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AUSTIN, Texas – Estevan Hernandez drove in four runs, and the Concordia University Texas baseball team opened the 2014 campaign with a doubleheader sweep of Southwestern on Saturday at Tornado Field.
The Tornados (2-0) won the opener 11-2 and earned a 10-5 victory in the nightcap.
Hernandez was one of four CTX players to record three hits on the day.
Brent Schaekel scored four runs, logged a trio of hits, drew three walks and stole three bases.
Clayton Sparks paced the Pirates (0-3) with a pair of hits in both games.
The two squads will close out the series at 1 p.m. on Sunday.
GAME ONE
Cameron Cox struck out eight and the Tornados posted a seven-run sixth inning to roll past Southwestern in the season opener, 11-2.
The two teams were knotted at 2-2 in the fourth inning until Cole Calder produced an RBI triple that plated Ragan Pope. Schaekel followed with a run-scoring single to give Concordia a 4-2 advantage.
Two frames later, the Tornados sent all nine batters to the plate and scored seven runs to blow the game open. Hernandez posted a two-run single, while Tyler Bain recorded a triple that sent two runs across to cap the scoring.
Cox (1-0) worked 4.2 innings in his Concordia debut to earn the victory. Brandon Garwood (1) pitched 2.1 scoreless stanzas and picked up the save.
Jason Stading (0-1) was handed the loss after giving up four runs on six hits in 3.1 panels.
GAME TWO
The Tornados used another big inning and took advantage of four errors by the Pirates to claim a 10-5 win in the nightcap.
Southwestern took a 3-2 lead in the fourth, but Concordia responded with six runs in the bottom-half of the frame to take a five-run advantage. Hernandez, Connor Bertsch and Gareth Hutton all drew walks with the bases loaded during the decisive inning.
Each team added a pair of runs over the next two frames to cap the scoring.
The Tornados logged 10 hits, all singles, in the contest. Hernandez and Colton Poindexter both posted a pair of hits, while Hutton drove in a pair of runs.
Ty Bratton (1-0) received the win in relief. The right-hander gave up two runs (one earned) on a pair of hits over 2.1 innings.
Meanwhile, Brett Marcom (0-1) took the loss after yielding six earned runs over 3.1 panels.
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