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PEMBROKE – The 27^th-ranked UNC Pembroke baseball team racked up 10 or more hits for the 14^th time in the last 17 games and used a quartet of multiple-run frames to finish off a series-opening doubleheader sweep of Coker with a 16-1 victory over the Cobras on Saturday afternoon at Sammy Cox Field.
 
The result marked the 12^th-straight victory for the Braves (33-11) who have now captured 17 of their last 19 outings since March 19. The Cobras (22-20), who lugged a three-game win streak into the weekend, have now dropped six of the last seven matchups with the Black & Gold.
 
Stibel Aleman Saba homered twice and drove in five runs on a perfect 5-for-5 day at the plate, while Roberto Rivera doubled, homered and scored three times on a 3-for-4 hitting line. Three other players chipped in a pair of hits for the hosts as well. Bryson Conner singled twice on three trips to the plate to lead Coker.
 
Kyle Boraski (5-2) won for the fifth time in his last six starts after scattering four hits and a lone earned run over six quality innings from the hill. He also struck out four. Forrest Arnold (5-3) yielded six hits and four earned runs in just two innings of work to take the loss for the Cobras.
 
The Braves went quietly in the bottom of the first inning, but scored at least one run in each of their last five at-bats to fuel the rout. UNCP led 7-0 by the end of the fourth inning, but pushed across five runs in the fifth and four more in the sixth.
 
UNCP and Coker will close out a rare four-game series on Sunday when they square off in a series-closing doubleheader at Tom J. New Field. First pitch is scheduled for 10 a.m.