Dustin Lawson and Trenton Hill pitched five-hitters with eight and nine strikeouts as Lee University won 5-0 and 2-1 in Gulf South Conference baseball Saturday at North Alabama.
Andres Nelo was 3-for-4 and scored a run and Ben Holland and Chris Adams each was 2-for-4 with a home run and two RBIs in the first game for the Flames (22-15-1, 12-12-1). Nelo and M.J. Brown had sacrifice flies for the Lee RBIs in game two.
* Bryan 5-11, Montreat 0-2: At Dayton, the Lions followed up Friday’s 7-4 win in the opening game of the Appalachian Athletic Conference series with a doubleheader sweep, lifting them to 32-13, 11-8 in league play.
* Tennessee Wesleyan 4-1, Milligan 3-2: At Athens, the NAIA’s 10th-ranked Bulldogs are 31-9, 15-4 in the AAC, after Saturday’s split with fifth-place Milligan.
Shell McCain was 2-for-3 with an RBI and Tim Kiene and Wardy Polanco homered in the win for TWC, and Chase Edwards was 2-for-3 with Polanco 2-for-5 in the loss, when starting pitcher Tayler Saucedo allowed only hit and struck out seven Buffaloes in his five innings.
* Covenant 9-9, Greensboro 3-3: At Lookout Mountain, Will Carlton was 4-for-9 with a home run, five RBIs and four runs scored in the USA South sweep for the Scots (14-17, 10-11).
K.C. Simons was 5-for-9 with two doubles and three RBIs in the two games, and Luke Harvey was 3-for-3 and scored twice in game one, when Caleb Bloye was 2-for-3 with two runs, Perry Rigby batted in two and Jonah Paul and Taylor Bloye combined to pitch a five-hitter. Rigby was 2-for-4 with another RBI and Andrew Beck had two RBIs to help support Spencer Smith’s complete-game pitching in the finale.
* Columbia State 10-1, Cleveland State 4-2: At Cleveland, Colton Morgan pitched a five-hitter and Caleb Longley hit a walk-off homer as the host Cougars (19-16, 6-13) took the second game of the TCCAA doubleheader.
Connor Coakley was 2-for-2 in the victory after contributing an RBI in game one, when Clay Hetland was 2-for-3 with a triple and two RBIs, Jammer Strickland was 2-for-4 with an RBI double and Longley walked three times and scored twice. For second-place Columbia State (26-13, 15-5) in its win, Zach Gentry was 2-for-3 with a triple and three RBIs and Julian Johnson, Paul Kirby and Isiah Aluko each homered and scored multiple runs.
* Millsaps 6-4, Sewanee 1-2: At Sewanee, the visiting Majors rose to 24-6, 14-3 in the Southern Athletic Association, while dropping the Tigers to 9-20, 3-14.
Tony Dykes had the RBI hit in game one for Sewanee. Ben Clune, Jackson Cooper, Gus Myer and Ryan Poole each had two hits in the second game for the Tigers, Cooper with an RBI, and Millsaps’ Keith Shumaker improved his pitching record to 8-0 despite the Tigers outhitting his team 12-5.