VANCOUVER – The UBC Thunderbirds baseball team swept a four-game set against the visiting Thompson Rivers University WolfPack in Vancouver this past weekend.
 
Over the course of the four games, which all went seven innings, the T-Birds gave up just five runs. Every starting pitcher threw at least five innings.
 
In Saturday's series opener, UBC's Brody Hawkins and Bruce Yari had RBI singles in the fourth and five innings while Jerod Bartnik scored on a wild pitch in the sixth to clinch a 3-1 victory. The three players recorded two hits apiece while pitcher Conor Lillis-White (2-0) earned the complete-game victory, surrendering a single run in the seventh.
 
Saturday's second game was highlighted by UBC's offensive explosion in a 14-4 triumph. Yari knocked in seven runs, three of which came on a double in the bottom of the fifth that pushed UBC's lead to 9-3. His triple in the next inning brought home another three, rounding out the scoring. Yari had three hits in the game, as did catcher Cam Firth.
 
Jeremy Newton (2-0) gave up three runs in five innings to earn the win.
 
The T-Birds earned two shutouts on Sunday to finish off the series, winning 2-0 and 9-0.
 
Senior Alex Graham (2-0) struck out seven TRU batters and gave up just two hits in a complete-game, seven-inning shutout victory in game 1.
 
Newcomer Colby Rossi's 2-run single to left field in the bottom of the second inning was all the offence Graham needed.
 
In the series finale, Anthony Cusati recorded two RBI's as UBC won comfortably 9-0. TRU never threatened offensively as the WolfPack managed just one hit in the game. Alex Webb went five innings on the mound before giving way to Curtis Taylor and Tyler Gillies.
 
UBC finishes the fall portion of its schedule with a perfect 8-0 record. The team will resume play in the spring.