Box Score Pittsburg, Kan. - The Southwest Baptist University baseball team completed a four-game series sweep over Pittsburg State on Sunday afternoon, claiming a 9-0 victory in the final game of the series. SBU pitcher Cole Roark threw a complete game three-hit shutout, his first shutout of his career.

SBU jumped ahead quickly in the first when Landon Young came home to give the Bearcats a 1-0 lead. Cole Roark held the Gorillas without a hit through the first four innings of the game, before SBU exploded for six runs in the top of the fifth.

Tyler Hampton led the inning off with a single to right field, and after a Seth Ell walk, Hampton came home on an error by the PSU pitcher to give SBU a 2-0 lead. After a Christian Binger walk to load the bases, Spencer Blacksher hit an rbi single to increase the lead to 3-0. The Bearcats continued to string together hits, with Jake Vore hitting a two-rbi double to left center, followed by an rbi single from Bo Helsel and an rbi single from Ross Wolfe to put SBU up 7-0 after four and a half innings of play.

The Bearcats added another two runs in the seventh off of rbi singles from Tyler Hampton and Ross Wolfe as SBU would cruise to a 9-0 victory. Cole Roark threw an outstanding game from the mound, going 9.0 innings while allowing only 3 hits to go along with three strikeouts in his complete game victory.

The Bearcats will return to action on Tuesday, April 8 when they host William Jewell in a single nine inning non-conference contest. First pitch is set to begin at 2:00 p.m. from Dodson Field in Bolivar.