SALEM, Ore. – A record-setting Saturday helped the Oregon Tech baseball team to their first road sweep of Corban University since 2009, as the Hustlin' Owls earned 9-5 and 17-0 wins at Volcanoes Stadium.
 
Sean Tobin recorded a 6-hit day, including a 4-for-5 effort in the nightcap – the largest shutout victory by OIT (10-5) in program history and the largest victory margin since a 22-3 win at Cal Tech in 2013.
 
"It was a good team day," said OIT head coach Jacob Garsez. "We had a quality effort on the mound throughout the day and got contributions from No. 1-9 in our batting order. Everyone had a contributing role this weekend. We have areas to build and improve on, but am proud of our effort."
 
Tech bolted to a 4-0 lead after a half-inning of Game 1, plating a run after three walks and a hit-by-pitch, adding a Riley Cronin sacrifice fly and a 2-run Matthew Lehrbach triple.
 
The Warriors (3-8) pulled even in the fourth, but OIT capitalized on three seventh inning errors to score five runs – as Tobin, Tyler Horner and Ka'ala Tam each had run-scoring hits.
 
Braeden Bellum earned the win, tossing two innings of relief, striking out two. Starter Cody Dubray went the first five innings, allowing two earned runs and fanning eight in a no-decision. Horner was 3-for-3 and Tobin went 2-for-5 in the win.
 
Game 2 was all OIT, as the Owls turned four double plays behind Brendan Talonen, who spun a 3-hitter over seven innings of work.
 
The offense did the rest – as a Tam solo homer in the fourth gave the Owls a 2-0 lead, with a Horner RBI single and a Matthew Ortiz RBI double in the fourth doubling the margin. Tobin made it 6-0 in the sixth with a 2-run single.
 
OIT blew the game wide open in the eighth, batting around for 10 runs – as Corban committed four errors in the frame. Chad Leonard rapped a two-run double and Justin Francis belted a grand slam over the short porch in left field to cap the scoring.
 
Tobin was 4-for-5, Tam went 3-for-5, with Leonard, Francis and Ian Peters all recording two hits.
 
The Owls close out their 19-game road trip to open the season next weekend with a 4-game series at the University of British Columbia.