Cullowhee, N.C. – Western Carolina claimed both ends of Saturday's nonconference baseball doubleheader against the Towson Tigers at Childress Field / Hennon Stadium, clinching the four-game series with the Tigers. WCU homered three times including two by junior Justice Bigbie in claiming a 15-5 victory in game one before fifth-year senior Luke Robinson delivered a walk-off RBI double in the nightcap as the Catamounts rallied for a 4-3 victory.
 
Junior Daniel Walsh finished 4-for-6 with three RBI over the Saturday doubleheader to lead WCU (3-0) while classmate Daylan Nanny was 4-for-8 and also drove in three runs. Robinson posted three hits including a homer with a team-best five RBI over the two games while Bigbie homered twice in a 3-for-6 showing and three runs driven in.
 
Catamount pitching combined for 25 strikeouts in the twin bill sweep including 10 K's in game one and WCU fanned 15 in the nightcap. Towson struck out 18 on the day, recording nine in both games.
 
Game One – Western Carolina 15, Towson 5
Trailing 3-2 in the home half of the third inning, Western Carolina erupted for six runs – each coming with two outs in the inning – as the Catamounts pulled away for a 15-5 win. WCU homered four times in the winning effort including two round-trippers by Justice Bigbie, the first career homer by freshman Pascanel Ferreras, and a grand slam off the bat of Luke Robinson – WCU's third, four-run homer of the series – to highlight the game one victory.
 
Reliever Davis Tyndall (1-0) picked up the victory out of the bullpen in relief of starter Gavin Mortenson who was lifted after 3.1 innings in his WCU debut. Tyndall struck out two in 1.2 innings of hitless, scoreless relief after Mortenson allowed five runs on seven hits with three walks and three strikeouts. Eric Wallington returned to the mound for an inning of relief work, working around a pair of walks while Cole Beverlin struck out three in two innings and Jackson Kirkpatrick fanned two in an inning of action.
 
For Towson, Pete Marchineck (0-1) was saddled with the loss in just an inning of work, giving up six runs – only one of which was earned – on three hits in relief of starter Nick Janowicz who lasted two innings. Reliever Nathan Bolt struck out four and Justin Rebok three in tossing the final five frames.
 
The Catamounts outslugged Towson 12-10 in game one with four of WCU's hits going for extra bases while the Tigers managed five doubles.
 
Game Two – Western Carolina 4, Towson 3
Western Carolina rallied back from a three-run deficit to win the nightcap of Saturday's twin bill 4-3 with Luke Robinson factoring on both the game-tying and winning runs. The senior from McLeansville, N.C., opened the home half of the eighth inning with a single up the middle before eventually coming home on a RBI groundout by Daylan Nanny to send the teams to the ninth inning tied at three.
 
In the ninth, Seth Graves drew a lead-off walk and stole second to move into scoring position where Robinson doubled to right-center field to plate the game-winning run. Robinson (2-for-5) and Daniel Walsh (2-for-3), who also laid down a sacrifice bunt in the eighth to set-up the game-tying run, both collected two hits apiece to lead the Catamounts while Nanny finished with two RBI.
 
Reliever Zach Franklin (1-0) scored the victory as the fifth Catamount pitcher to toe the rubber, striking out five against one walk in two innings of hitless, scoreless relief. Including Franklin's work on the mound, WCU's bullpen held Towson scoreless and without a base hit over the final five innings in allowing the offense to rally. Jacob Corn and Jack Snyder both struck out two and Nick Hyde one to get the game to Franklin in the eighth inning.
 
Towson reliever Jake Pecilunas (0-1) suffered the loss, allowing one run on the one hit with a walk and two strikeouts in two-thirds of an inning of work. Starter Danny Madden fanned four over 5.2 innings of work, exiting the game with a 3-2 advantage.
 
WCU out-hit Towson 8-to-4 in game two with the four Tiger hits spread between four different players.
 
The final game of the four-game nonconference series is scheduled for Sunday afternoon at Childress Field / Hennon Stadium. First pitch is scheduled for 1:00 pm with live stats coverage through CatamountSports.com.