Box Score The War Hawks split their double-header with Dallas on Saturday. McMurry improved to 6-2 overall & 3-2 in conference play.

GAME 1: McMurry dropped the first game of their double-header on Saturday afternoon against Dallas.

The War Hawks got off to a solid start in this one as they took a 3-0 lead right out of the gate in the bottom of the first inning. Dallas responded and put up 4 in the top of the second. The see-saw continued to go back-and-forth as McMurry plated across 2 in the 3^rd inning, along with Dallas scoring 1 in the 3^rd.

A third of the way through the game, we were deadlocked at 5 runs apiece. 6 runs over the next 2 frames for the Crusaders blew the game wide open as the War Hawks were staring at a 5 run deficit. 4 runs in the 9^th for Dallas helped them get enough insurance to hold off a late McMurry rally as Dallas went on to win by a score of 15-10.

McMurry scored 10 runs on 11 hits with 2 errors, while Dallas scored 15 runs on 16 hits with 1 error.

KEY CONTRIBUTORS: Ty Nelson had 3 hits; Collin Bruning had 2 RBIs, & Riley Hood scored 2 runs.

GAME 2: The War Hawks got off to a solid start again in game 2. They plated across a run in each of the first two innings to take a 2-0 lead into the third inning of play. A scoreless third inning from both squads would send us to the middle section of the contest with the score remaining 2-0 in favor of the War Hawks.

McMurry would get another run across in the bottom of the 4^th as they looked to try to distance themselves from the Crusaders but they were able to limit the damage as the War Hawks led 3-0 after 4 innings. Dallas left a runner in scoring position in the top half of the 5^th as the McMurry pitching and defense shined once again, sending us to the bottom half of the 5^th with the shutout still intact.

An empty 5^th, 6^th, and 7^th inning lead us to the 8^th with the score remaining at 3-0 as we entered the final stretch of the game. The War Hawks added 7 more in the 8^th inning to put the game away as they went on to win by a score of 10-0 after 8 innings.

McMurry had 10 runs on 8 hits and 1 error, while Dallas had 0 runs on 4 hits with 1 error.

The War Hawks are back in action tomorrow at 2:00pm in the final game of the series against Dallas as they look to earn the series win.