Hayden Leatherwood
Hayden Leatherwood was 4-for-6 with two doubles, a triple, home run and eight RBIs in the sweep.
8
Winner Northwest NWCC 7-4
1
Southwest Tennessee SWCC 4-12
Winner
Northwest NWCC
7-4
8
Final
1
Southwest Tennessee SWCC
4-12
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Northwest NWCC 0 0 5 1 0 0 2 8 6 1
Southwest Tennessee SWCC 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 4

W: Hawkins, Ian (3-0) L: Adrian Comas (0-2)

12
Winner Northwest NWCC 8-4
2
Southwest Tennessee SWCC 4-13
Winner
Northwest NWCC
8-4
12
Final
2
Southwest Tennessee SWCC
4-13
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 R H E
Northwest NWCC 2 1 0 7 2 12 10 0
Southwest Tennessee SWCC 1 0 1 0 0 2 6 1

W: Day, Noah (1-0) L: R.J. Dell (0-1)

Game Recap: Baseball | | by Kevin Maloney

Rangers Extend Win Streak to Four in Sweep at Southwest Tennessee

MILLINGTON, Tenn. – Ian Hawkins tossed five solid innings to help Northwest to an 8-1 win in the opener and Hayden Leatherwood was 3-for-3 with five RBIs to power the Rangers to a 12-2 nightcap victory as the Rangers swept Southwest Tennessee on Wednesday at USA Stadium.

Northwest extended its winning streak to four games to improve to 8-4 overall, while Southwest fell to 4-13.

The Rangers return to Jim Miles Field on Friday, March 9 and will host Mississippi Delta (2 p.m.) and Coahoma (5 p.m.) in a three-way. The Trojans and Tigers will face each other at 11 a.m. earlier in the day.

Game 1 – Northwest 8, Southwest 1

Hawkins won his third straight start for the Rangers to open the season, striking out a career-high nine Saluqis and allowing just three hits and one run in five innings.

Scoreless after two innings, Northwest broke the game open with a five-run third. Jake McPhail singled and scored on an error to plate the first run and the Rangers scored another on an error and passed ball to make it 3-0. Leatherwood's two-run homer capped the big inning as Northwest led 5-0.

Southwest's lone run came on Jacob Nobles' RBI-single in the fifth.

Leatherwood added a sac fly in the seventh to score Brooks Boolos after a leadoff double and Brant Blaylock singled and scored to make the final 8-1.

Drew Hurst tossed two shutout innings in relief to close the win for Hawkins. Adrian Comas (0-2) was hit with the loss after allowing five runs (all unearned) in 2.2 innings of work.

Northwest out-hit Southwest 6-3 and took advantage of four Saluqi errors.

Game 2 – Northwest 12, Southwest 2 (5 inn.)

Noah Day picked up his first collegiate win on the mound and Leatherwood had two doubles, a triple and five RBIs as Northwest finished the sweep of Southwest in a five inning run-rule win in the nightcap.

What was a 3-2 Ranger lead after three escalated quickly to a 10-2 lead thanks to a seven-run fourth. Northwest had five hits in the frame, highlighted by Justin Milam's two-run single and Leatherwood's bases-clearing triple.

Bradley Smith singled to score Tanner Leggett and Milam in the fifth to make it 12-2 and Daniel Shelton would toss two shutout frames with four strikeouts to close out the win.

Eight different Rangers combined for 10 hits. Leatherwood was 3-for-3 and Smith and Milam added two RBIs each.