The Brookhaven Bucks baseball team will host five games in eight days at Oglethorpe University starting Friday, June 28. The homestand includes two games vs. the Alpharetta Aviators (June 28-29), two games vs. the Choccolocco Monsters (July 1 and 3) and one vs. the Gainesville Gol’Diggers (July 5). All games start at 6:35 p.m.

The homestand includes two games versus the Alpharetta Aviators on June 28th and 29th, two games versus the Choccolocco Monsters on July 1 and July 3 and one against the Gainesville Gol’Diggers on July 5. All games start at 6:35 p.m.

The Bucks are members of the Sunbelt Baseball League, a summer collegiate wooden-bat league, funded in part by Major League Baseball, with teams in Georgia (Alpharetta, Atlanta, Brookhaven, Cartersville, Gainesville, Suwanee and Waleska) and Alabama (Choccolocco). The regular season runs through July 20 and playoffs will be held from July 23 through August 3.

Top college players from around the country participate in the Sunbelt League. Since the Bucks started playing in 2011, nearly 50 former players have gone on to play professional baseball and even have an alumnus playing for the Savannah Bananas.

Bucks home games are family friendly and include in-game entertainment for children, including on field competitions, water balloon home run derby, face painting, player autographs and running the bases. Admission is $10 for adults and $5 for kids.

Photo: Luke Manry (of Piedmont University) pitching for the Brookhaven Bucks. [Credit: Kapp Koncepts]