Daniel Farrar tossed six effective innings and Chad Mansmann drove in the go-ahead run to lead the Auburn Montgomery baseball team past Shawnee State 2-1 Sunday.

With the win, the Warhawks improved to 5-4 on the season, while the Bears fell to 2-5 overall.

“They say any win is a good win, but we are starting to get discouraged offensively,” head coach Q.V. Lowe said. “We have to get things right. Pretty soon our pitching is going to collapse if we can’t score a few runs for them. I am very pleased with the way our pitchers have responded the last few ball games. At the end of the day, I am proud of the team for gutting out a win, but we have to get better.”

On the afternoon, AUM recorded just three hits, one each by Mansmann, Branden Kelley and Josh Thompson.

Mansmann delivered the key hit of the game, a run-scoring double in the third inning, which scored Wes Hughes. Hughes led off the frame by working a walk and later stole second.

The No. 18 Auburn Montgomery baseball team swept its non-conference doubleheader at Blue Mountain College on Tuesday, taking the opening 7-1 and the nightcap 8-1.

In the opener, junior Blake Bearden and sophomore Bryan Young each drove in a pair of runs and senior Will Ruffin tossed 5 1/3 scoreless innings to lift the Warhawks (3-3) to the victory.

AUM scored three runs in both the first and second innings, while adding a single run in the fourth. The Toppers (3-4) were able to avoid the shutout with an unearned run in sixth inning.

Ruffin (1-0) struck out a season-best six hitters in the outing, scattering just three hits in the contest. Fellow senior Blake Woo worked around three walks to close out the sixth inning, while junior Nathan Taylor tossed a scoreless seventh.

Bearden finished with two of the Warhawks’ seven hits, including a double. Senior Shane Turner, as well as juniors David Carter and Josh Thompson, also collected RBIs.

The No. 18 Auburn Montgomery baseball team dropped both games of its season-opening doubleheader to No. 12 Lindsey Wilson on Saturday, falling 11-6 in game one and 4-2 in game two.

The Warhawks (0-2) struggled offensively, putting together just nine hits in the twin bill. AUM also left 16 combined runners on base in the doubleheader.

“I think we have a lot of growing up to do,” 27th-year head coach Q.V. Lowe said. “We are a young team, but our approaches at the plate were not very good. We had some pitchers give up a lot of free passes, either by walks or hit by pitch, the next thing you know, we throw a ball away and them we are in trouble. We have to get tougher as a ball club.”

Senior Shane Turner connected on three of those hits, finishing the opener 3-for-3 with a triple, two RBIs and a run scored. Fellow senior Chad Mansmann had two hits and a pair of runs scored. In game two, junior Brett Wellman finished 2-for-3 with a double and a run batted in.