Carrollton, GA - In the final weekend before Gulf South Conference play begins, the UWG baseball squad powered past Paine at Cole Field in a doubleheader Sunday afternoon at Cole Field, winning 8-0 in the first game and 14-0 in the nightcap. 

In the first game of the doubleheader, right-hander #Jamie Sexton# started on the mound for the Wolves. Sexton had a spectacular day on the mound pitching a complete game shutout, striking out ten Lion batters and only giving up three hits. He struck out the side in both the top of the third inning as well as the top of the eighth.

The Wolves got on the scoreboard first in the third inning when #Dylan Coleman# flied out to left, scoring #Seth McClure# who had singled into center earlier that inning. The Wolves racked up two more runs in the bottom of the fifth when #TJ Eifert# and #Dustin Brantley# both picked up one RBI each.

UWG's bats once again came to life in the eighth inning. The Wolves scored four runs off three hits really putting the game out of reach as #Evan Hester#, Coleman, and Eifert each picked up an RBI in the inning.

The Wolves wrapped up game one with the final score 8-0. Sexton picked up his second win of the season moving to 2-1. Dalton Self was credited with the loss for Paine. Self went seven innings and surrendered five earned runs.
 
Game two was much more of the same for UWG as the pitching was dominant and bats were alive.

The starting pitcher for the Wolves in game two was #Chase Riemer#, who also gave the Wolves a complete game performance, coming away with the win as he struck out eight batters and only walking one. West Georgia struck hard and fast in game two. In the first inning the Wolves put up four hits and scored six runs, taking advantage of four Lion errors in the frame.

The first run came when Coleman reached on a fielding error, which allowed #Blake McLemore# came into score for the Wolves on the error. A few batters later, Eifert picked up two more RBIs when he singled through the left side. Later in the inning, McLemore came up to the plate again as the Wolves batted around, picking up an RBI after a single through the left side scoring McClure.

Major action resumed once again in the bottom of the sixth inning. UWG went on to put up six runs off of five hits and one error surrendered by Paine.

The big hit in the inning came off of the bat of senior Evan Hester. Hester belted a ball to the left field warning track scoring #Jake Shirley#, and McLemore. The last run in the inning came when McClure singled into left field scoring Brantley. By the time the dust settled at the end of the sixth, the Wolves held a 14-0 advantage. 

That indeed was how the game wrapped up as Riemer went on to shut Paine down in the top of the seventh inning, moving the senior to 3-1 on the year. The losing pitcher in the game for the Lions was J.T. Hyer. Hyer only pitched that first inning, but the damage was done early in this evening's game.

UWG improves their record to 9-4 on the year, while Paine falls to 2-7. West Georgia now prepares for a weekday game this Wednesday, February 27, against Georgia College and State University (GCSU). The game will be played down in Milledgeville at 2:00 p.m.