The Belmont Abbey baseball team scored 28 runs in two games as it swept Young Harris College in a doubleheader Saturday afternoon, taking game one 11-3 and winning the nightcap 17-9. The Abbey is now 6-3, while Young Harris drops to 1-5. Both games were seven innings long.

In the opener, the Crusaders scored 11 runs on ten hits as they plated two in the bottom of the first on an RBI single from Caleb Shore, who later scored on a sacrifice fly off the bat of Tim Dye.

Young Harris pulled to within one in the second on a solo homer by Adam Moore, but the Crusaders matched that run in the bottom of the inning on a single to right center by Roberto Sanchez, scoring Gabby Amor, who doubled in the previous at bat.

The Mountain Hawks responded in the top of the third, taking advantage of two Abbey errors to score one run and trim their deficit to 3-2, but the Abbey scored three times in the bottom of the inning, using two Young Harris errors to score three unearned runs to build its lead to 6-2.

The Crusaders blew the contest wide open in the bottom of the fifth, scoring five times. Sanchez roped a two-RBI single followed by a double from Kyle Buchanan that scored Sanchez. Joey Frabasile followed with a towering fly ball to right that was dropped, allowing two runs to score to move the Abbey lead to 11-2. Young Harris scored the final run of the game in the top of the seventh on a double play groundout.

Steven Thiele earned the win in five innings of work, allowing two runs on five hits. Josh Rudnik took the loss after he allowed six runs, three earned, on six hits in three and two-thirds innings.

Sanchez finished with three of the Abbey's ten hits,while Buchanan and Chris Vazquez both finished with two.

In the second game, the Crusaders led 7-0 after the second inning, plating all seven of their runs in the second frame. Vazquez blasted a two run homer to right, followed by a grand slam from Shore. Buchanan made it back-to-back homers with a solo shot.

The Mountain Hawks pulled three back in the top of the third and scored two more in the fourth to cut their deficit to 7-5. Belmont Abbey answered with four runs in the bottom of the fourth, using an RBI single from Frabasile, a bases loaded walk to Amor, and a two-RBI double to right from Josh Frazier.

Young Harris went down in order in the fifth and the Abbey extended its lead to 13-5 in the bottom half as Frabasile lifted a sacrifice fly to center, scoring Shore, who had earlier doubled and moved to third on a single by Buchanan.

After a scoreless top of the sixth, the Crusaders scored four more times in their half. Amor doubled home Vazquez, who led off the inning with a walk. Amor scored on a single from Sanchez, followed by an RBI single from pinch hitter Tyler Dye, scoring Justin Vasquez, who was hit by a pitch. Matt Mazzolla ended the Abbey's scoring when his groundout to short brought home Sanchez.

Young Harris scored four times in the top of the seventh, but it was not enough as the Crusaders won, 17-9.

Forrest Buchanan earned the win after allowing five runs on seven hits in three innings. He struck out three. Moore was charged with the loss. He allowed ten runs, all earned, on ten hits in three and two-thirds innings.

Sanchez and Frabasile both had three hits as the Crusaders finished with 16.