SAN DIEGO - The Point Loma baseball team completed a four-game sweep of Hawaii Hilo by taking both games of Saturday's doubleheader. PLNU won the opener 5-3 and the nightcap 4-3 to extend their winning streak to 11 games.
 
The 11-game winning streak is the longest for PLNU since 2009. The Sea Lions stand alone in second place in the PacWest at 12-4 and 24-7 overall. The losses drop UHH to 6-19 on the season and to 4-16 in the PacWest.
 
Game 1
Devin Carter drove in four runs and helped stake Kellen Sheppard to a 5-0 lead after four innings, as the Sea Lions held on for 5-3 victory. Coleman Huntley III pitched a perfect ninth for his 10th save of the season.
 
Carter put Point Loma up 3-0 in the third with a three-run homer, his fifth of the season. He also knocked in a two-out, opposite field single in the fourth to extend the Sea Lions lead to 5-0. Carter went 2-for-3 with a home run, four RBI and a run scored in the contest.
 
Hawaii Hilo scored all three of its runs in the sixth inning but Sheppard battled through the inning and then turned the ball over the bullpen. Noah Huggins, Mickey Dunleavy and Huntley each pitched perfect innings to thwart any chance of a Vulcans' rally. Sheppard improved to 4-0 by allowing just six hits and three runs (two earned) while striking out six.
 
AJ Derr had three base knocks to lead Point Loma. Ryan Garcia was a perfect 2-for-2 with a double and two walks.
 
Byron Freitas had two of the Vulcans' six hits out of his leadoff spot. Eric Vega took the loss after allowing five hits and three runs in 2.2 innings pitched. He was pulled after giving up the three-run shot to Carter.
 
Game 2
Hawaii Hilo jumped on Point Loma with two runs in the top of the first, but just as the Sea Lions have done all season, they battled back for the victory.
 
Tyler Baker quickly answered with a  solo home run to lead off the Sea Lions' half of the first inning. PLNU would  tie the game in the second on a sacrifice fly but Anthony Torres, and take the 4-2 lead in the third on back-to-back RBI its by Devin Carter and Joseph Keller.
 
With the lead Trevor Abshire (4-1) seemed to settle in. He did not allow a run after the first inning and finished with nine hits and three runs allowed over five innings. He struck out seven and did not walk a batter.
 
Patrick McMullen then delivered a perfect eighth inning, before going to Garrett Gooding to close out the game. Gooding did not allow a hit but the Vulcans' Sam Kim made it interesting with one out as he blasted a ball to right field that Devin Carter snagged on a leaping catch against the wall to preserve the one-run lead in the seventh.
 
Keller had two of the Sea Lions' seven hits in the game. Devin Carter was 1-for-3 with a walk, an RBI, a run scored and two stolen bases.
 
Korin Medeiros and Sam Kim each had two hits to lead Hawaii Hilo. Medeiros knocked in a pair of runs and Kim scored twice. Jarin Kadooka took the loss after allowing two hits and a run in .1 innings of work out of the bullpen.
 
Next games
Point Loma will play at home again next Thursday and Friday when they welcome in Hawaii Pacific for a four-game series. The doubleheaders will start both days at Noon.