BRISTOL, Tenn. --- Andrew Bowerman went 4-for-5 with a RBI and three runs scored to lead the Tusculum College baseball team to a 10-4 non-conference victory over in-state foe King University Tuesday afternoon at the King Baseball Field.

The Pioneers (26-14) sweep the season series over the Tornado (21-23) as Tusculum records its fourth victory in its last six outings.

TC finished with 15 hits, while starting pitcher Zach Slagle was victorious in his fourth consecutive outing. Slagle (5-2) allowed six hits, one run, one walk and three strikeouts in his six innings on the mound.

Bowerman finished the game with two singles, a double and a triple for his second straight four-hit outing and third of the season overall. He extends his hitting streak to 14 straight games where he is batting a robust .482 (27-for-56) and has raised his seasonal batting average 113 points to .359. Bowerman has also reached base safely in 22 consecutive outings, dating back to Mar. 7.

Tusculum's Jeremiah Tullidge went 3-for-4 with two RBI, while teammate Scott Gibson posted a 3-for-5 effort with two RBI and two runs scored.

The Pioneers scored three times in the second inning, including a RBI single by Gibson and back-to-back run-scoring doubles from John Topoleski and Bowerman.

After King plated a run in the bottom of the second, Tusculum scored seven unanswered runs. Tullidge drove in Bowerman with a two-out single in the fourth inning. TC plated two runs in the sixth and three more in the eighth, with the big hits of the inning coming on a two-run single by Chris Waylock.

Tusculum wraps up South Atlantic Conference play this weekend with a three-game series at 11th-ranked Catawba College. The Catawba Indians have already claimed at least a share of the conference title. Tusculum has already clinched a berth into next week's SAC Tournament, but are looking to improve its seeding for the league postseason.

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