BATESVILLE, Ark. – The Lyon College Scots baseball team swept a double-header from the Loyola University-New Orleans Wolf Pack 5-3 and 6-2 on Sunday afternoon at Fred Wann Field.
In the first game,
Aaron Hurd was 1-for-2 at the plate with two runs scored and had a run batted in.
Troy Strack scored a run,
Alan West added two runs.
The Scots banged out six hits.
Clayton Burke went the distance for Lyon College. He gave up three runs on seven hits and struck out seven batters.
Hurd doubled in Strack in the bottom of the first inning and West advanced to third. West scored when
Hakeem Yatim doubled down the right field line to score West and Hurd and put the Scots up 3-0.
Loyola got a solo home run and added another run in the top of the third inning to cut the lead to 3-2.
The Scots came back in the bottom of the third when Yatim was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded to bring in West. Then Hurd scored on a wild pitch to make it 5-2.
In the second game, Lyon College had six runs on 10 hits with
Lex Meinderts picking up the win and
Dylan Baskins got the save. Meinderts pitched six innings, gave up two earned runs and struck out four batters.
Jordan Olivera and
Andrew Pitts came in to pitch an inning apiece.
Strack was 1-for-3 with a run scored, West scored a run and went 1-for-3, Hurd was 1-for-4 with a run scored two runs batted in.
Alec White picked up an RBI and
Tristan Buschow was 2-for-3 with a run scored.
Logan Doody was also 2-for-3.
The Scots took a 3-0 lead in the bottom of the first inning when Hurd doubled in Strack and West. White hit a sacrifice grounder to second to score Hurd for Lyon in the first inning.
Loyola got a 2-run homer in the fifth inning, but the
Chris Lara scored on a wild pitch. Strack hit a sacrifice fly to bring in Buschow and West singled in pinch-runner
Derek Underwood to make it 6-3 in the bottom of the sixth.
The Scots return to the field on Monday, Feb. 28 at 1 p.m. at Fred Wann Field to take on Loyola University-New Orleans for a single game.
Lyon College rounds out the week with a Tuesday afternoon game at home against Freed-Hardeman at 5 p.m.

Lyon Scot
Joe Weatherford was honored with The Golden Glove for his performance last season.
Congratulations to
Joe Weatherford!