By Patrick Cooley, Sports Editor
The UNO baseball team took two road wins at Southwest Baptist on Friday. The Mavs (5-2, 3-1 MIAA) beat the Bearcats 8-2 in game one and 8-3 in game two. UNO rebounded to win the last three games of the four-game series against the Bearcats after dropping Thursday’s opener 11-8.
Junior outfielders Martin Sartin and Trevor Gappa combined for seven hits in Friday’s doubleheader, including four RBIs and four runs scored.
Game One:
UNO 8, Southwest Baptist 2
Senior Jed Hanson went 4-for-4 at the plate with four runs batted in and three runs scored as the Mavs cruised to an 8-2 victory. Sophomore pitcher Derek Landis (1-0) earned the win, striking out five batters and giving up no hits and no walks in 2.1 innings.
Nebraska-Omaha…………..2 0 0 0 1 5 0 8 10 2
Southwest Baptist…………..0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 9 4
2B:SWB – Salidas. HR:UNO – J. Hanson. SB: UNO – B. Hohl; J. Hanson 3; T. Davies. W: UNO -D. Landis (1-0). L: SWB -J. Berman (0-2).
Game Two:
UNO 8, Southwest Baptist 3
Mav Sophomore Tyler Spilichal hit his first home run of the season and went 2-for-4 with two RBIs. First baseman Martin Sartin was 2-for-2 with three runs scored, an RBI and two walks. Junior Cory Buckley (1-0) was the winning pitcher, going three innings in relief.
Nebraska-Omaha……0 1 0 0 0 4 1 2 0 8 11 0
Southwest Baptist…….0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 3 10 0
2B:UNO – M. Sartin; T. Gappa; C. McCord. 3B:SWB – Saladis. HR:UNO – T. Splichal. SB: UNO – J. Hanson; M. Sartin; M. Waldron. CS:UNO – J. Hanson. W: UNO -C. Buckley (1-0). L: SWB- M. Nicks (0-1).
