AMERICUS, Ga. - Six University of North Georgia baseball players had multi-hit games as the Nighthawks took the final game of the Peach Belt series from Georgia Southwestern Sunday, 11-8.

For the third time this weekend, North Georgia struck in the top half of the first inning, this time off a Bill LeRoy RBI single that plated two, but GSW answered with a run on a fielder's choice to cut the lead to 2-1. The Nighthawks went on to score off a passed ball in the second, a Nik Levensteins RBI double and Will Hardigree RBI single in the third and a three-run homer from Jake Howard in the sixth to extend the lead to 8-1.

The 'Canes trimmed the lead down to two after the seventh inning stretch, plating five runs in the bottom of the seventh. North Georgia responded with a three-run eighth, fueled by a Howard RBI bunt single, a Crews Taylor RBI single and a bases loaded walk to get to an 11-6 advantage. A pair of RBI singles in the eighth was all GSW could get as the Nighthawks claimed the win.

NOTES
- Cade Heil (3-0) earned the win, going into the seventh inning and fanning three Hurricanes. Pete Weil earned his first save of the season, getting the final four outs of the game, two of which by strikeout.

- Taylor, Andres Perez, Brady Eeles, Levensteins, Howard and Hardigree all had two hits in the game.

- North Georgia drew 11 walks in the game as GSW used eight pitchers.

NEXT UP
UNG returns home to take on Augusta next weekend, starting with a Friday night first pitch at 6 p.m.