DAHLONEGA - The runs came early and often as the No. 20 University of North Georgia baseball team scored 13 runs in the first four innings on their way to a 14-2 win over Auburn Montgomery Saturday afternoon at Bob Stein Stadium at Cottrell Park.

The scoring started with a four-run first inning, coming off a Will Hardigree RBI single right before a William Mapes RBI double. After Cole Yancey hit a sacrifice fly to score the final run of the first, North Georgia added four more in the second, highlighted by Bill LeRoy's two-RBI single to center.

LeRoy got two more RBI in the third inning on a double to left field that plated Andres Perez and Tim Conway, extending the lead to 10-0. AUM finally scratched the scoreboard in the top of the fourth, plating an unearned run, but the Nighthawks answered with a three-run fourth, scoring on back-to-back RBI singles by Crews Taylor and Conway.

North Georgia added one more on a Perez moonshot that cleared the left field wall in the seventh before the Warhawks got one more run in the eighth.

NOTES
- Mapes went 4-for-5 to lead the way for North Georgia, getting two RBI and scoring a run as well. Perez went 2-for-2 with four runs scored and three walks.

- AUM surrendered 12 free passes, 11 of which were walks. Taylor had three for the second straight game.

- Steven Bower (1-0) earned the win, throwing six innings of two-hit baseball. He gave up just one unearned run while striking out seven.

NEXT UP
The Nighthawks go for the sweep tomorrow afternoon at 1 p.m.