FLORENCE
-- The University of North Alabama
got two solid pitching performances from its
starters, good relief pitching and
consistent hitting Sunday in sweeping a Gulf
South Conference double-header from West
Georgia, 12-3 and 5-2.
The sweep gives
UNA a 2-1 series win over West Georgia after
dropping Saturday's game 10-9. The Lions are
now 16-7 overall and the Wolves drop to
20-6.
Jeff Schafer
(4-2) gave UNA seven strong innings to win
the opener and Brennen Auerbach (3-0)
allowed just two hits in six 2/3 innings of
game two to lead UNA to the wins.
UNA wasted
little time jumping on the Wolves, scoring
five runs in the first inning of the opener.
Qualon
Millender and Matt Horton had singles and
moved up on a sacrifice by Jeffery Ritter.
Cole Mitchel followed with an RBU and Josh
Graham cleared the bases with a three-run
homer. Nick Newberry doubled and the final
run scored on an RBI single from Ross
Parker.
West Georgia
used a walk to Adam Matos and a Jud Jones
double to cut the lead to 5-1 in the top of
the second but UNA got the run back on a
Graham RBI single in the bottom of the
inning.
The Wolves got
two runs in the fourth on an Andrew Parish
single, a Matos RBI double and an RBI single
from Jones. That would be it for the West
Georgia offense, however, and UNA added six
more runs over the final four innings. Trey
Pollard singled in a run in the fifth and
UNA got two in the sixth when Parker singled
and scored on an error and Ritter singled in
a run.
The Lions got
three more runs in the bottom of the eighth
and then loaded the bases with no outs but
couldn't push another run across. Millender
scored on a wild pitch and Horton and
Mitchell had RBI singles.
UNA out-hit
West Georgia 16-9 in the game.
Schafer pitched
seven innings, allowing three runs on nine
hits with one walk and eight strikeouts.Ryan
Miller pitched the final two innings in
relief, allowing no runs or hits with one
walk and three strikeouts.
Brian Futral
(3-1) took his first loss of the season,
allowing 12 runs on 15 hits in seven
innings.
West Georgia
took the lead in the nightcap with a run in
the second inning but UNA took the lead for
good with two runs in the third inning.
Millender singled and Horton tripled him in.
Ritter followed with a double to make it
2-1. In the fifth Millender was hit by a
pitch and later scored on a Mitchell RBI
single.
With two runs
in the bottom of the sixth, on Kyle Jones
and Millender RBI singles, UNA made it 5-1.
uerbach, who
carried a one-hitter into the seventh,
allowed a two-out solo homer to Jones and
then walked the next batter before being
pulled. Matt Vandenheuvel got Cody Jackson
to pop up to third to end the game and get
his second save of the season. Mike Furman
(0-1) took the complete-game loss for West
Georgia.
After the first
weekend of conference play, West Alabama
leads the East Division at 3-0, followed by
UNA and Montevallo at 2-1.
UNA will host
Faulkner on Tuesday at University Field at 3
p.m.
Printable Game
Statistics - Game 22 - West Georgia
Printable Game
Statistics - Game 23 - West Georgia
