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PEMBROKE – River Ryan hit a go-ahead RBI single with one out in the bottom of the eighth inning, and then closed out the game on the mound with three-straight outs in the ninth as the UNC Pembroke baseball team completed a weekend sweep of visiting Concord with a thrilling 14-10 triumph in Sunday's series finale.
 
It was the fifth-straight win for the Braves (6-1) who improved to 5-1 at Sammy Cox Field this season as well. The setback marked the sixth-straight series loss for the Mountain Lions (0-3) who committed 15 errors on the weekend, including eight in Sunday's contest.
 
Roberto Rivera stole two bases and singled in a pair of insurance runs in the eighth to highlight a 4-for-6 day at the plate, while Drew Beaver capped off a torrid weekend at the plate by doubling on a 3-for-5 afternoon. Nick Debo (2-for-4, 2 RBI) and Ryan (2-for-5, 2 RBI) both tacked up a pair of hits as well.
 
Concord got 2-for-4 showings from both Adrian Peralta and Trevor Wiersma, while Jakob Divers plated a trio of runs on a 1-for-4 hitting line.
 
Reliever Kyle Ramsey picked up his first win in the Black & Gold with two innings of shutout relief, while Ryan struck out two in the ninth but did not pick up a decision. McKinley Scott (0-1), the last of three relievers on the day for the visitors, absorbed the loss after giving up four runs (three earned) on three hits in just 1-2/3 innings of work.
 
Concord tacked up five runs in the top of the second and led 6-1 in the middle of the third, but UNCP erupted for six runs in the home half of the third and stretched its advantage out to 10-7 with three more scores in the fourth. The Mountain Lions went quietly in the next two frames, but plated three runs in the seventh to knot the score back up.
 
The Braves got a single from Debo to lead off the bottom of the eighth, and moved the runner to third courtesy of a Justin Dattilo sac bunt to set the table for a go-ahead RBI single from Ryan two batters later. Rivera followed with a two-run single up the middle, and then later scored on an error by Scott a short time later.
 
UNCP will pack up its show and head to Columbia, S.C., on Wednesday to battle Benedict (2-0) in a 1 p.m. contest at Tiger Field.