AMERICUS, Ga. -- The Georgia Southwestern baseball team extends their winning streak to two games by defeating the University of North Georgia, 10-4, on Saturday afternoon at Hurricane Stadium.
The game was at a stalemate until the top of the fifth inning when North Georgia hit a two-run home run that gave them a 2-0 lead in the fifth inning.
GSW hit everything in the bottom half of the fifth Hunter Foster got the momentum going with a leadoff single first basemen Paul Hegeman, and outfielder Chris Patterson followed suit with singles that loada the bases for Jake Blinstrub who gave the Hurricanes their lead back.
From that point on the floodgates opened for GSW recording seven hits and seven runs giving them the 8-2 lead which was the proverbial dagger to the heart for the Hawks.
As well as their offense performed Hurricanes' pitching was outstanding and always reliable Rijnaldo Euson pitched deep and only gave up two runs which earned him his team-leading eighth win of the season.
Carsen Plumadore pitched a perfect eighth inning, Riley Powers saw some action today pitching the final inning.
GSW has taken the first two of the three-game series with North Georgia the Hurricanes will look for the series sweep against the Hawks starting at 1:00 p.m. from Hurricane Stadium.
