La Crosse, Wis. - The University of Wisconsin-La Crosse baseball team hit eight home runs and recorded 32 hits as they swept UW-Platteville 12-4 and 14-0 on Saturday afternoon. 

THE BASICS

• Result Game 1: UW-La Crosse 12, UW-Platteville 4
• Result Game 2: UW-La Crosse 14, UW-Platteville 0 (7 innings)
• Location: Copeland Park, La Crosse, Wis. 
• Records: UW-La Crosse 11-4, WIAC 3-1, UW-Platteville  4-10, 1-3 WIAC
• National Ranking: UW-La Crosse is ranked ninth on this weeks D3baseball.com Top-25 polls. 
• Up Next: The Eagles will return to action on Wednesday, April 3 when they travel to St. Peter, Minn. to play Gustavus Adolphus College (Minn.). Game one of the doubleheader is scheduled for 1 p.m.

A PLAYERS PERSPECTIVE

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HOW IT HAPPENED
    Game One 

• The Eagles got on the scoreboard right away as they scored four runs on five hits in the bottom of the first inning. Chris VandenHuevel led off with a single and advanced to second on a fly out by Nate Witte. Jack Olver then doubled to score VandenHuevel. George Seaman then singled to score Olver and make it 2-0. After a strikeout, Mac Born hit his fourth home run of the season to give UWL a 4-0 lead. 
• UWL added a run in the second inning as Jack Moran singled and moved up to second base when VandenHuevel walked. Seaman would then drive in his second run of the game with a single to give UWL a 5-0 lead. 
• UW-Platteville would score a run in the third inning as Slate Higa doubled, stole third and scored on a throwing error.
• Logan Pye led off the Eagles half of the third inning with a double and advanced to third on a ground out. Pye then scored on a single by Moran to extend UWL's lead to 6-1.
• UW-Platteville would cut their deficit to 6-3 as Charlie Breen and Wyatt Molitor each hit solo home runs in the fifth inning.
• VandenHuevel would give UWL a 7-3 lead with his second home run of the season in the sixth inning. 
• UWL would extend their lead to 11-3 in the seventh inning Born and VandenHuevel each hit their second home run of the game. Born's was a solo shot while VandenHuevel's came with two runners on.
• The Eagles would score their final run of the game in the eighth inning on an RBI double by Emiliano Ramos to make it 12-3.
• UW-Platteville would get a run in the ninth inning on a single by Justin Fago.

    Game Two

• With the game scoreless entering the bottom of the third inning, UWL would score five runs on five hits. VandenHuevel led off with a double and advanced to third on Witte's single. After a strikeout, Seaman doubled to score VandenHuevel while Born singled to score both Witte and Seaman. Pye then hit his third home run of the season to give UWL a 5-0 lead. 
• UWL would extend their lead to 9-0 in the fourth inning. With one out, VandenHuevel would hit his third home run of the day. Witte then reached on a throwing error and scored on a double by Olver. Seaman reached by being hit by a pitch. Olver then scored on a single by Pye. After a walk for Andrew Rajkovich, Calvin Hargrove reached on a dropped third strike which scored Seaman to make it 9-0.
• VandenHuevel would lead of the fifth inning with his second home run of the game to put UWL up 10-0. Witte then singled and advanced to second when pinch hitter James Rae singled. Seaman then doubled to score both Rae and Mark Manders who pinch ran for Witte. 
• The Eagles would add the final two runs of the game in the sixth inning as Hargrove led off with a single and scored on Keegan Fleischman's first home run of the season. 

FROM THE BOX SCORE
    Game One

• Offensively, UWL finished with 12 runs on 17 hits and three walks.
• VandenHuevel led the Eagles in game one by going 3-for-4 with four RBIs, three runs scored and two home runs. 
• Born finished the game 2-for-3 with both hits a home run. He also recorded three RBI and two runs scored. 
• Also finishing with multi hit games for the Eagles was Moran (3-for4), Seaman (2-for-4) and Pye (2-for-4). 
• Owen Anderson (2-0) earned the win on the mound going 6.1 innings and allowing three runs on eight hits and two walks while striking out five. 
• As a team, UW-Platteville finished with four runs on nine hits and three walks.
• Justin Fago led the Pioneers offensively by finishing 3-for-5 with an RBI.
• Brady Hoppert (1-2) suffered the loss by allowing five runs on seven hits and two walks in 1.2 innings of work. 

      Game Two

• Offensively, the Eagles scored 14 runs on 15 hits and one walk.
• VandenHuevel once again led the Eagles as he finished 3-for-5 with two home runs, two RBIs and three runs scored.
• Pye went 2-for-3 with a home run and three RBI while Seaman was 2-for-4 with three RBI and two runs scored.
• Also recording two hits for the Eagles was Witte (2-3, two runs scored) and Born (2-for-3, two RBI) 
• Alex Redman (1-0) earned the win on the mound as he went 5.0 innings and allowed three hits and a walk while striking out five.
• As a team, UW-Platteville finished with three hits and a walk.
• Jake Wegner led the Pioneers going 2-for-3.
• Jordan Stanton (0-3) suffered the loss for UW-Platteville as he allowed six runs on seven hits while striking out five in 3.1 innings.