Kevin Burch picked up his first win of the season and Travis Motsinger earned his first career save as High Point edged North Carolina A&T, 4-3, in the Panthers' home-opener Thursday afternoon at George S. Erath Field.

The Panthers improve to 1-4 on the season, while the Aggies fall to 2-7.

The teams were originally scheduled to meet in a weekend series Saturday and Sunday in High Point, but the threat of inclement weather forced the games to be moved up.

HPU got a run in the first when Nick Thompson singled home Matt Gorman, and a pair of runs to make it 3-0 in the second on a Gorman single which scored Kemp Smith and Brent Myers.

The Panthers went up 4-0 in the fourth after Rey Rojas scored on a sacrifice fly by Chris Draska.

But the Aggies made things interesting by scraping together a run without a hit in the sixth, and loading the bases off Burch (1-1) with no one out in the seventh and final inning. Motsinger entered and surrendered a single to A&T's Jeffrey King which scored Arthur Davis and Eric Jones and pulled the Aggies to within 4-3. But Motsinger got Ben Teasley to pop up on a bunt and Price Stevens to ground into a game-ending double-play for his first career save.

A&T's Toby Middleton was saddled with the loss (1-3) despite not allowing an earned run.

The teams will play the game originally scheduled for Sunday on Friday afternoon at 2:30 pm. Admission is free.