ANDERSON, S.C. – Third baseman Brayden Owens' third single of the night – a shot through the left side of the infield plated teammate Kye Andress from third with the winning run in the opener and the Anderson University baseball team stretched its win streak to a season high four games by sweeping Felician, 9-8 and 4-2, Tuesday afternoon at Memorial Stadium.

Anderson evened its record at 8-8 on the season with the sweep, while Felician fell to 4-7.

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
Game #1
Anderson 9, Felician 8 (10 Innings)
In a game that featured numerous clutch hits, Owens was 3-for-6 in the opener, with three singles and a pair of RBI, while Kye Andress was 3-for-5, with three singles and two runs scored - including the game-winner in the bottom of the 10th inning. Jordan Montgomery was 2-for-3 at the plate, with a single and his first triple of the season, while JC LeGrand reached on a first-inning RBI-double and a ninth-inning walk. Anthony Pandolfi drove in a pair of runs with a clutch ninth-inning double and Carlos Hernandez drove in three runs.

Austin Mercado drew the starting assignment but didn't get a decision after allowing just three runs on eight hits over 5.1 innings on the mound, He struck out six batters and walked just one, while tossing five shutout innings.

Jackson Herring (1-0) captured the win with 1.2 innings of relief. He allowed just one single and fanned one batter.

Game #2
Anderson 4, Felician 2
The Trojans were limited to just five hits, but mixed in five timely walks to produce their runs, with Owens, Luke Poole, James Hanvey and Justin Fox all posting hits in the nightcap, highlighted by Hanvey's RBI-triple to left field in the sixth inning.

Senior Nathan Ledford (2-0) captured the win in relief, with Herring notching his first save of the season.

HOW IT HAPPENED
Game 1
The Trojans posted runs in each of the first four innings and led 6-0 after four full frames, but the Golden Falcons countered with four runs in the 6th inning and knotted the score at 6-6 with two more runs in the top of the 7th.

Felician went on to build an 8-6 advantage with solo runs in both the eighth and ninth innings, before the Trojans rallied with a pair of runs to even the score in the bottom of the ninth. Three of AU's first four batters in the ninth drew walks and Pandolfi came through with a double down the left-field line that plated both pinch-runner Shane Thomas and LeGrand.

After a scoreless top of the 10th, Andress singled to lead off, moved into scoring position on Gray Wells' sacrifice bunt. Following a walk to Thomas in a lengthy at-bat, Owens ripped his game-winner through the left side to bring home Andress.

Game 2
Felician scored first in the nightcap but the Trojans responded with a pair of runs in the bottom of the first inning and built a 4-1 lead with two more runs in the bottom of the sixth.

The Golden Falcons made it interesting in the top of the seventh by scoring a run, but were unable to get any closer.

NOTABLES
• Owens stretched his hitting streak to nine games.
• The opener marked the Trojans' first extra-inning game of the season and the first since the nightcap of a home doubleheader against Catawba, last March.
• Tuesday's twin bill marked the first-ever meetings in program history between the Trojans and Golden Falcons.
• JC LeGrand has reached base safely in 10 consecutive games.

UP NEXT
The two teams will close out the three-game midweek series with a single contest, Wednesday afternoon at 4 p.m.