LIBERTY, Mo. - The offense put on a show on Saturday afternoon as the William Jewell baseball team swept a doubleheader over Bemidji State by scores of 5-4 and 17-6. The Cardinals improve to 6-3 on the season. 

Game 1 (Jewell 5, Bemidji State 4)
HOW IT HAPPENED

• Bemidji State took an early lead in game one on a two-run home run by Jack Munson in the first inning. 
• Alex Epp blasted his first long ball of the season in the bottom half of the frame, to cut the BSU lead in half, 2-1, before a Jonah Sanford sac fly tied things up in the second.
• Jake Wilcox put a sac fly into center field, scoring Sanford in the bottom of the fourth to give the Cardinals their first lead of the day, but the Beavers got two on a balk and a wild pitch in the sixth to back in front, 4-3. 
• In the sixth inning, Will Bradt singled up the middle to score Sanford and tie the game at four. 
• With one out in the bottom of the seventh, Quincy Aldrich sent a ball over the right field wall for a walk off home run. 

KEY STATS

• Epp and Jordan Phillips led the offense with three hits a piece while Brant and Cale Blasi added two each. 
• Sanford led the way with two runs. 
• Drew Dant (1-0) earned the win in relief, tossing the final inning. 

Game 2 (Jewell 17, Bemidji State 6)
HOW IT HAPPENED

• The offensive explosion in game two got started in the second inning as Ben Click send a three-run shot over the wall, followed by another three-run shot from Kaden Owens in the next frame to quickly make it 6-0.
• Jewell hit two more home runs in the fourth inning off the bats of Wilcox and Epp to push the score to 9-0. 
• In the fifth, the Cardinals loaded the bases for pinch hitter Camden Dayton who blasted his first career home run to left field to make it a 13-run Jewell lead.
• The Beavers got on the board with three runs in the top half of the sixth but the Cards plated three more on RBI from Wilcox and Brant. 
• Bemidji State added three more in the seventh a strikeout from Steven Keech ended the game.  

KEY STATS

• The Cardinals posted five home runs in game two, by Wilcox, Epp, Dayton, Owens and Click. 
• Jewell finished with 12 hits, led by Epp's three, while Wilcox, Sanford and Click all had two apiece. 
• Dayton led the team with four RBI while Wilcox and Epp each scored three times. 
• Chandler Ashby (2-0) got the win in the nightcap, working 5.2 frames while tying the NCAA era single game record with 12 strikeouts. 

UP NEXT
Jewell and Bemidji State will wrap up the series on Sunday afternoon. First pitch is set for 1 p.m.