HUNTSVILLE – Caleb Cotton hit a go-ahead RBI single in the bottom of the sixth and the Sam Houston bullpen put up four scoreless innings as the Bearkats closed out a sweep of Middle Tennessee with a 3-2 win on Sunday at Don Sanders Stadium. 

It was the first weekend sweep of Conference USA play for the Bearkats (24-16. 7-8 CUSA) and the first time in league play that Middle Tennessee (13-26, 4-11 CUSA) has been swept.  

Cotton finished with a pair of hits for the day and was one of five Kats with multi-hit days. He was the only Bearkat with an extra-base hit as 11 of 12 Bearkat hits on the day were singles.

Brady Christsensen joined him with a pair of RBI singles, accounting for each of the Kats' first two runs. 

Marshall Wales got the Sunday start and allowed just two runs in 5.0 innings before turning it over to the bullpen. The quartet of Miles Hellums, Wyatt Tucker, Logan Hewitt and Chandler David all then threw a scoreless inning each with Hellums getting the win, his third of the year. David needed just seven pitches to get through the ninth and earn his seventh save.  

Four straight singles in the second inning brought in the first run of the game for the Bearkats with Christensen getting the RBI to put SHSU up 1-0. The Kats were set up for more, but hit into the first of three double plays in the game to quell the rally.  

MTSU responded two innings later with a pair of runs, but Christensen's second RBI single of the game came in the bottom of the inning and tied it up. The game stayed there until the bottom of the sixth when Caleb Cotton shot a single to left field to score Easton Loyd with the go-ahead run.  

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The Kats will next head to Baylor on Tuesday for a midweek game against the Bears. The game from Baylor Ballpark is set for a 6:30 p.m. first pitch and will be aired on ESPN+.