BOONE, N.C. — Dillon Dobson doubled three times and Appalachian State University baseball scored double-digit runs for the third-straight game in a 12-3 romp over Western Carolina on Wednesday evening at Beaver Field at Jim and Bettie Smith Stadium.

With the victory, Appalachian State (12-29) split its two-game mid-week series with longtime rival Western Carolina (17-20). WCU won a wild series opener, 18-15, on Tuesday night in Cullowhee, N.C.

Buoyed by Dobson (3-for-4, three doubles, three RBI, two runs scored) and 15 walks issued by WCU pitching, Appalachian State plated 12 runs on nine hits to keep its double-digit scoring streak alive. The Mountaineers have scored 40 runs over their last three games, which is the most that they have scored in any three-game stretch since they tallied 41 runs in three contests against North Carolina A&T (one game) and Oakland (two games) from March 27-31, 2012.

Dobson opened the game by doubling to right-center field with one out in the bottom of the first inning. He stole third and came home on Michael Pierson's RBI groundout to give the Mountaineers an early 1-0 lead.

With two outs and the bases loaded in the bottom of the second, Dobson delivered the biggest blow of the game with a bases-clearing double to nearly the same spot in right center that stretched Appalachian's advantage to 4-0.

After the Mountaineers extended the lead to 6-0 with two runs in the fifth, they blew the game wide open with a six-run sixth that made it 12-0.

Dobson kick-started the big sixth inning by legging out a leadoff double on what originally appeared to be a routine single to left field. From there, Western Carolina's pitching staff melted down, as three Catamount hurlers combined to issue seven walks and throw four wild pitches in the frame. App State had only two hits and recorded only two RBI in the six-run stanza.

Western Carolina scored its only runs of the game in the eighth inning.

Dobson's three-double effort was his second in the last three games, as he also had three two-baggers in Saturday's 15-13 loss to Georgia State. Once again, he fell just one double shy of a Sun Belt Conference single-game record.

In all, the red-hot second baseman has doubled in four-straight games. He is hitting .550 (11-for-20) with eight doubles, three walks, six RBI, eight runs scored, a .609 on-base percentage and a .950 slugging percentage during the torrid four-game stretch.

Junior Brandon Burris and freshman Carson Jones chipped in with two hits apiece.

Six Appalachian State pitchers combined to limit Western Carolina to seven hits. Senior Jeffrey Springs, making a rare mid-week start after missing his regularly scheduled Saturday start against Georgia State due to illness, tossed three scoreless innings to earn the win and move to 3-1 on the season.

WCU starter Jonathan Waszak (1-1) allowed four runs and walked five in 2.2 innings to suffer his first loss of the season.

Appalachian State returns to action this weekend with a crucial three-game Sun Belt Conference series at Arkansas State. Game times are set for 7 p.m. Friday, 7 p.m. Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday (all ET) in Jonesboro, Ark.