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Warriors split with Warhawks

MONTGOMERY, Ala. – Southern Wesleyan baseball picked up a split with Auburn-Montgomery on Sunday afternoon, taking game one 3-2 before dropping game two 6-5.


The Warriors and Warhawks will be back in action on Monday at 2 p.m. to wrap up their SSAC series.  The series was moved twice due to bad weather.


Game One 
The Warriors took advantage of three errors by AUM and Zack Oberlies picked up his second win of the season as SWU won their second straight after a nine-game losing streak.  Oberlies tossed 4.2 innings, allowing just four hits and two runs, only one earned. 


SWU got on the board first with a run in the top of the first but AUM answered with two in the bottom of the second.  It wasn't until the fifth when the Warriors put up two to take the lead.  After Tyler Bice singled and Mike Hyman executed a double-steal to put two in scoring position with two outs, Oberlies hit a ball to third that Brandon Pooler couldn't handle, allowing both runners to score.


The Warriors had six hits in the game and three steals.  AUM was limited to just five hits including a pair of doubles.  Andrew Howard pitched the final two innings to pick up his third save of the year.  Howard allowed just one hit and a walk and struck out one.


Game Two 
AUM took a 4-1 lead after a three-run third but the Warriors responded with a three spot in the sixth to tie the game at 5-5.  AUM walked-off with the 6-5 win after Hayden Hillyer's single in the bottom of the ninth.


The Warriors had two hits and took advantage of two errors by AUM in the sixth, scoring three runs.  Drew Carson collected one of his three hits in the game in that inning and also scored on an error.  Daniel Williams also doubled in a run in a pinch-hit effort.


Matt Buss started for the Warriors allowing 10 hits and five runs in 5.2 innings.  Tim O'Callaghan took the loss after allowing just two hits and one run in 2.2 innings of relief work.  Richard Nason tossed a complete game for AUM to even his record at 4-4.

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