By By ERIKA PICKLES / Niles Daily Star
NILES - The Benton Harbor Tigers swept visiting Niles Tuesday evening in a pair of Big 16 West Division games.
The Vikes, now 1-10-1 overall, fell in the first game 9-8 and were handed a 4-1 loss in game two.
In the first game, Jake Ferguson suffered the loss at the mound. Drew Donohue also pitched for Niles.
Top hitters were Donohue and Tom Robson, who both had one double each.
In game two, Tim Hardy took the pitching loss and Jeff Jurgonski had the only double of the evening.
The Vikes will host Edwardsburg on Thursday for a pair of non-conference games.
Game one
Niles 101 006 0 - 8 6 3
Benton Harbor - 301 022 1 -9 13 4
Kenneth Payno (WP); CJ Stegai, Jake Ferguson (LP); Dan Holland
2B: Drew Donohue (N), Tom Robson (N), Jerry Washington (BH), Shannon Huddleson (BH), Alfred Jenkins (BH)
Game two
Niles 001 00 - 1 4 1
Benton Harbor 201 10 - 4 5 3
Justin Williams (WP); Nicholas Blue
Tim Hardy (LP); Asaad Ali
2B: Jeff Jurgonski (N), Kenneth Payno (BH), Nate Williams (BH)