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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- The No. 28 Mules baseball team deposited 20 runs in a doubleheader sweep at Lincoln on Saturday afternoon, winning 14-3 and 6-4 at LU Baseball field.

In game one, the Mules (21-9, 18-5 MIAA) scored five times in the top of the first, two of those runs resulting from a fielding error by the Lincoln second baseman. A wild pitch allowed Barrett Noirfalise to come home for UCM's third run, while a pair of RBI singles by Brad Jelinek and Seth Wheeler opened up a 5-0 lead.

Brad Wilson's sacrifice fly in the top of the second plated Kevin Gratza to make it a 6-0 ballgame. Two of the next four Mules runs came via defensive miscues by the Blue Tigers.

With an 11-0 lead heading into the fourth inning, Jake Alexander and Wilson each singled home baserunners to stretch the Mules' lead to 13-0. Tony Sandifer's sacrifice fly that plated Alexander closed out the three-run inning, leaving Lincoln in a 14-0 hole.

Lincoln scored three runs in the bottom of the seventh off of Mules starter Kyle Gehrs, who improved to 4-2 on the season.

Jelinek and Wheeler each accumulated three hits in game one. Alexander and Gratza collected two hits apiece while combining for five runs.

In game two, the two teams played through three scoreless innings, but the Mules rallied for four runs in the top of the fourth. With the bases loaded, Wheeler laid down a sacrifice bunt, plating Sandifer to give UCM a 1-0 lead. Two batters later with the bags juiced, Alexander hit a ball to the second baseman who botched the play, clearing the bases for the Mules and bringing their lead to 4-0.

In the top of the fifth, Noirfalise singled to right field, plating Wilson to give the Mules a 5-0 edge.

Lincoln got on the board in the home half of the fifth on an RBI double to left center by Christian Bunch to make it a 5-1 game.

The Mules' final run came via a Dylan Hanson double and a fielding error by the centerfielder, allowing Sandifer to score from first base.

Lincoln made the game interesting in the bottom of the seventh with three runs of its own, but reliever Zach Davis closed the game out, striking out a pair of Blue Tigers.

Mules starter Kurtis Schuyler (3-2) earned the win, tossing six innings. He allowed eight hits on three runs (all earned) and struck out four batters.

Sandifer (2-for-4, two runs) and Hanson (2-for-3, run, walk) were the only Mules to record multi-hit games in the second of the twinbill.

The Mules and Blue Tigers will finish their series with a single game at noon in Jefferson City on Sunday, March 30.