No. 1 Baseball Sweeps No. 17 IU Southeast

ATHENS, Tenn.- The baseball team closed out the series against the No. 17 Indiana University Grenadiers with a doubleheader on Saturday. The No. 1 ranked Bulldogs swept the doubleheader 14-2 and 9-7.

Game One:

Daniel Stewart brought in the first two runs of the game. In the first inning, with Devin Dixon standing on second after a single and stolen base, Stewart's single gave the baserunner the time to run to complete the run around the bases to give the team a 1-0 lead. In the third inning, Stewart made a trot around the bases with a solo home run, moving the lead to 2-0. The score moved to 3-0 when Jack Stevens scored on Chris Catalano's single.

In the fourth inning, the Bulldogs hit three consecutive solo home runs to move ahead 6-0. Kolton Reynold and Corbin Shaw were back-to-back while Dixon followed two batters later to make the lead six runs. A five-run fifth inning put the run-rule into effect. Stevens scored the first run on an error on Cody McGill's at-bat while Reynolds scored on a Shaw single a few moments later. Josh Shelly's double brought in Shaw while an error on Dixon's hit allowed Shelly and Kurtis Reid to both score, giving the team an 11-2 lead. 

In the sixth inning, Shaw moved the team's commanding lead to 14-0 with a three-run home run, helping the team take the first game of the doubleheader 14-2.

Shaw led the offense with five RBIs in the game. Cameron Goffar had six strikeouts in the game.

Game Two:

After the top of the second inning, TWU trailed 3-0. The team took the lead in the bottom of second. 

Reynolds broke the zero on the board with a solo home run and Shaw followed with this third home run of the day. After a McGill walk, Kruise Newman made it three home runs in the inning, giving the team a 4-3 lead. Brayan Espinoza pushed team ahead 5-3 when his double brought in courtesy-runner Jonathan Bosque, who was on base for Geremy Garcia after a single.

Home runs got the Bulldogs to nine runs. Garcia hit a three-run home run in the third inning and Dixon hit his second of the day in the fourth inning, putting Tennessee Wesleyan ahead 9-3. The team held on after four runs by Indiana Southeast through the remaining innings for a 9-7 win.

Garcia led the team with three RBIs. Daniel Davila was credited with the win. 

TWU (6-2) will go on the road for their first true road series when they open Appalachian Athletic Conference play against Montreat College on Thursday at 1:00 p.m.