LONGVIEW, Texas -- Blake Goodridge tossed six shutout innings in the opener and the LeTourneau baseball bats came alive in the final innings of game one and carried that into game two as the YellowJackets swept a doubleheader from Millsaps on Saturday at Conrad-Vernon Field.

LeTourneau took game one, 7-0, and then claimed game two -- and the series -- with a 10-5 victory in the finale.

GAME ONE: LeTourneau 7, Millsaps 0

Goodridge went six shutout innings and collected nine strikeouts and LeTourneau used a six-run sixth inning to pull away in the first game, 7-0.

Goodridge (1-0) made his LeTourneau debut impressive as he went six innings and scattered just four hits while punching out nine Majors at the plate. 

LeTourneau got on the board with a sacrifice fly from Jonah McDaniel in the second inning to go ahead 1-0. In the sixth, the YellowJackets sent 10 batters to the plate and scored six runs on three hits. Jake Morris and Jordan Baynes each had two-run singles in the inning as LeTourneau extended its lead to 7-0.

Luke Dickey then tossed a scoreless seventh to seal the win for LeTourneau.

McDaniel, Luke Land, and Chris Savage all had a hit apiece as the YellowJackets tallied five in the win.

John Montour (0-1) got the loss for Millsaps as he went five innings and allowed one unearned run with two strikeouts for Millsaps.

GAME TWO: LeTourneau 10, Millsaps 5

McDaniel and Blake Vice both homered in the sixth inning and the YellowJackets completed the twin-bill sweep with a 10-5 victory in game two.

McDaniel led off the sixth inning with a solo home run to left field to extend the LeTourneau lead to 7-5. Two batters later, Vice blasted a two-run shot to almost the same location in left field to make it 9-5.

McDaniel, Vice, Zach Baker, and Seth Hudson all had two hits each for LeTourneau. McDaniel tied the game at 2-2 in the first inning with his RBI double after Spencer Alexander had an RBI ground out.

LeTourneau trailed 5-4 entering the bottom of the fourth, but an RBI single from Baker knotted the score again at 5-5. Later in the inning, a sacrifice fly from Austin Wiederhold plated Vice to give LeTourneau the lead for good (6-5).

Alexander made the start on the mound for LeTourneau and went two innings allowing one run on three hits with three strikeouts. Cullen Osterloh (1-0) earned his first collegiate win by going three scoreless innings and striking out three.

Cam Cressend (0-1) got the loss for Millsaps as he surrendered both home runs in the sixth. Mason Morgan was 2-for-5 with two RBIs for the Majors.

UP NEXT

LeTourneau opens SCAC play on Feb. 13 at Austin College (7 p.m.).

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