Such. Methodist capped off their scoring in the fifth when pinch hitter Xavier Mayo was hit by a pitch and made his way around the bases before scoring on a passed ball.

LaGrange (0-1) tried to rally in the seventh scoring three runs on three hits, but Methodist pitcher Kurt Kelly entered in relief to strike out the final batter to get the Monarchs out of a jam.

Methodist had five players each record a hit with Such finishing with three RBI and Goodwin finishing with three runs scored.

Landon Jordan earned the win on the mound in six innings pitched allowing just two hits while Reid Berry had 0.2 innings of relief and Kelly earned the save in the final 2.1 innings.

The Monarchs will face LaGrange tomorrow at 1 p.m. in the second and final game of the series.

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