Rock Island's Clayton George took care of the Galesburg baseball team all by himself in the opener of Saturday's Western Big 6 Conference twinbill.

The rest of the Rocks chipped in in the nightcap as the Rocks said ``nine'' to Galesburg's thoughts of a victory, completing the 9-1, 9-7 sweep in the first Saturday of conference play.

At 6-foot-5, 245 pounds, George is an imposing figure on the mound. He checked the Streaks on just five hits, walking two and striking out five in the opener. He was just as impressive was his bat -- he was 3-for-3, including a two-run homer and an RBI double.

``We didn't expect that to happen,'' Galesburg coach Arnie Gonzalez said of George (3-1) tormenting the Streaks the way he did. ``He's physically intimidating; he did a nice job. ... But our hitting was atrocious and our pitching was atrocious. We just did not play very fundamentally sound ball.''

George, a right-handed junior, was probably happier with his offense than his pitching. It was his biggest batting game of the young season for the 8-5 Rocks, who are tied atop the league standings at 2-0 with fellow Saturday sweepers United Township and Moline. Galesburg drops to 6-3, 0-2.

``I pretty much got the pitches I was looking for and was able to drive them,'' said George, who was 0-for-4 in the nightcap. ``They both (pitching and hitting) worked out pretty well.''

In the opener, Jason Amble also delivered a two-run homer for the Rocks. Marcus Youngquist was 3-for-4 with three runs scored.

The Rocks out-hit the Streaks 12-5 in the opener, but in the nightcap, Galesburg pounded out a dozen hits, 11 of them singles, off Rocky winner Steve Mumma (2-1). However, the Rocks, with seven second-game hits, bunched five of theirs in a seven-run second inning. Three of those runs came on Jason Meisenbach's triple, one on Jim Wignall's single and another on Amble's double.

Galesburg tried to make it interesting in the seventh, lacing five singles and scoring four runs before Mumma quelled the rally with his sixth strikeout. Mumma also drove in three runs in the doubleheader and was the lone Rock with two or more hits in the nightcap.

``It's always nice to start out 2-0 -- we played with some confidence and did a lot of the little things we need to do to win,'' said second-year Rocky coach Andy Campbell. ``We're happy that we won, yeah, but we're never going to be satisfied with the effort.''