EAST BANK, West Virginia — WVU Tech baseball completed a four-game series sweep and is enjoying a 15-game winning streak after defeating Brescia University 8-3 and 9-4 Saturday afternoon. The Golden Bears are now 16-2, 8-0 (KIAC) while the Bearcats holds a record of 5-16, 0-4 (KIAC).
The team currently boasts five top-ten national (NAIA DI) rankings including No. 3 in runs scored per game (9.750), No. 3 in runs batted in per game (9.125), No. 7 in batting average (.360), No. 8 in hits per game (11.625) and No. 9 in fielding percentage (.968).
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GAME ONE | WVU Tech 8, Brescia 3 | Box ScoreJunior
Chris Davidson (3-1) pitched a complete game in Tech's 8-3 victory in game one. Davidson struckout two Bearcats while giving up just one earned run.
Senior
Tommy Weaver and juniors
Trevor Lam and
Brady Groesbeck finished with two hits each while fellow classmate
Tanner Levine marked a triple and got on base by balls three times.
Groesbeck drove in two runs while Weaver, Lam and Levine marked one RBI each.
GAME TWO | WVU Tech 9, Brescia 4 | Box Score Junior
Jayson Sykora (3-0) put in one inning of work for the win on the mound while senior
Kyle Sager drew the start, scattering seven hits, one strikeout and one earned run in 5.0 innings.
Junior
Victor Diaz marked his first home run this season, finishing 2-for-3 in the night cap. Senior
Doug Prather and
Marcus Rodriguez each had a double while Rodriguez drove in two runs and Prather posted one RBI.
Freshman
Roy Suzuki had a standout game, bringing in three runs off of two hits including giving Tech the lead in the bottom of the sixth, 6-4 off a single through the right side. The hit brought in Prather and freshman
Anferny Ellis.
The Gold and Blue will continue KIAC play when they travel to Indiana University Southeast for a four-game series March 18-19.
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