MONTGOMERY, Ala. --- The Auburn Montgomery baseball picked up their third consecutive victory, while completing a season sweep over Gulf South Conference foe Alabama Huntsville, with a 9-6 win over the Chargers on Wednesday, April 17 in midweek action.
 
NOTES
- With the win, AUM improves to 23-20 on the season, and finishes 2019 a perfect 2-0 against UAH.
- Wednesday's game did not count towards either team's GSC record.
- For the second time this season, both Burkett brothers factored into a game's decision, with Ryan Burkett earning the win on the mound, and Todd Burkett picking up the save. 
 
STANDOUT PERFORMERS
- Zach Feaster and Hayden Friesen both logged a game-high three hits apiece and drove in a run, while Feaster scored a run and Friesen socked one of two AUM doubles.
- Dalton Cobb and Harrison Morris both collected a pair of RBI on one hit, with one run scored by each. Cobb clubbed his third home run for the Warhawks in two days in Wednesday's game, marking for his sixth big-fly of the season. 
- Grayson Blackwell crossed home plate twice in the game, while also picking up a pair of hits and accounting for AUM's other double in the contest.
- Quinterrious Arrington and Jonathan Brandt both added a run, a base hit and an RBI in the ballgame.
- R. Burkett (2-2) matched a career-high with six strikeouts over 4.2 innings of work in relief. The senior southpaw allowed just one run on one hit, while walking none.
- T. Burkett (6) needed just two pitches to induce a game-ending popup to Cobb at third base, and lock down his sixth save of the season.
- Troy Jones fanned four Charger hitters over 2.2 inning of action, while giving up just one hit and walking none. 
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
- The Chargers came out of the gate swinging in Wednesday's matchup, with a leadoff home run to start the ballgame, followed by a two-out RBI single to grab a quick 2-0 lead through a half-inning of play.
- The Warhawks would respond with a run in the second inning, courtesy of an RBI fielder's choice by Brandt, and would tack on two more runs in the second on a second RBI fielders choice from Arrington and an RBI groundout from Morris to claim the lead at 3-2.
- AUM would break out for a three-spot in the third, while scoring all three runs in the frame with two away. Cobb's two run bomb accounted for the big blow in the inning, while Feaster was able to plate Blackwell with a single to right field to extend AUM's lead to 6-2 after three.
- After seeing AUM pick up an unearned run on a UAH throwing error in the bottom of the sixth to lead 7-3, the Chargers would make things interesting with a three-run homer in the seventh to bring the score to 7-6.
- The Warhawks would post two huge insurance runs in the bottom of the eighth, however, on a pair of two-out hits from both Morris and Friesen, to give AUM enough breathing room to grab the 9-6 win.

INSIDE THE BOXSCORE
- AUM posted their fifth-highest hit total of the year in the game, outhitting UAH 13-9.
- The Warhawks punched out 11 Charger batters and walked just two, marking for the second most strikeouts in a game this season. From the third inning on, AUM pitchers did not walk a batter. 
- Warhawk 4-7 hitters went a combined 7-17 (.411) in the game, with two doubles, four runs scored and four runs driven in.
- The Orange and Black went 8-21 (.381) with runners on base, and 6-14 (.429) with two outs. 
 
UP NEXT
- The Warhawks will return to action on Friday, April 19 when they take on Christian Brothers University for game one of their three-game GSC series. First pitch from Memphis, Tenn. is slated for 3:00 p.m.
 
For the latest on AUM athletics, find us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.