COLUMBIA, S.C. – The Benedict College Tigers had their top two offensive outputs of the season as they swept Morris College in a non-conference baseball doubleheader on Thursday afternoon at Tiger Field.
Benedict scored a season-high 28 runs in the first game to take a 28-4 victory. The Tigers had their second-highest scoring game in the second game while holding Morris to an opponent season low in an 18-1 victory.
The Tigers improve to 5-30 on the season, as head coach
Selwyn Young won his 250
th career game. Young is now 251-214 in 13 seasons.
The Tigers stole 23 bases in the two games to surpass 200 stolen bases on the season.
Benedict had its two best pitching outings of the season as well.
Gerson Vidal Cordero went the distance in the first game to pick up his first win of the season, giving up 10 hits, walking two and striking out seven.
Dwayne Moore picked up the win in the second game, allowing just three hits while walking four and striking out five for his first mound victory.
Bradon O'Connor and
Ryan Chesney each drove in six runs in the first game, while
Taj Bates drove in four runs.
Fareed Mizelle had a three-run homer and
Jalen McDuffie had a two-run homer.
O'Connor drove in four runs on three hits in the second game while stealing four bases.
Jorge Baez drove in four runs, including hitting a two-run homer in the fourth inning.
Jacob Hall had a three-run inside-the-park home run in the nine-run first inning.
Anthony Makinster stole five bases in the game.
Benedict travels to take on Albany State University in a SIAC series, with a doubleheader Friday.