PIKEVILLE, Kentucky — The WVU Tech baseball team recorded their third straight series sweep and moved their winning streak to 11 games as they took both ends of a doubleheader with the University of Pikeville. The Golden Bears (12-2) shut out the Bears (10-7) 6-0 in game one and took the nightcap 10-4.

Tech was trailing 4-3 as they headed into the top of the seventh inning in game two when the team exploded for seven runs on six hits for the eventual 10-4 win.

GAME ONE | WVU Tech 6, Pikeville 0 | Box Score

Seniors Jeinson Espinosa and Tommy Weaver recorded multi-hit games, both going 2-for-3 at the plate while Weaver drove in three runs and Espinosa had two RBIs.

Fellow classmate Doug Prather knocked a double to record two RBIs and runs. Espinosa and junior Marcus Rodriguez also posted doubles.

Junior Jayson Sykora (2-0) pitched a complete game for the victory, giving up just five hits while striking out one batter.

GAME TWO | WVU Tech 10, Pikeville 4 | Box Score

The Golden Bears totaled 13 hits in the final game of the doubleheader, producing most in the top of the seventh.

Seniors Dylan Harvey and Victor Diaz, junior Brady Groesbeck and Rodriguez had two hits each. Groesbeck and senior Josh Hudson marked doubles while Groesbeck had two RBIs and Hudson had one.

On the mound, senior Brandon Tucker (1-0-1) earned the W, doing 2.2 innings of work while giving up just three hits and one earned run. Weaver drew the start and pitched 4.1 innings, scattering four hits, three earned runs and two strike outs.

The team will next play host to Brescia University this Saturday and Sunday in East Bank, West Virginia at the Douglas M. Epling Field.