KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. – Micah Brown drove in five runs on the day and hit two home runs, including the game-winning solo home run in the top of the ninth inning of the opener, to help the Lewis-Clark State College baseball team sweep Oregon Tech 6-5 and 20-5 in NAIA West Conference play on Monday.
 
The second game only went seven innings.
 
Logan Griffin also drove in five runs on the day as the Warriors collected 32 hits, including five home runs, to sweep their second consecutive doubleheader in as many days against OIT.
 
LCSC is now 23-12 overall and 14-7 in NAIA West play, while OIT falls to 15-22 and 10-12. The sweep helped LCSC move past the University of British Columbia (12-7) and into first place in the conference standings.
 
LCSC and Oregon Tech will play a third doubleheader on Tuesday with the first game scheduled for 11 a.m.
 
Brown finished the day 4-for-10 with two home runs, three runs scored and the five RBI, while Griffin was 5-for-9 with four runs scored and five RBI. Brock Ephan finished 4-for-6 with three runs and three RBI, while Seaver Whalen was 2-for-8 with four RBI.
 
In Monday's first game, the Warriors jumped out to a 5-0 lead before Oregon Tech rallied with five runs in the bottom of the eighth to set up Brown's game-winning homer in the LCSC ninth.
The Warriors broke out on top 1-0 in the first when Raymond Pedrina singled, went to second on a wild pitch, and scored on a single by Whalen.
 
LCSC added two more in the fourth when J.J. Robinson walked and scored on a two-out double by Griffin. Hayden Meier followed with a single to score Griffin.
 
The Warriors then used three doubles for two runs in the eighth. Robinson started the rally with a one-out double and scored on a double by Buhner. Ephan later doubled to score Buhner.
Up to that point, LCSC starter Matt Fish had been rolling along. He allowed just four hits through the first six innings and retired 10 of 11 batters during one stretch.
 
In the eighth, however, Oregon Tech used a walk and two singles to put up its first run. Daulton Blackwell relieved Fish and gave up a two-run triple to Louis Wolf. Tristan Shea followed with a two-run home run that tied the game, but OIT left the potential go-ahead run on second base when Blackwell (1-0) got a ground out and a fly out to end the threat.
 
In the ninth, OIT reliever Evan Johnson retired the first two batters he faced before Brown took him yard for a 6-5 lead.
 
In the bottom of the ninth, an error helped the Owls put a runner on third base with one out, but LCSC reliever David Wilson got a strikeout and a ground out to end the game. It was Wilson's first save of the season.
 
In the second game, the Warriors scored eight runs in the top of the first and seven more in the third for a 15-4 lead. In all, LCSC scored in five of the seven innings it batted in.
 
Brown got the ball rolling in the second game when he hit a two-run home run, his third of the season, to start the LCSC scoring in the first. Ephan added an RBI single and Griffin made it 5-0 with a two-run triple. Mark Thompson then doubled in Griffin, which ended the day for OIT starter Trask Telesmanich, who retired only one of seven batters he faced. An error set up consecutive RBI singles by Brown and Whalen to make it 8-0.
 
After OIT responded with four runs in the first of off LCSC starter Rian Bassett, the Warriors responded with seven in the third. A walk, a single and two errors allowed the first run to score and set up an RBI sacrifice fly by Whalen. Robinson followed with a three-run home run, his team-leading 10^th of the season. Buhner then singled and Griffin went deep with a two-run shot, his third of the year.
 
LCSC picked up single runs in the fifth and sixth innings. In the fifth, Ephan hit his second home run of the season, while in the sixth, Whalen's sacrifice fly brought in a run.
 
The Warriors completed the scoring in the seventh with three runs. Thompson drove in his second run of the game with a single, while Chase Hafer's sacrifice fly brought in another. The final run scored on a bases-loaded wild pitch.
 
Bassett (1-1) went six innings and allowed seven hits and five runs, four of which were earned. He struck out five and walked two. Christian Jarnagin gave up a walk in his inning of work.