DAHLONEGA, Ga. - A seven-run first inning lifted North Georgia past Anderson, 12-4, in non-conference baseball action Tuesday night at Bob Stein Stadium.

With the setback, Anderson slipped to 15-21 on the season and has dropped three of its last four, while North Georgia improved to 20-11 and has won three of its last four outings.

The Saints jumped out to a quick 7-0 lead after one inning, while Anderson got on the scoreboard with a solo run in the third frame. Freshman Shawn Delmontagne led off the inning with a double to center field, moved to third on freshman Zach Reeves groundout to second and crossed the plate with the Trojans' first run when shortstop Thomas Padro lined to center.

North Georgia countered with two runs in the fourth inning and one in the fifth to increase its lead to 10-1, but AU rallied for three in the top of the sixth to close the gap to six runs.

Senior Ryan Saxon ripped a two-out single to right-center and sophomore Erick Sanderson followed with his team-leading eighth home run of the year over the wall down the left-field line. Ryan Kirkland and Tony Price came up with clutch back-to-back singles and Delmontagne added his second hit of the evening to bring Kirkland across the plate.

But it was as close as AU would get, as the Saints tallied solo runs in the seventh and eighth innings to set the final score.

Sanderson finished the night 2-for-4 with two RBI, while Delmontagne also added two hits and an RBI.

Senior right-hander Kaleb Davis suffered the loss, surrendering six hits and seven runs in 2/3 of an inning, while senior Daniel Warzon picked up the win for the Saints with six innings of eight-hit, four-run relief.

Anderson is slated to get back on the diamond Wednesday evening when Erskine invades Anderson Memorial Stadium. First-pitch is scheduled for 6 p.m.