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Box Score 2 The Spring Hill College baseball team swept a conference doubleheader away from the Tuskegee University Golden Tigers by the scores of 10-5 and 17-7 on Saturday afternoon at historic Stan Galle Field.
In the first game the Badger did all the damage they need to do with a 10-run 2nd inning that featured seven Spring Hill hits and two Tuskegee errors in the field including a costly dropped sacrifice fly in left field.
Christian Bahlinger (2-0) was the winner in three innings of relief for Spring Hill with four hits allowed, no walks and three strikeouts while Cameron Summers (0-1) took the loss in two innings of work with eight hits given up along with four walks and a strikeout.
Game Two saw SHC build out an 8-0 lead after three innings of play, but Tuskegee rallied to make it an 8-6 game with two runs in the 4th and four runs in the 5th inning before the Badgers exploded once again for a 9-run fifth inning off six hits and four walks.
Badger starter
Wesley Parrish evened his record at 2-2 with the victory in four innings with five hits, a walk and seven strikeouts. Jordyn Thomas fell to 0-3 for Tuskegee in just one inning with four hits, two walks, three wild pitches, a hit batter and no strikeouts.
At the plate for the Badgers, SHC pounded out nine hits in Game One and 19 hits in the nightcap as catcher
Alex Jones collected five hits and three RBIs on the day and centerfielder
Garrett Webb added four hits and two runs driven in to the Badger numbers.
Tuskegee hitters tallied 19 hits in the twin bill with centerfielder Alex Henderson and right fielder Danny Barnes both enjoying four-hit days with three RBIs each.
Spring Hill (11-5, 4-0 SIAC) and Tuskegee (3-8, 0-2 SIAC) will close out this three-game series with a single game on Sunday starting at 1 p.m. at Stan Galle Field.
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