SCORE: GM 1 – IT 8, CU 0; GM 2 – IT 14, CU 0
RECORDS: Indiana Tech (23-23), Cleary (17-21)
LOCATION: Fort Wayne, Ind. (Warriors Stadium)
 
BRIEF: The Indiana Tech baseball team won its fifth straight game and 10 of 11 back-to-back shutouts of Cleary, 8-0, 14-0 on Thursday night. It's the first time this season the Warriors have shutout their opponent in consecutive contests and Tech has now outscored their opponents 137-38 in their last 11 games.

FLOW:
GAME 1
Sevens were wild for junior right-hander, James McReynolds, as he scattered seven hits over seven innings with seven strikeouts and a pair of walks to move to 4-2.
 
After Dezmon Nunn walked and stole second, Brian Hakes drove him in with an RBI double and his courtesy runner, Kyle Mead scored on a passed ball for the 2-0 lead.
 
Tech went down in order in the second, but plated four runs in the third with RBI's singles from Tighe Koehring and Caleb Heller as well as a two-run double from Peyton Newsom for a six run lead.
 
The Orange and Black added another pair of runs on two hits and an error in the fifth, scoring on a Newsom single and a bases loaded walk to Zach Pfafman.

GAME 2
Zach Sailors and a pair of relievers combined for a four-hit shutout, with the former improving to 2-1 in his first start of the season and the offense picked up where they left off, scoring 14 runs on 13 hits.
 
Tech opened the scoring in the first with Koehring driving home Romer Portes with a double and Newsom followed two batters later with a three-run home run to right center, making it a 4-0 lead.
 
The two out hits continued for the offense in the fourth as Nunn, Hakes and Portes each tallied two-out RBIs, the latter driving in a pair with a double.
 
In the fifth, the Warriors sent 11 batters to the plate, scoring six runs on four hits and a pair of Cleary errors. A infield error with the bases loaded added to the lead and Mead plated two more with a single to center. Hakes followed with a two-run triple to left  and scored on Pfafman's single for the 14-run victory.

BY THE NUMBERS:
GAME 1
Tech tallied seven hits, two each from Newsom and Heller…Koehring and Nunn each scored twice…Newsom drove in three of the team's seven runs…The Warriors drew five walks against just on strikeout…McReynolds dropped his ERA to 2.86 and took over the team lead in strikeouts with 38
 
GAME 2
Of the 13 hits, Hakes, Portes and Koehring each had a pair…Newsom and Hakes each drove in three runs, scoring twice while Mead was 1-for-1 scoring twice and driving in a pair…Portes also had two RBIs…Newsom is now hitting .386 with two outs and has a team-high 23 two-out RBIs…Koehring extended his hit streak to six games with Matt Bandor has now reached base in 19 straight
 
UP NEXT: The Warriors travel to Livonia, Mich. for their first ever series against Marygrove College in a Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference doubleheader at Ilitch Ballpark on the campus of Madonna. First pitch on Saturday, Apr. 25 is scheduled for 1 p.m.
 
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