The Lee University baseball team won its weekend Gulf South Conference home series with an 8-1 victory Saturday against North Alabama.
The Flames (11-12, 4-8) scored two runs in the first inning and four in the second to take control, and Trenton Hill was the winning pitcher and went 2-for-4 with three RBIs and two run scored. Chris Adams was 2-for-3 with three RBIs and Tyler Payne and Geremy Walton each was 2-for-4 with one RBI. UNA is 13-7, 7-5.
* Bryan College defeated visiting Bluefield 12-2, 15-5 and 3-0 in AAC baseball games Friday and Saturday, and Tennessee Wesleyan won 2-1, lost 5-2 and won 10-6 against Bluefield. Bryan is 17-7, 4-2; TWC is 14-7, 5-1.
* The North Carolina Wesleyan baseball team improved to 15-6 overall and 7-2 in the USA South with a three-run ninth inning and a 7-4 win Saturday at Covenant. The Scots (10-10, 3-6) led 4-1 before the visitors’ three-run sixth that began with a Tony Sanchez homer. He was 3-for-5 and singled in the last two runs of the game. Trenton Nobles and Perry Rigby each had two hits for Covenant.
* Cleveland State had clinched winning its weekend TCCAA baseball series against visiting Jackson State with two victories Friday but lost 5-4 in the finale Saturday despite a home run and a sacrifice fly by Jordan Ransom and RBI hits from Hagen Wilkey and Billy Brand. Ransom and Brand each was 2-for-3 while Devin Gardner was 3-for-4 and Blake Thomas, Sean McDermott and Christian Burnett each had two hits as well for the Cougars (11-9), and starting pitcher Colton Morgan struck out nine batters in 7 1/3 innings. Colin Roberts was 2-for-3 with a two-run homer for Jackson State (15-9).