Skyhawks Earn Third Doubleheader Sweep of Season

WEST POINT, Ga. – The Point University Skyhawks stretched 12 runs across two games on Thursday at West Point City Park to clinch wins of 5-0 and 7-5 against the Talladega College Tornadoes.

Game One:

Point scored all five of their runs at the home half of the first inning, featuring an Arwin Burgos solo home run to left field before Gary Coleman blasted one of his own, that time bringing Oscar Soto and Damian Hernandez around the basepaths. The other run in the frame came from Brady Bye thanks to a groundball out from Bradley Bartholf.

From there, the Skyhawks leaned on their pitching staff, led by starter and winning pitcher Dylan Davis who posted two strikeouts and allowed only a pair of hits on 4.2 innings pitched. Nicholas Torres tossed an inning and a third before Jacob Rossi sealed the deal in the seventh inning without a hit given up.   

Game Two:

Point University used a decisive four-run sixth inning to break open a back-and-forth second game and hold off Talladega College.

Tied 3-3 entering the bottom of the sixth, a sacrifice fly from Brady Bye pushed Point in front for the first time, and Easton Harrison followed with a two-run single to extend the margin. Dylan Lindsey capped the frame with an RBI groundout, giving Point a 7-3 cushion that proved just enough as the Tornadoes mounted late challenges in the seventh and ninth innings.

Talladega struck first in the second inning, stringing together a two-run sequence, but Point immediately answered in the bottom half when Logan Waldrup reached on an infield single with pinch runner Dylan Lindsey coming around to score and cut the deficit in half.

Lindsey continued to drive the Skyhawks' offense as the game moved along. In the fourth, he lifted a no-doubter over the left field wall. After a Tornadoes RBI groundout in the top of the fifth briefly restored a 3-2 lead, Lindsey again responded in the bottom of the inning, doubling to center to bring home the tying run and set the stage for Point's big sixth. Lindsey finished with two hits, including the homer and double, two runs scored and three RBIs. 

The Skyhawks' offense made the most of its opportunities, scoring seven runs on six hits while drawing seven walks and having three batters hit by pitches. Harrison added two RBIs on his key sixth-inning single, and Point also swiped two bases. Talladega collected nine hits and seven walks of its own but stranded 13 runners, leaving traffic on the bases in multiple innings as the Skyhawks' pitching and defense worked out of repeated jams.

The Skyhawks will hit the road to square off with Talladega College in another doubleheader this Saturday, February 21. First pitch goes out at 12:00pm EST.