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Thomas University overcame an anemic offensive effort to sweep Brewton Parker on Tuesday afternoon at Varnedoe Stadium. The Night Hawks (6-9) scored 2 in the bottom of the 7th inning to walk off in the first game 3-2, and used stellar pitching in game two to win 3-0.

The Barons jumped on top in the first game using 3 hits in the first inning to grab a 1-0 lead off of TU starter Nick Riley. The Night Hawks would answer in the bottom of the 2nd, as Yovanny Peguero walked with one out, and advanced to second as Colin Kirkland was hit by a pitch. Blake Summers was hit by a pitch to load the bases, and Dillon True attempted a squeeze on the next pitch. Peguero was thrown out at the plate, but the catcher overthrew the first baseman attempting the double play,  and Kirkland scored from second to tie the game at 1 apiece.

BPC would add another run in the 5th inning on a single, a passed ball, and another single off of reliever Kris Lee to take the 2-1 lead to the 7th inning. JR Cruess would lead off the bottom of the seventh with a single to left that bounced off the diving left fielders glove. Jalbert Melo would sacrifice bunt to move Cruess to second with the tying run, and Tanner Long would double to right, but confusion on the basepaths only moved Cruess to third. Following an intentional walk to Gant Highsmith, Gavin Murphy would hit a sinking liner to center that would fall in front of the diving centerfielder to score Cruess with the tying run. Peguero would follow with a grounder to the shortstop in a drawn-in infield to drive home Austin Simmons, who was pinch running for Long, with the winning run.

Lee would be the benificiary of the late game heroics in picking up the win, throwing 3 innings, giving up one earned run on 4 hits, a walk and 2 strikeouts. Riley would finish the day with 4 IP, 1 ER, on 1 walk and 2 Ks. Long would finish 2-3, 1 2B and Murphy and Peguero would add 1 RBI each.

The story of game two was the Night Hawk pitching. Starter Jacob Moye would throw 3 innings, giving up no hits and only 1 walk. The Night Hawks would take the early lead in the bottom of the first inning, using a Melo walk and stolen base, a walk by Dillon True, and a sacrifice fly by Jeremy Crosby to jump out to a 1-0 lead. 

In the third inning, TU would strike again on a 2-out Melo walk, who advanced to third on an errant pickoff throw. A bunt base hit by True scored Melo for the 2-0 lead. True would advance to second on a passed ball, then score on a Crosby single for the 3-0 lead.

Joshua Roye would would relieve Moye in the top of the fourth, and would need only 25 pitches to get through the next 3 innings, giving up 2 hits along the way. He would be relieved by Codey Conway in the seventh ( .1 IP, 1 walk), then Jordan Sopotnick ( .2 IP, 2 Ks) who would pick up his first save of 2016. True would garner half of the Night Hawks 4 hits in the game, with Crosby adding 2 RBI.

TU will be back in action on Friday, February 26 when they take on Sun Conference foe Warner University in a key series. First pitch of the doubleheader is scheduled for 1pm at Varnedoe Stadium. For up-to-date information on these games and other TU Athletics, visit www.TUNightHawks.com.  Stay up-to-date with news, scores, photos, game summaries, and feature stories of your TU baseball team by following them via Twitter at @NightHawkBaseba.