PEORIA, Ill. ? Bradley received strong starts from veteran pitchers Collin Brennan and Rob Scahill and some timely hitting throughout the lineup en route to a doubleheader sweep against North Dakota, 4-3 and 7-2, Saturday afternoon at O'Brien Field.

Bradley will try to stretch its win streak to a season-best three games when the team close out the weekend series with a single game at 1 p.m. Sunday at O'Brien Field.

Game 2 Recap:

Bradley used a five-run fifth inning to earn the doubleheader sweep Saturday, downing the Fighting Sioux 7-2 in the nightcap. Fourth-year junior righthander Rob Scahill (1-0) turned in a strong performance in his first appearance in nearly a month, while senior rightfielder Colby Luttrell (3-for-4) and senior shortstop Tommy Fitzgerald (3-for-3) combined for six of the team's 12 hits.

The Braves jumped on the board first in the nightcap, plating one run in the second inning. After Adam Kimble flirted with a gapper to start the second, catcher Kevin Sullivan found the gap in left center for a one-out double. Luttrell followed with an RBI single up the middle and continued on to second when centerfielder Josh Lagein booted the ball. First baseman Jim Clayton drew a walk to put runners at first and second with one out. Fighting Sioux pitcher Mike Lueck (1-5) prevented further damage, however, by striking out Tim Scanlan swinging and Matt Fritz looking to end the second.

Bradley added to its lead in the fourth inning after loading the bases with one out. Fritz delivered a sacrifice fly to plate Luttrell for a 2-0 lead.

North Dakota got a gift run from the Braves in the fifth inning. Andrew Gudmunson drew a one-out walk, the first of the game by Scahill, then stole second. Following a strikeout, Scahill appeared to get out of the jam when he got Josh Nelson to hit a fly ball to right centerfield, but centerfielder Nick Mitidiero dropped the liner into the gap, allowing Gudmunson to score and pull the Fighting Sioux to within 2-1.

Mitidiero immediately made up for the error, however, hitting his second homer of the season by lining the first pitch of the bottom of the fifth down the left field line and around the fair pole. Luttrell nearly gave the Braves two homers in the inning when he roped a two-out double off the metal fence above the wall in the left field corner, chasing Lueck. David Spies relieved, but left-handed hitting first baseman Jim Clayton greeted the lefty reliever with a soft single into right field to bring home Luttrell for a 4-1 lead. Scanlan, also a left-handed hitter, drew a walk to put runners at first and second. Fritz followed with a sharp comebacker that Spies deflected, but Nelson's throw to first from short was in the dirt and skipped to the wall, allowing Clayton to score and Scanlan and Fritz both to advance an extra base. Fitzgerald broke the game open with a two-run double for a 7-1 lead.