The Catawba Indians baseball team beat Mars Hill last Friday night, 4-1. The Indians would get off to a good start after a scoreless 1^st inning for both teams when a leadoff double by Ethan Satterfield into the right center field gap and then another double in the same area by Julio Zubillaga in the 2^nd inning would give them an early 1-0 lead. Catawba and Mars Hill would not score again through 3^rd-5^th Innings. Catawba would get runners on base during the 4^th inning but failed to score any runs.

In the 6th inning, the Indians would be back in business when a leadoff walk by Paul Kronenfeld followed by a double by Keaton Hawks would give the Indians runners on 2nd and 3rd with no outs.  After Catawba would get the first two runners of the 6^th inning in scoring position with no outs, Ethan Satterfield’s big night at the plate would continue when he hit a triple to score Kronenfeld and Hawks to make the score 3-0 Indians. Then Julio Zubillaga continued his good night at the plate with an RBI groundout to score Satterfield, making the score 4-0 Catawba.

Catawba would get some strong pitching from junior Craig Brooks as he would only allow one run over his eight innings pitched. Craig Brooks also carried a no hitter through 6 innings until a home run by Mars Hill would break it up in the 7^th inning. Brooks would only allow 2 hits the whole time he was pitching and he would strikeout 11 and that would improve his overall record this season to 8-2. In the 9^th inning, closer Ryan McClintock would come in and save the game for the Indians after a fly out would end the game and the Indians would win by a final of 4-1.

The Indians would sweep the weekend series with Mars Hill by defeating Mars Hill 16-8 and 9-3 on Saturday. The wins this weekend give the Indians wins in 15 of their last 17 games. The Indians next play on Tuesday night on the road against Winston Salem State at 6 P.M. at BB&T Park in Winston Salem. The Indians overall record is now 24-13 and their conference record is now 16-6 after this weekend’s sweep of Mars Hill.