GEORGETOWN, Ky. – The Lindsey Wilson Blue Raider baseball team swept Saturday's doubleheader against Georgetown (Ky.) at Robert N. Wilson Field 9-2 and 7-4. 

Lindsey Wilson moves to 17-22 overall, while moving to 7-8 in Mid-South Conference play. Georgetown's losing streak reaches 18 games, moving its record to 8-30 overall and 1-14 in Mid-South Conference play. Lindsey Wilson is scheduled to play No. 23 Indiana Southeast on Tuesday at 2 p.m. CT at Egnew Park. 

GAME ONE: Lindsey Wilson 9 v. Georgetown 2

Lindsey Wilson starting pitcher, Brenden Bratcher, pitched 5.1 scoreless innings en route to his fourth victory of the season. Bratcher, now 4-2, walked four and struck out three, while throwing 101 pitches. Alec Krogel (1-5) was given the loss after starting the game for Georgetown. Krogel went 4.0 innings, allowing seven runs on seven hits, walking one, and striking out one. 
At the plate in game one, LWU was led by Isaac Samano and Bryce Sidler. Samano went 3-3 with two runs scored, a double, and an RBI. Sidler went 2-4 with a double and 5 RBIs. Davis Johnson, Georgetown's shortstop, went 3-3 with a double and a stolen base.

Lindsey Wilson got on the board in the top of the third inning on an Adam Walters RBI single, followed by scoring six runs in the fourth inning to make the score 7-0. Samano drove in the second run with an RBI single, followed by a bases-loaded walk by Walters. Orion Hahm-Taklander added another run with an RBI single, followed by a bases-clearing three-run double by Sidler. 

In the sixth inning, Sidler added two more runs for the Blue Raiders on a two-run single, making the game 9-0. Georgetown managed to score two runs in the bottom of the seventh via a Johnson RBI double and a Sam Turilli RBI single. The Blue Raiders secured their second MSC series win of the season with the 9-2 victory. 


GAME TWO: Lindsey Wilson 7 v. Georgetown 4

Lindsey Wilson completed the weekend sweep of Georgetown with a 7-4 win. LWU starting pitcher, Jacob Jackson, went two innings, allowing four runs on seven hits. However, reliever Gannon Herring (1-1) earned his first win of the season. Herring pitched three scoreless innings, allowing only two hits, walking one, and striking out one. Easton Talley earned his second save of the season after pitching four scoreless innings to close out the game. Talley threw 59 pitches, allowing four hits, striking out four, and walking one. Georgetown starting pitcher, Chris Lencoker, was the losing pitcher, moving his record to 1-8 on the season. Lenocker went 5.2 innings, allowing six runs on 11 hits, walking one, and striking out three. 
Offensively, for the Blue Raiders, Andres Duran and Sidler led the way in game two. Duran went 3-4 with 5 RBIs, including a home run. Sidler went 4-4 with two runs scored, an RBI, and two stolen bases. For the Tigers, Johnson's big day at the plate continued, going 3-5 with an RBI and a stolen base. 

Lindsey Wilson scored two runs in the top of the first to take a 2-0 lead, courtesy of RBI singles by Duran and Drake Young. Georgetown responded when Luis Romero drove in a run on an RBI single to make the score 2-1. In the second inning, Lindsey Wilson added another run, this time on a Sidler RBI single to make the lead 3-1. Georgetown took its first and only lead of the series in the bottom of the second. Nathan Odaira drove in one on an RBI single, Elijah Verge's RBI groundout tied the game at three, and Johnson gave the Tigers a 4-3 lead with an RBI single. 

The Blue Raiders tied the game in the fourth inning on a Duran sacrifice fly that scored Zane Gist. In the sixth inning, Duran hit his sixth home run of the season, a three-run blast, giving the Blue Raiders a 7-4 lead. Talley shut down the Tigers over the final four innings, completing the three-game series sweep for Lindsey Wilson. 


Lindsey Wilson faces No. 23 Indiana Southeast on Tuesday at Egnew Park, with the first pitch scheduled for 2 p.m. CT.