Box Score 1 | Box Score 2             Sophomore lefthander Corbin Kirk fired a complete-game win with 12 strikeouts in the opener and freshman catcher Trey Wells hit two more home runs going 5 for 9 at the plate with six RBI's to lead Wayne State College in a 10-8 and 12-5 Northern Sun Conference baseball sweep at Upper Iowa Friday afternoon.  The 'Cats move above the .500 mark at 17-16 overall and 11-8 in the NSIC while the host Peacocks drop to 11-21 and 7-14 in league games.
            The opener got off to a wild start with each team scoring five runs in the first inning.  Freshman catcher Trey Wells blasted a three-run shot, fresh off a five-home run day Wednesday vs. Minot State, to get the 'Cats off to a quick start.
            Trailing 6-5 entering the third, WSC tied the score at 6-6 on a Quinn McCafferty RBI single and took an 8-6 lead in the fourth thanks to a McCafferty RBI double and Colin Lynam recording a bases loaded walk.
            WSC added two runs in the top of the fifth for a 10-8 lead.  Kyler Essink had a sacrifice bunt that scored pinch-runner Noah Strizek with the first run while the second run came on a Carter Thomas fielder's choice.
            UIU closed the scoring with one run in the bottom of the seventh for the 10-8 win.
            Wayne State held a 10-8 edge in hits over the Peacocks.  Hunter Babe was 3 for 4 with two runs scored.  McCafferty finished 2 for 3 with a pair of RBIs including a double.  Wells added a three-run homer while Nick Barnett doubled.
            Kirk won his second straight start for the Wildcats, now 2-3.  He struck out 12 batters while allowing eight runs on eight hits with four walks in a 132-pitch outing.
            The second game saw the Wildcats produce a season-best 21 hits as WSC outscored UIU 12-5 to take the nightcap.
            WSC trailed 3-2 after five innings but grabbed the lead for good with a three-run sixth inning.  Barnett laced an RBI single followed by a Cade Lynam two-run single.
            After UIU scored one run in the sixth to make the score 5-4, both teams scored single runs in the seventh for a 6-5 Wildcat lead.  Braden Cannon with an RBI single provided the run in the seventh.
            WSC scored another run in the eighth and added five insurance runs in the ninth for the 12-5 win.  The 'Cats had six hits in the inning, highlighted by a two-run blast from Wells.  Nate Cunningham, Colin Lynam and Carter Thomas each added run scoring singles in the inning.
            Wells paced Wayne State's 21-hit attack going 4 of 5 with a two-run homer, double, 3 RBIs and three runs scored.  McCafferty finished 3 for 5 and two runs scored.  Cannon, Cunningham and Dylan Jutze each added two hits.
            Sophomore reliever Jacob Kneifl, the second of four Wildcat pitchers in the contest, earned the win working 2 2/3 innings of relief.  He allowed just one run on three hits.  Starter Jackson Shelburne pitched three innings.  Kolt Davis fired the final 1 2/3 innings of scoreless relief for his second save of the season with two strikeouts.
            The Wildcats will be on the road this weekend, visiting Upper Iowa in a three-game NSIC series that has been moved up one day to Friday and Saturday with a noon doubleheader Friday and nine-inning game Saturday at 12 p.m.