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New Orleans, LA-The Belhaven baseball team won both games of a Saturday double header at Loyola University in route to a three game series sweep of the Wolfpack in Gulf Coast Athletic Conference action. The Blazers cruised to a 12-3 in the first game on Saturday and then held on for a 14-11 victory in game two of the double header. Belhaven is now 5-1 overall and 5-1 in the GCAC to begin the season. Loyola falls to 3-3 overall and 3-3 in the GCAC.

 

The Belhaven offense came out hot in game one on Saturday striking for two runs in each of the first four innings of play. The Blazers had built an 8-0 lead prior to the Wolfpack scoring their first two runs in the bottom of the fourth inning of the seven inning contest. Belhaven tacked on two runs in the sixth and seventh innings to put the game away.

 

The Blazers were led on offense by Craig Westcott who went 2 for 4 at the plate with 3 RBI's. Timmy Foster had 2 RBI's along with Charlie Edwards who launched his first home run of the season which was a two run shot in the third. Craid Dean, Chanse Cooper, and Shawn Diehl had two hits each in the Blazer victory.

 

Kyle Hunt got the start on the mound and was effective again going the first five innings surrendering juts two runs on seven hits. Hunt struck out one and walked two batters in route to his second win of the year. Paul Hoffman tossed the final two innings for Belhaven surrendering one run on one hit.

 

Mike Kelly made the start for Loyola working the first three innings giving up six runs and as a result suffered his first loss of the year. The Wolfpack defense had trouble fielding the ball behind their pitches which led to six of the 12 Blazer runs being unearned. Belhaven scored their 12 runs on 12 hits which was by far their best offensive game of the year up until that point.

 

The Blazers picked up right where they left off in game one plating four runs in the top of the first in game two to take an early lead. Brent Hudson had the big hit picking up two RBI's on a two out double of the wall in left field. The Blazers then tacked on another run in the second on a ground out by Timmy Foster to score Lake Eiland making it 5-0 Belhaven.

 

Loyola tried to get back in the game in the bottom of the third tallying two runs off of Golden Grasse to make it a 5-2 game in favor of the Blazers. Belhaven fought back by picking up an unearned run in the fourth on a dropped fly ball off the bat of Diehl scoring Chanse Cooper.

 

The big inning for the Blazers came in the sixth when they struck for seven runs on five hits. Brent Hudson and Kyle Feazell hit back to back home runs to begin the inning and the Blazers were off and rolling. It was Hudson's second home run of the season and the first for Feazell. Diehl delivered a big two run single in the inning and some miscues by the Wolfpack defense helped ledd to the seven run explosion.

 

With Belhaven leading 13-2, it looked like the game was all but over. However, Loyola had a different idea. They put together a four run seventh inning to prevent a run rule and get back into the contest. Bobby Alvarez came up with the big hit for Loyola in the inning driving in a pair of runs with a two out single.

 

Belhaven countered with an unearned run in the eighth when Josh Bennett struck out, but the ball got away from the catcher Fontenot who then threw wildly to first base. When it was all said and done, Bennett was standing on second base. Dean pinch ran and would eventually come around to score on a fielder's choice to make it 14-6.

 

Belhaven struggled to get the Wolfpack out in the eighth allowing two more runs to cross the plate making the score 14-8. After a scoreless ninth by the Blazer offense, Loyola scraped together three more runs and had the bases loaded with one out. Kyle Medley was called up upon to come in and close out the game for the Blazers. Medley got Lucas Wendt to strike out swinging and then made a great stop on a hard shot back to the mound off the bat of David to end the game and preserve the win. The save was Medley's fourth of the season in as many tries.

 

Offensively, Belhaven was led by Brent Hudson with four hits in five at bats including four RBI's. Diehl had three RBI'S on two hits and Chanse Cooper had three hits in four trips to the plate. Golden Grasse earned his first win of the season as he pitched the first five innings surrendering two runs on six hits. Grasse walked just one batter while striking out five Loyola batters.