Baseball Gavin McCallister

Bruin Baseball snags pair of SWAC wins over WNC

SLCC wins third straight, gets set for home openers next week

Box Score 1 | Box Score 2 SLCC Baseball wins two over Western Nevada in SWAC play

Game 1                       Game 2
SLCC – 4                    SLCC – 6
WNC – 0                     WNC – 3

Carson City, NV—The SLCC Baseball team (12-6, 6-2 SWAC) has won three straight games following a doubleheader sweep of Scenic West Athletic Conference (SWAC) opponent Western Nevada College (14-10, 2-6 SWAC) on Saturday. The Bruins won the day's first game 4-0 and closed the weekend out with a 6-3 victory over the Wildcats in the afternoon contest.

In game one, Bruin freshman pitcher Brady Corless (Spanish Fork, UT) picked up the win, pitching a complete game with three strikeouts, giving up two hits on the day and allowing no runs. Sophomore catcher Bo Fisher (American Fork, UT) was 3-for-4 at the plate with a double, a home run and three RBIs. Sophomore catcher Nathan Fishel (Littleton, CO) was 2-for-3 with an RBI and sophomore outfielder Steven Adam (Tecumseh, Ontario) was 2-for-4 with a pair of runs scored.

Bruin sophomore pitcher Rhett Nelson (Lindon, UT) earned the game two win in six innings of work. Sophomore pitcher Bronson Anderson (Lehi, UT) earned the save. Sophomore outfielder Bryan Heward (Ogden, UT) was 1-for-3 with a triple, a pair of RBIs, two walks and two runs scored. SLCC never trailed in either contest and has won three consecutive games.

Next up for Head Coach DG Nelson and the Bruins is a home-opening SWAC doubleheader against Southern Nevada (16-5, 4-0 SWAC) on Thursday, Mar. 7 at Cate Field. First pitch for game one is slated for 1 p.m.
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