Cleveland State wrapped up its rain-plagued TCCAA baseball series with Motlow States with a 7-1, 6-5 sweep of Monday’s doubleheader. The second victory required a last-inning two-out rally.
Lance Rorex walked, went to second on a sacrifice bunt, took third on Ryan Casteel’s long fly and scored on Cody Hooper’s single before Gray Hutchinson doubled home the winning run. Reliever Matt Lynum got the pitching win.
Casteel tripled in a run and scored on a Hutchinson hit in the first inning of the opening game, and Tyler Brown (3-1) pitched a five-hitter. Casteel, Troy Zawadzki and Hooper homered in game two for the Cougars (14-7, 6-2).
n Lee 9-11, Mid-Continent 8-4: At Cleveland, the Flames improved to 18-6 as Junior Rodriguez went 1-for-1 with three RBIs in the first game and Max Harvell and Jose Cuevas had two RBIs each in the rematch. Harvell was 3-for-3, Cuevas and Rodriguez each was 2-for-3 and Tanner Moore was 2-for-2 with a home run and three runs scored. Moore homered and scored twice in the first game, when Edgar Molina was 2-for-2 with a homer, two RBIs and three runs, and leadoff man Seth Walker was 2-for-4 and scored twice in each game. JJ Costantino had two RBIs in the opener.
Lee’s Scott Swinson was honored Monday as the first SSAC pitcher of the week for 2010. He improved to 4-0 with a three-hitter in Sunday’s 10-0 win at Brewton-Parker, with five strikeouts and no walks.
n Covenant 10, Tennessee Temple 3: At Covenant, in a game moved up a day so the Scots (6-3) can host UVA-Wise in a makeup doubleheader today, Luke Furuto homered twice and drove in six runs, Taylor Oldham and Jared Carlson each was 3-for-4 and Harrison Fisher was 2-for-4 with two doubles and two runs scored. Oldham, playing for the first time this season after recovering from a broken hand, stole two bases and scored three times.
Andre Glover was the winning pitcher. Lee Wilburn had an RBI double for Temple.
n Reinhardt 10-3, Bryan 8-4: At Waleska, Ga., the Lions went two extra innings in the second game to earn the AAC split, making them 12-11 overall and 4-1 in the league. They are to meet again today.
n Hamilton 10, Sewanee 4: At Winter Haven, Fla., an eight-run top of the ninth inning ended the Tigers’ winning streak in the Russ-Matt Invitational. Freshman Michael Joseph had three hits and one of four seventh-inning RBIs for Sewanee (4-9), and Joe Reilly had two hits and an RBI. Chris Mauro allowed seven hits and two runs in his eight innings, with 10 strikeouts.