JONESBORO, Arkansas - The Lyon College baseball Scots swept a SLIAC doubleheader against the visiting Eureka College Red Devils on Sunday afternoon at Tomlinson Stadium on the campus of Arkansas State University.

The Scots (12-14, 3-5) won the first game 4-2 and took the second game 14-5.

In the first game, Eureka came out and took a 2-0 lead, scoring runs on a balk and a triple. However, Lyon College came back to take a 4-2 advantage by the end of the first inning. 
Eli Marcotte led off by beating out an infield single to second base. After two pick off attempts failed to get Marcotte, Kooper McCoy blasted a 2-run homer over the left field fence to tie the game. Slade Inman followed with a single to left field and Braden Bramlett walked. Ashton Compton put down a sacrifice bunt to move the two runners up a base and with two outs, Braden Hendrix walked to load the diamond. Caleb Collings got a base hit to left field that brought in Inman and Bramlett to make it 4-2.

Bramlett picked up another single in the bottom of the second with two outs and was left stranded on base. McCoy got a base hit to left field with two outs in the bottom of the fourth and went to second on a wild pitch, but wasn't able to advance anymore.

Bramlett led off the bottom of the fifth with a single tol eft, but a Eureka double-play put a stop to the Lyon College threat. In the bottom of the sixth, Hendrix led off with a single to center field and went to second on a ground out to second from Collins. Andrew James hit a deep fly ball to center field and Hendrix moved to third base. McCoy drew a walk, but an ground out ended the inning.
In the bottom of the eighth inning, Collins reached on a bunt-single and advanced to second on a wild pitch. James hit another deep fly to center field to move Collins to third base and Marcotte drew a walk. Marcotte stole second, but a hard ground out to the shortstop ended the Scots' threat. 

Conrad Muir was the winning pitcher for Lyon College. He went seven full innings, gave up seven hits and two runs. He walked one and struck out three of the 27 Eureka batters he faced. 
Braden Anderson came for 1.1 innings and gae up two hits, no runs, walked two and struck out one of the six batters he faced. Kenny Jennings got the save by pitching the final two outs of the game, which was a double-play turned by James and Compton.

In the second game, Eureka again took a 2-0 lead and the Scots scored one run in the bottom half of the first. With one out, McCoy singled to center field, Inman was hit by a pitch and McCoy stole second, but Inman was caught in a run-down for the second out. Brameltt singled to left field to bring in McCoy to make it 2-1. Compton singled up the middle and both he and Bramlett advanced up a base on a wild pitch, but a line out to short stop ended the threat for more Lyon College runs.

The Red Devils added three more runs in the top half of the second inning to take a 5-1 lead. In the bottom half of the inning, Collins walked, but was the second out when James reached on a fielder's choice. James went to second on a wild pitch and Marcotte hit a 2-run homer over the left field wall to make it a 5-3 game.
The Scots tied the game in the bottom of the third inning. Inman led off with a single to third base, with one out Inman was caught in a run-down and tagged out. Compton singled to left side, then advanced to third when Landon Swallow doubled to left field. Hendrix singled to left field to bring in Compton and Swallow and Hendrix advanced to second on the throw to the plate that missed Compton and tied the game 5-5. 
Lyon College took a 4-run lead in the bottom of the fourth inning. With one out, Marcotte and McCoy both walked. Inman beat out a bunt-single to load the bases and Brameltt doubled down the left field line to score all three runners. Bramlett advanced to third on the throw to the plate and scored on a balk. With two outs, Swallow was hit by a pitch and scored when Hendrix doubled to left-center field to make it 10-5.
Lyon College added another run in the bottom of the fifth. With one out, Marcotte walked and advanced to third when McCoy doubled to left field. There was an overthrow to third base on the play and Marcotte scored to make it 11-5.
The Scots tacked on three more runs in the bottom of the eighth inning. Logan Lightner reached on a fielder's choice, Hendrix was hit by a pitch and James beat an infield single to load the bases. Lightner scored on a passed ball, while the other two runners moved up. Marcotte walked and McCoy singled to bring in Hendrix. Inman walked with the bases loaded to score James to make it 14-5

Patrick Babcock started on the mound for the Scots, but gave up five hits and five runs to go with three strike outs and one walk of 12 batters he faced. Connor Taylor came in and pitched the remaining 7.1 innings to get the win. Taylor gave up five hits, no runs, two walks and had seven strike outs of 29 Eureka batters he faced. 

The Scots will be in action again on Tuesday when they travel to Fulton, Missouri for a SLIAC double-header with the Westminster College Blue Jays.