COLUMBIA, S.C. — The
Spring Hill College baseball team swept the SIAC series against
Benedict on Saturday. The Badgers completed the series sweep with a dominating 23-2 win over the Tigers.
SPRING HILL 23, BENEDICT 2 (7 INN.)
Miles Justin (W: 5-2), Jonathan Olmedo (L: 0-1)
Nick Hunter led at the plate with a 2-for-3 outing that featured four runs, three RBIs and one walk.
AJ Swader opened scoring with a two-run single in the opening frame, followed by an RBI triple from
Jack Taylor.
Bryce Anderson capped off scoring in the first, sacrificing the left and making it a 4-0 game.
The Badgers (34-10, 27-2 SIAC) tacked on two more runs in the second. The Tigers (19-16, 15-14 SIAC) homered in the second to break up the scoring run and make it a 6-1 game.
Spring Hill went on a 12-0 scoring run in response, capped off by
Gavin Moran's three-run home run in the sixth. Benedict scored its final run of the game in the sixth.
SHC scored five more runs for insurance in the seventh and sealed the 23-2 run-rule victory. The Badgers completed their eighth conference series sweep of the season.
Miles Justin earned his fifth win of the season behind eight strikeouts while issuing a single walk and yielding a single run in 5.0 innings.
GAME DETAILS
Date: April 19
Time: 3:30 p.m. (ET)
Venue (Location): Tiger Field (Columbia, S.C.)
UP NEXT
The Badgers finish the non-conference road slate with a game against West Alabama on Tuesday at 5 p.m. CT.
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ABOUT THE SOUTHERN INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETIC CONFERENCE (SIAC)
The SIAC is a NCAA athletic conference consisting primarily of historically black colleges and universities with headquarters in downtown Atlanta, Georgia. The SIAC includes 15 member institutions (Albany State University, Allen University, Benedict College, Central State University, Clark Atlanta University, Edward Waters University, Fort Valley State University, Kentucky State University, Lane College, LeMoyne-Owen College, Miles College, Morehouse College, Savannah State University, Spring Hill College, and Tuskegee University), which are located within a contiguous seven-state footprint (Alabama, Georgia, Florida, Kentucky, South Carolina, Tennessee and Ohio). The SIAC sponsors nine men's and seven women's sports and is a proud member of the NCAA Division II. For more information, visit
www.thesiac.com.