TORONTO - The Brock University baseball team (21-2 overall, 11-1 OUA) swept both ends of a doubleheader against the Ryerson Rams Saturday afternoon winning by scores of 8-3 and 12-4. 

In Game One, Brock starter Justin Ayles threw seven complete innings, allowing no runs on five hits while striking out a game-high seven, for his fourth straight OUA victory.

Brock's offense was led by Phil Steer who was 2-for-5 with a double, triple and RBI. Dan Nicoletta (2-for-4, RBI) and Blair Gignac (2-for-3, RBI) both collected two hits each. Justin Gideon (1-for-4, RBI) and Ricky Ferri (1-for-4, RBI) rounded out the Badgers hitting.

In Game Two, Brock got out of a jam in the bottom of the fifth, before answering with eight consecutive runs, including a four-run sixth.

With the score tied 4-4 in the bottom of the fifth, Ryerson had the bases loaded with one out. Badgers reliever Phil Owen would enter the game and pick off the runner at second base and strikeout the next Rams hitter to get out of the inning unharmed.

In the top of the 6th, Gignac drove in two of the Badgers next four runs with a two-run triple. In the 7th, Brock's Blake Stepien would make history, becoming the first Badgers player in the 20 years of the program to hit an inside the park grand slam. 

Leading the way at the plate, was Gignac who went 2-for-5 with a triple and two RBI, Stepian 1-for-1, with his first career homerun and career-high four RBI and Marcus Beal who collected two hits going 2-for-2. Gideon and Ferri both added RBI singles and combined for six stolen bases. Steer was 0-for-1 with three walks, hit by pitch and four stolen bases.  

On the mound, Brandon Beattie started and threw 3 1/3 innings allowing three runs (two earned) on 10 hits with six K's in a no decision. Matt Watson would strikeout two of the five batters he faced in the fourth allowing one run on two hits. Owen went 1 2/3 innings, allowing two hits with two strikeouts for the victory. 

The Badgers next action is Sunday, September 28th when they travel to Toronto to take on the Varsity Blues in a doubleheader.