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Box Score 2 KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (April 16, 2013) – The Sewanee baseball team, winners of six out of its last seven games, earned a pair of victories at Johnson University Tuesday.
Michael Walker picked up four hits and drove in six runs to lead Sewanee's 17-hit barrage in the Tigers' 15-0 blanking of Johnson in the first game of the doubleheader.
Walker's hits included a three-run homer in the top of the fifth inning and a double.
Blake Williams turned in a perfect four-for-four effort and scored four runs, while Ben Clune, Jack Whaley and Nate Barnett had two hits each. Allen Thigpen had one hit and three RBI.
Junior southpaw Lee Schurlknight picked up the win on the mound for the Tigers. Schurlknight allowed only one hit in four full innings of work.
In the second game of the afternoon doubleheader, Charles Warren pitched three shutout innings to record the win as the Tigers cruised to a 15-4 win.
Jacob Walker had three hits in three trips to the plate and drove in three runs to lead the Tigers' offensive attack. Jack Rogers and Whaley had two hits apiece. Rogers and Clune had three RBI, while Michael Walker added two more RBI giving him eight for the doubleheader.
With the wins, Sewanee upped its record to 12-20 on the season.
The Tigers will return to conference play this weekend when they travel to Danville, Ky. for a three-game Southern Athletic Association series with the Centre Colonels. Doubleheader action is scheduled to begin at 12:00 pm on Saturday.
