HANOVER, Ind. – The Earlham College baseball team set a program record for wins in a season as the Quakers defeated Hanover College 6-4 and 3-0 in a doubleheader on Friday to sweep the season series.

In game one, both teams scored single runs in the second and third innings. Earlham's runs came off of solo home runs from senior Devin Spurgon and junior Brennan Laird. After a scoreless inning from both teams in the fourth inning, Earlham plated two runs in the fifth on a bases loaded walk drawn by Spurgon and a sacrifice fly hit by junior Cody Krumlauf.

Both teams scored single runs in the sixth and seventh innings making the score 4-2, but sophomore Matt Mathies closed the door on his second save of the season, allowing just one hit in the final two innings.

Senior Bryce Rainey improved to 5-3 on the season allowing eight hits and three earned runs with three strikeouts on the seven-inning victory.

Laird finished 3-5 with a double, a home run, and two runs scored. Fellow senior Brandon Smalling added two hits while Spurgon finished with a home run.

Chris Ares and Travis Thompson led the Panther offense with two hits each.

In game two, freshman Walter Talcott won his ninth game of the season by pitching his fourth complete game of the year. The Lafayette, Ind., native allowed just three base hits while striking out 11 in the game.

Earlham had seven hits as a team in the win. The Quakers scored a single run in the fourth, fifth, and seventh on an RBI groundout from Laird, a sacrifice fly from junior Matt Barger, and a home run from Krumlauf.

Earlham concludes its regular season with a program-record 27 wins and only 12 losses. The Quakers finish the HCAC at 16-10 in the conference and clinched a berth in the HCAC Tournament for the second consecutive season.