GREENWOOD - Lander scored two runs in the bottom of the ninth of game two to complete a doubleheader sweep of #15 North Georgia on Saturday. 

GAME ONE

The Nighthawks scored two runs in the top of the first to take the lead. Ethan Wilder lined a one-out double down the left field line in the bottom of the inning. A pitch then hit Will McClellan to put runners at first and second with two outs. Back-to-back RBI singles by Chandler Moeller, Jackson Hoshour, and Gary Garrett would give Lander the 3-2 lead. The Bearcats added a run in the second inning to take a two-run lead. 

Neither offense could score any runs over the next four innings. North Georgia scored a run in the seventh and eighth innings to tie the score at four. The Bearcats answered with two runs in the bottom of the inning on RBI singles from Garrett and Blake Marrs to regain the lead. The Nighthawks would cut it to a one-run game in the ninth, but Lander held on for the win. 

Garrett was 2-4 with two RBIs, and Moeller was 2-4 with a double, two runs scored, and a run driven in to lead the offense. Tyler Overholt (2-0) picked up the win out of the bullpen, allowing two runs on two hits in two innings. 

GAME TWO

The Bearcats took a 1-0 lead in the second on an RBI double by Marrs that scored Moeller. North Georgia eventually tied the game with a run in the top of the sixth. Lander loaded the bases in the bottom of the seventh, and Connor Droze got hit by a pitch to score a run and give the Bearcats the lead once again. 

The lead was short-lived as the Nighthawks answered with three runs in the eighth to take a 4-2 lead. Moeller led off the bottom of the inning with an opposite-field solo home run to make it 4-3. Taichi Nakao led off the bottom of the ninth with a single up the middle and moved to third on a single by Ethan Wilder. Droze followed with a single to right field to tie the game and move Wilder to third. North Georgia intentionally walked McClellan to load the bases. Jackson Hoshour drew a four-pitch walk to score Wilder and give the Bearcats the walk-off win to clinch the series. 

Wilder was 3-4 with a run scored, and Droze was 2-4 with two runs driven in to lead Lander. Jake Larson (5-0) picked up the win with one inning of no-hit relief. 

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