The No. 7-ranked Georgia Gwinnett College baseball team put 10 runs on the scoreboard in both of Saturday's victories against Indiana University South Bend to complete a four-game weekend series sweep at the Grizzly Baseball Complex.

It took the Grizzlies (12-2) 10 hits to score the pair of 10-5 and 10-2 triumphs.

Junior Ajay Sczepkowski provided the power in the opener by connecting on a grand slam home run in the sixth inning. His second round tripper of the series gave the hosts a 10-2 lead. Sczepkowski continued his strong play in the nightcap by scoring twice and reaching base after four walks.

Junior Jesus Pacheco went 4-for-5 and scored four runs in Saturday's sweep.

Sophomore Braxton Meguiar collected a pair of hits and drove in two runs in the opener. Junior Jon Ponder had two hits and scored twice from the leadoff spot in the batting order in the nightcap.

GGC scored two runs in the fourth and fifth innings of the opener to build a 6-1 lead. Then, Sczepkowski's grand slam helped the team reach double digits for the first time of the day – and fifth time in 14 games this season.

The hosts pushed three runs across without recording a hit in the opening frame of the second game. GGC scored in six of its eight offensive innings of the contest. Sczepkowski lined an RBI double in the second inning before a sacrifice fly from junior Drew Stubbs in the fifth inning extended the lead to 6-2.

Junior starting pitcher Gage Williams had eight strikeouts and scattered four hits across 5.2 innings during the opener in improving to 3-0. Junior reliever Kyle Petri recorded seven strikeouts in three scoreless innings to pick up the win in Saturday's second contest. Six pitchers combined for 16 strikeouts in the series finale.


  "I loved the way that we attacked offensively in each inning. There was an intent to score and we did a really good job of creating separation from our opposition on the scoreboard. We also pitched well throughout the weekend. We're never satisfied and we can be better in some spots going forward," said Head Coach Jeremy Sheetinger.
  The Grizzlies scored in six of their eight innings to tally 10 runs in the nightcap. After scoring three runs without recording a hit in the first inning, junior Ajay Sczepkowski got a RBI double in the second inning. Then, junior Drew Stubbs hit a sacrifice fly to score an additional run in the fifth inning before junior Jesus Pacheco collected a sacrifice run-scoring fly out one inning later. Junior Jon Ponder added an RBI ground out in the sixth inning to complete the Grizzlies' four-game series sweep.
  First Game
Bottom of First
Braxton Meguiar opened the scoring with a run-scoring single
 
Bottom of Third
Braxton Meguiar added an RBI single to give the Grizzlies a 2-1 lead
 
Bottom of Fourth
Brody Parkerson connected on a two-run home run
 
Bottom of Sixth
Ajay Sczepkowksi hit a grand slam to give GGC a 10-2 lead
 
Second Game
Bottom of First
Devin Warner drew a bases-loaded walk to bring home Jon Ponder
Brody Parkerson was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded
Blaze O'Saben followed with another bases-loaded walk to give GGC a 3-0 lead
 
Bottom of Second
Ajay Sczepkowski hit an RBI double to score Jon Ponder
 
Bottom of Fifth
Drew Stubbs hit a sacrifice fly to extend the lead to 6-2
 
Bottom of Sixth
Jesus Pacheco added a sacrifice fly to score Brody Parkerson
Jon Ponder hit an RBI ground out to shortstop
 

• GGC registered 10 hits in both games on Saturday
• Junior Ajay Sczepkowski connected on a grand slam in the first game and was walked four times in the nightcap
• Junior Jesus Pacheco went 4-for-5 and scored four runs across the doubleheader
• The Grizzlies outscored IU South Bend by a 34-14 margin during the four-game series sweep

• GGC improves to 12-2 this spring; IU South Bend drops to 4-11 on the season
• The Grizzlies were ranked No. 7 in the NAIA Preseason Top 25 poll
• The team recorded its second weekend series sweep of the season
• Georgia Gwinnett College has played all 14 games this season at the Grizzly Baseball Complex

Georgia Gwinnett College is scheduled to play its first road game at No. 3 Tennessee Wesleyan University on Tuesday, February 28, from Athens, Tennessee, starting at 2 p.m.