The UTM baseball team pulled off a three game winning streak over Chicago State this past weekend at Skyhawk Field. The Skyhawks played two games on Saturday with final scores of 4-3 and 11-5. On Sunday, the final score was UTM 10 and Chicago 4.

Senior Donnie Corey, from Southaven, Miss., pitched the complete seven-inning contest to pick up his second win of the season in game one. Corey scattered seven hits and gave up three earned runs.

He allowed one walk and struck out eight. “I’m just happy when I can get out there and throw well because I know it benefits the whole team,” Corey said enthusiastically.

He retired 13 consecutive batters before giving up two hits in the seven inning. Corey lowered his earned run average from 4.26 to 4.15 with the win. He also evened his record at 2-2 and for the second consecutive time this season he struck out eight hitters in a game.

The Skyhawks trailed 2-0 going into the bottom of the second inning but put up one run in the second, third, fourth and fifth innings for the win.

In the second game, junior Bryant Jones, from Waddy, Ky., led the Skyhawks with two hits and four RBI.

Nighswonger extended his hitting streak to 12 games with his third-inning single to left field. Nighswonger triggered a three-run third inning with the hit.

Sophomore Dustin Summers, from Paris, Tenn., earned the mound victory for the Skyhawks. Summers improves to 2-1 on the season.

He gave up two hits and an earned run. He struck out three of the eight batters he faced.

In Sunday’s game Brady Nighswonger, Bryant Jones, Brian Jordan and Hunter Hart turned in three hits each.

Jones and Dan Stephens drove in two runs each.

The Skyhawks scored three runs in the bottom of the third inning. Hart, a second year player, led off the inning with a double down the left field line. Nighswonger beat out an infield hit and Jones plated hart with a single to right field. Jordan grounded into a double play, but Kelly Davis, who reached on a walk, scored. Stephens drove in Nighswonger with a double down the left field line.

The Skyhawks used four hits in the frame to put up the three runs.

Nighswonger extended his hitting streak to 13 games with the infield hit.

Chicago State scored twice in the top of the fifth inning, but the Skyhawks answered with two runs of their own in the bottom of the inning.

Coach David Hogue admitted, “We didn’t feel like we played to our capabilites, but it is definitely good to be able not to do your very best and still come out of a weekend with a three game winning sweep”.

To show support for the baseball team, come out Saturday. April 5 at 12 p.m. when the Skyhawksbaseball team takes on Austin Peay here at Skyhawk Field.