BRISTOL, TN (March 18, 2007) --- With a key home run in both games of an Appalachian Athletic Conference (AAC) doubleheader the Milligan College baseball team defeated rival King (Tenn.) College Sunday afternoon. Milligan won the first game 3-2 then completed the sweep with a 2-1 win. After the doubleheader, the Buffs improve to 4-2 in the conference and 10-15 overall while King falls to 2-4 within the AAC.

Game 1 Milligan 3 King 2

Trailing 2-0, Milligan took the lead behind a three-run home run from Brandon Murphy (Johnson City, Tenn.) in the seventh inning. Ben Huff (Bristol, Tenn.) and Todd Sangid (Johnson City, Tenn.) were on base when Murphy belted his first home run of the season to give the Buffs the lead.

Senior right-handed pitcher Brett Seybert (Columbiana, Ohio) pitched a complete game for the win. Seybert (3-2) allowed two unearned runs over the nine innings on the mound as he scattered six hits with five strikeouts.

Murphy finished the game 2-for-3 with his home run and Sangid was 2-for-4.

Game 2 Milligan 2 King 1

With two outs in the fourth inning, Huff hit his first home run of the 2007 season, a two-run blast to give Milligan the lead. Clint Dorman (Savannah, Ga.) was hit by a pitch prior to Huff’s home run to reach first. 

Nathan Fritz (Kingsport, Tenn.) also threw a complete game victory against King. In his seven innings, Fritz (2-2) allowed one run on four hits and struck out ten.

Next for the Buffs is a trip to play NCAA Division III Roanoke College on Thursday, March 22. The first pitch of their contest is scheduled for 6 p.m. in Salem, Va.