Bowie starter Kawlyer Swearingin was too much for the Bangs Dragons on Friday, tossing a complete-game shutout at McMurry University’s Walt Driggers Field to fuel the Jackrabbits to a 9-0 win in the first game of a best-of-three Region I-3A bi-district series.

The lefty pitched around four hits and three walks with the aid of 10 strikeouts, allowing his team to break a close game open with a pair of big innings.

The first of those came in the bottom of the fourth, when Bowie took advantage of a balk and two errors to plate three runs, and the second came two innings later, when the Jackrabbits pushed four runs across to all but seal the victory.

The outcome leaves Bangs (14-12-1) in need of two wins Saturday to extend its season to the area round next week.