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TOPEKA, Kan. -- Brett Ash and Kerry Schachenmeyer each threw complete games and Washburn had 20 hits in a doubleheader sweep over Southwest Baptist Saturday afternoon at Falley Field. The Ichabods won the opener 4-2 and then took the second game 11-0 after activating the run-rule in the seventh inning.

Washburn improved to 10-7 overall and 6-4 in the MIAA while the Bearcats fell to 11-8-1 and 6-4 in the league. The two teams will wrap up their four-game series with a doubleheader Sunday at 1 p.m.

The Ichabods and Bearcats were tied 2-2 heading into the bottom of the sixth inning of the opener. Marcus Peavler drove in the game-winning run with a single that scored Richard Swan and then Connor Crimmins drove in Marcus Peavler with a single to center field.

Brett Ash retired the side in order in the top of the seventh to earn the win and even his record at 2-2 on the year. He struck out eight with two walks and gave up two earned runs off five hits.

Mike Nielebeck started for SBU and earned the loss in the complete game. He struck out 10 Ichabods and allowed two earned runs off six hits. After single runs in the second and third from SBU, he got no further help from his offense.

Ross Wolfe singled in a run for SBU to open scoring in the second inning. Blaine Matthews then scored on a wild pitch for Washburn after leading off the bottom of the second with a single and then advancing a base on a Peavler bunt and then an SBU error. The Bearcats got one more in the third to take a 2-1 lead.

Matthews led off the fourth with a single and then later scored after an infield hit from Crimmins. Crimmins hit it deep up the middle and the SBU shortstop fielded it and as he threw late to first base, Matthews safely scored.

The Ichabods were much more explosive in the second game as they earned their first run-rule win this year and first win in the second game of a doubleheader in eight tries, dating back to last year. They got 14 hits off four different Southwest Baptist pitchers.

John Calhoun went 3 for 4 with three RBI and two runs scored. He had a sacrifice fly in the second and then batted twice in the fourth inning, driving in runs each time. His RBI double early in the inning scored Crimmins and then he had an RBI single at the end of the inning that scored Peavler.

Tyler Bean drove in three for Washburn with a two-run home run in the fourth and an RBI single in the fifth. Bean scored three times and reached base safely in all four at-bats after reaching on errors his first two times at the plate.

Washburn went up 3-0 after the first two innings and then had a six-run fourth to go ahead 9-0. Bean's RBI single in the sixth ended up being the game-clinch as it provided Washburn with a 10-run cushion.

Schachenmeyer went the distance on the mound for Washburn as he improved to 3-0. He gave up three hits with four strikeouts and three walks.