Henderson State completed the three-game Great American Conference series sweep against East Central as the Reddies won both games of Saturday's double-header 6-1 and 10-0.

The Reddies, 19-10 overall and 14-4 in the GAC, are in second-place in the league standings after recording their fourth series sweep if the year. Henderson is one game behind first-place Arkansas-Monticello.

In the first game on Saturday, Henderson State fell behind 1-0 but took the lead in the fourth-inning scoring three runs on four hits.
 
Brandon Pollock started the inning with a triple to right field and scored on a double by Nolan Ryan for the first run.  Dylan McCain gave the Reddies the lead when he singled to left field to score Ryan. McCain later scored on a balk to put Henderson on top 3-0.
 
Henderson added two runs in the eighth-inning when Ryan belted a triple to right-center field that scored Taylor Langston who singled earlier in the frame. Caleb Carr drove home Ryan with a base-hit up the middle to increase the Reddie lead to 5-1.
 
Brentten Schwaab provided an insurance run in the ninth when he singled to left field which scored Jordan Harris who led off the inning with a double.

Daniel Sprinkle put together his best performance of the year on the mound recording a complete-game victory allowing one run on five hits to improve to 3-2.

In the series finale, Zack Gray was a base hit away from recording a cycle as the senior from Hamilton, Ohio went 3-for-3 with a double, triple and home run along with four runs batted in.

Gray put the Reddies on top 2-0 in the first-inning with a two-run homer to right field. Two innings later, Gray laced a two-run triple and then scored on a wild pitch to increase the Reddie lead to 5-0.

Henderson scored a run in the fourth as Ryan doubled and scored on a ground out later in the frame.

After manufacturing two more runs in the fifth, Carr drove in Henderson's ninth run in the sixth with a triple of his own to score Joseph Shepherd who reached on an error. Carr also scored on a wild pitch.

Zach Eschberger went the distance on the mound in recording his first shutout of the year along with his fifth complete game.

The junior from Bullard, Texas faced two batters above the minimum, giving up three hits while striking out five batters to improve to 5-1 on the year.

Carr finished the three game series going 4-for-8 at the plate with three runs batted in, while Ryan was 4-for-9 with two doubles, a triple and four RBI.
Pollock, Schwaab and Harris also had four hits over the weekend.

The Reddies will travel to Monticello, Ark. next weekend for a three game GAC series with first-place Arkansas-Monticello with the first game set for Friday at 3 p.m.