Cleveland State managed to beat nationally ranked Walters State 6-4 before losing 5-4 in their TCCAA baseball doubleheader Saturday at Morristown, Tenn.
Keith Buckhault went 3-for-3 with an RBI, Zack Janes was 2-for-3 with three runs and Dalton Rogers and Evan Speicher each doubled and drove in two runs in the Cougars’ win over Walters (36-11, 19-5). Rogers and Wright Hackett had two hits apiece.
Former Soddy-Daisy star James Fowlkes was 0-1 with two walks and two runs in the Senators’ loss and had an RBI in the win, when Hackett and Chris Caffrey had RBIs for Cleveland State (23-19).
Chattanooga State opened its weekend series against Dyersburg State with a 6-0 win Friday.
North Alabama 15-1, Lee 1-7: At Cleveland, the host Flames (24-17, 11-12) bounced back well in the second game of the Gulf South doubleheader as Zacary Hawkins was 2-for-4 with two RBIs and Siosi Poti and Blake Ray each had two hits and scored twice behind Jeremy Stawychny’s six-hit pitching. Ray doubled twice.