MARSHALL, Texas – Trailing by four runs in both contests, the East Texas Baptist University baseball team found a way to rally back with two victories over the Belhaven University Blazers to sweep the double header, 8-7, and 6-5. With the two wins, ETBU is now 16-8 overall and 7-4 in the American Southwest Conference.
 
ETBU had to rally in game one after being down, 7-3, coming back for the 8-7 win in the seven-inning game. Dylan Sumpter guided ETBU's offense with two hits while he and Zach Gartner knocked in two RBI. Derrick Findley went the distance allowing eight hits while striking out two batters.
 
Then, trailing 5-1, in game two, ETBU would knot the ballgame at five before Seth Mikeska gave the Tigers a victory on a walk-off single to right field. Sumpter, Gartner (two RBI), and Mikeska (three RBI) would all come up with two hits. Alan Underwood started and went five innings allowing five runs on eight hits with three strikeouts. Reliever Chad Boudreaux got the win with a scoreless ninth inning pitched.
 
Game 1 – ETBU 8, BU 7
Each team would score one run in the first inning as a sacrifice fly by Gartner countered an early run by BU on two Tiger errors. ETBU would go up front in the third as extra base hits by Gartner and Mikeska made it 3-1. The Blazers swung momentum in their favor as they scored six runs in the top of the fourth inning to go up 7-3.
 
ETBU refused to back down as RBI doubles by McAdams and Sumpter cut the deficit to 7-6 in the bottom of the fourth. One inning later, RBI knocks by Singletary and James Rupert gave ETBU an 8-7 lead through five innings. This would prove to be all Findley would need as he would finish the Blazers off for the final six outs to take game one.
 
Game 2 – ETBU 6, BU 5
Underwood would hold the Blazers scoreless through three innings while ETBU's offense failed to score in that same stretch. The Blazers would break through with four runs in the top of the fourth inning to take the lead. Gartner responded for ETBU in the next half inning with a solo shot to left for a 4-1 score. BU regained their four run lead in the fifth with an RBI single.
 
Then, ETBU would have another comeback in the bottom of the fifth. A double steal between Combs and Sumpter was followed by a Gartner single and a Mikeska homer to knot the game at five. The game stayed the same for the next three innings. In the bottom of the ninth, the bases were loaded when Mikeska came through with a walk-off single to right to end the ballgame.

ETBU will finish off the series on Saturday at 1:00 p.m.