Skyhawk senior Brett Spivy had a career day Saturday against visiting Tennessee Tech.

He had five hits in the doubleheader, three doubles in the first game and two home runs in the second game.

Spivy’s doubles and two RBIs helped the Skyhawks claim a 5-1 victory in the first game.

With the three doubles, Spivy tied a school record for most doubles in a game. He also moved up to No. 10 for most career doubles with 26.

The Skyhawks scored two runs in the bottom of the second. Spivy drove in the first run with a double, while Jason Hockaday drove in the second run.

The Skyhawks scored one run in the fourth when Spivy doubled to left center field to plate Blake Turner who singled up the middle, stole second base and moved to third on a wild pitch.

The Skyhawks added two more runs in the seventh inning. Junior college transfer Lance Renton singled up the middle to score Zach Dean and Chad Green.

Tech spoiled the shutout in the top of the eighth with one run. The visiting Golden Eagles loaded the bases and scored on Stuart Meinhart’s sacrifice fly to center field. Dean went 3-for-4 at the plate. Junior Adam Ledlow pitched eight innings. He scattered 10 hits and struck out three en route to his second win of the season. Chadwick Cameron pitched the ninth. He gave up one hit and struck out one.

Tech scored three runs in the top of the seventh inning to claim a 7-5 win over host UTM in the second game of the doubleheader Saturday afternoon.

The Skyhawks built a 5-2 lead after four innings. Spivy’s bat came alive again. This time he hit two home runs and drove in three of the five runs.

Tech chipped away at the lead, scoring two runs in the sixth inning. Cameron took the mound in the seventh inning for the Skyhawks in search of his sixth save of the season, but Tech went crazy against the Skyhawk closer and scored three runs on four hits.

Stuart Minehart, the brother of Skyhawk graduate assistant coach Mark Meinhart, drove in a run with a double down the right field line. Brantly Kilgore drove in two runs with a single. However, Kilgore was thrown out at second trying to stretch the hit into a double. Cameron suffered the loss and fell to 3-2 on the year. Matt Kearney picked up the win for Tech. He pitched four innings and gave up two hits and one run.

Tech piled up 13 hits in the game. Minehart, Jake New, Scott Dunham and Ryan Wardlow had two hits each to lead Tech. Sophomore Chris Rezabek had two hits for the Skyhawks, while Spivy hit the two home runs.

Renton singled to right center field with two outs in the bottom of the tenth inning to drive in the winning run for the Skyhawks in the final game of the series. The Skyhawks claimed a 6-5 victory over the Eagles.

The Skyhawks improved to 16-24 overall and 7-8 in the OVC standings with the win, while Tech falls to 14-27 overall and 7-8 in the league race.

Junior Scott McLean scored from second base on Renton’s single. McLean opened the tenth inning with a leadoff walk against Kilgore. Freshman pitcher Patrick Kimmons came in to face Zane Gresback and juggled Gresback’s bunt that came right back to the mound. McLean was safe at second and Gresback was safe at first.

Kimmons settled down and got Green and Dean to fly out, before Renton delivered the game-winning hit.

Tech jumped out to a 5-2 lead in the seventh inning, but the Skyhawks answered back with two runs in the bottom half of the seventh inning and the tying run in the bottom of the eighth inning. Green plated McLean with a sacrifice fly to center field for the tying run.

Micky Dobson picked up his third win of the season to even his record at 3-3.

Dobson relieved Ryan Rockholt in the seventh inning and only allowed one hit and one run in the four innings he worked.

Junior Douglas Nicodemus led the Skyhawks at the plate with a 3-for-3 effort. With the three hits he successfully extended his hitting streak to 15 games. Green and Rezabek drove in two runs each for the Skyhawks.

Tech’s effort was led by Brian Sprowl who went 2-for-3 with two RBI and two runs scored. Sprowl hit a two-run home run in the seventh inning to give Tech a 5-2 advantage.

The Skyhawks return to action tomorrow when they play at Mississippi Valley State.