AMERICUS - The Georgia Southwestern baseball team was swept in a Peach Belt Conference doubleheader against Augusta University on Saturday afternoon at Hurricane Stadium. Augusta won the opener, 15-2, and pitched a shutout in the finale, 14-0.
The Hurricanes ended the day with an overall record of 17-15 and a mark of 3-15 in the PBC while Augusta rebounded from GSW's win in the series opener on Friday evening to improve to 20-11 overall, 10-5 in conference play.
GSW hosts Valdosta State on Wednesday for a non-conference game at 5 p.m.
GAME 1: AUGUSTA 15, GSW 2
Augusta scored a run in the second inning and three more in the third to provide all the support Jaguars starting pitcher Joey Stillwell (5-0) would need.
GSW trailed 9-1 before Augusta put its final stamp on the day's opening game with a six-run seventh.
Hurricanes starting pitcher Earl Dupree (2-5) exited after the third inning having surrendered three earned runs. He allowed five hits, walked two and did not strike out a batter. Matt Hubbard, Michael Ranieri and Drew Powers divided the final six frames.
Devyn Newberry and Zach Barron had two hits apiece for GSW.
Clint Hardy went 4-for-5 with a double, drove in a pair and scored twice for Augusta. Hunter Boose had three hits, four RBIs and scored twice.
Stillwell threw 89 pitches over 6 2/3 innings, scattered six hits, struck out six and gave up a pair of runs. Chase Stone finished the seventh inning and kept GSW scoreless in the eighth. Zach Lebetter pitched the ninth.
GAME 2: AUGUSTA 14, GSW 0
The Jaguars pushed six runs across in the third inning of the nightcap and never looked back.
Southwestern starting pitcher Layne Gusler (1-5) walked three in 2 1/3 innings, including a pair in the third that were compounded with two errors in Augusta's six-run rally. Chad Adkins followed Gusler for 2 2/3 innings on the hill. Kyle Spinks pitched two frames. Coty Graham threw the eighth and Daniel Perez retired the side in order in the ninth.
Brett Burgess provided the lone offensive highlight for GSW in the finale with his 3-for-4 performance at the plate. Burgess accounted for all but two of the Hurricanes hits in Game 2.
Nick Rau was 4-for-5 with a double, three RBIs and two runs scored for Augusta. Jim Wagner, Gage Patton and Jamal Cummings had two hits apiece.
Jaguars starter Will Thompson (3-2) threw 111 pitches over 7 1/3 innings, held GSW to three hits, walked two and struck out four. Aron Chick finished the eighth inning and C.J. Reed handled the ninth.