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ORANGE, Calif. – An eight-run fourth inning helped No. 7 Chapman to a 9-1 victory over McMurry University Saturday completing a three-game sweep at Hart Park. The Panthers scored eight runs on just two hits in the fourth and Chapman won the three-game set with McMurry by a combined score of 32-8.

Zack Hewitt got the start and recorded two outs in the fourth, but an error started the scoring party for the Panthers. Chapman scored one run on the error, then got two more on a bases-loaded walk followed by a hit-by-pitch that scored another. Chapman blew the game open when James Parr cleared the bases with a triple to make the score 7-1. Parr came around to score on a passed ball and then Matt Luzar capped the inning with a run-scoring single before Adam Kordich finally struck out to end the inning.

McMurry's only run came in the top half of that inning when Jeff Jackson hit a run-scoring single that brought around Jordan Brown. The bright spot of the game for McMurry was the relief pitching effort by Cory Davis.

Davis threw the final four innings of the game and allowed only one hit, walked two and struck out six to keep the Panthers from any further offensive damage. However, McMurry was unable to score and had just two hits on offense the final five innings.

McMurry's Travis McGee pitched six innings, allowed six hits, just one run, walked two and struck out seven to pick up the victory on the mound for Chapman. Hewitt picked up the loss but was only charged one earned run in 3.2 innings of work; the sophomore struck out six.

McMurry fell to 1-5 with the loss and heads to Lubbock Tuesday to face NAIA power Lubbock Christian at 3 p.m. The Panthers improved to 6-1 on the season with the three-game sweep after taking two games from McMurry Friday.