Baseball Finishes Sweep Of Chattanooga State

MORRISTOWN, Tennessee - Freshman shortstop Alex McClure's RBI single with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning snapped a 4-4 tie and lifted the No. 2 Walters State baseball team to a 5-4 victory over Chattanooga State Sunday afternoon at Senator Field.

With the win, the Senators swept the three-game TJCCAA series from the Tigers and improved to 14-3 overall, 6-0 in the conference.

Freshman Kyle Koeneman singled to begin the ninth inning for Walters State and moved to second on a sacrifice bunt by Nick Langley. After the second out of the inning was recorded, McClure singled off losing hurler Lee Henry to bring home Koeneman with the game-winning run.

Freshman Cody Hawn smacked a pair of solo homers in the win for Walters State, his fifth and sixth round-trippers of the season. Langley added two singles.

Sophomore Coty Woods (3-0) worked 1 1/3 innings in relief of starter David Francis to collect the mound victory. Francis, in his first start of the season, worked 7 2.3 innings, giving up four runs (one earned) on eight hits while striking out six and walking five.

The Senators return to action Wednesday with a doubleheader at Tennessee Wesleyan. Scheduled start time for the twinbill is 1 p.m.