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Pirates Sweep Austin College

Photo by Eduardo Moll
Photo by Eduardo Moll

GEORGETOWN, TEXAS—Southwestern Baseball (20-14, 10-6) completed the series sweep against the Austin College 'Roos (8-24, 1-14) late Friday night. Due to inclement weather inbound on Saturday, the Pirates played a double-header starting at 6:00 PM in Sherman, Texas. In game number two, Southwestern beat the 'Roos by a seven-run margin, 10-3. The final game of the series would prove to be the closest, as it would take ten innings for the Pirates to finally down the 'Roos, 4-1.

GAME TWO HIGHLIGHTS

  • Owen Stevenson led all Pirates on the day with three RBIs off one home run.
  • Maxwell Mims went for two hits, two runs scored, and two RBIs, with a home run. 
  • Carson Brown and Ryan Corbett combined for fourteen strikeouts, with six from brown (5.1 IP) and eight from Corbett (3.2 IP).

GAME THREE HIGHLIGHTS

  • Andrew Hardin led all Pirate pitchers on the day with nine strikeouts in 4.2 innings pitched. Hardin went on to record a win in his stat column.
  • Starting pitcher Stephen Rutherford went 5.1 innings, throwing seven strikeouts and allowing just one earned run. 
  • Maxwell Mims's two stolen bases in the final game tied him for the most career stolen bases in Pirate history (79). 

UP NEXT 

  • Southwestern Baseball takes a trip to Brownwood, Texas, on Tuesday to face the Howard Payne University Yellow Jackets at 3:00 PM