LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN, Ga. - On its Senior Day, Covenant took on league-leader's Maryville for a doubleheader. The Scots were over-matched in game one before dropping a heartbreaker in the series finale.Â
Game 1 Final: Covenant 5, Maryville 17 (7 innings)
Records: Covenant (14-22, 5-9 CCS), Maryville (19-11, 9-1 CCS)
HOW IT HAPPENED:
- Four consecutive RBI base hits for Maryville with two outs in the first inning put it in front 5-0.Â
- A leadoff home run by Zach Devries in the second inning made it 6-0, Maryville.Â
- Chase McBryar put Covenant on the board in the bottom of the frame with a 2-RBI double to left field.Â
- A six-run fourth inning, highlighted by a three-run home run from Zac Graham for Maryville put the score at 12-2.
- Maryville kept its foot on the gas as four hits, three walks, and one error led to five more runs to make it 17-2.Â
- Zeke Gilbert blasted his team-high sixth home run of the year in the fifth inning scored Covenant's third run.Â
- Later in the frame, a RBI single by Cody Gibson and a bases-loaded walk from Jackson Smith made it 17-5.Â
GAME NOTES:
- Maryville outhit Covenant 12-7.
- Covenant committed three errors while Maryville had none.Â
- McBryar led the Scots with 2 RBIs.
- Zach Barrett (3 IP, 6 H, 10 R, 3 ER, 3 BB, 3 K), Ethan Goebert (1 IP, 2 H, 2 ER, 3 K), Jake Schock (0.2 IP, 3 H, 5 R, 4 ER, 1 BB), and Judah O'Neal (2.1 IP, 1 H, 2 BB, 2 K) all pitched for Covenant.Â
Game 2 Final: Covenant 5, Maryville 6
Records: Covenant (14-23, 5-10 CCS), Maryville (20-11, 10-1 CCS)
HOW IT HAPPENED:
- Chris Savage delivered a RBI double to left field in the first inning to put Covenant ahead 1-0.
- Back-to-back RBI groundouts from Cody Gibson and McBryar made it 3-0.
- It took until the fifth inning, but Maryville got on the board with a 2-RBI single to right field.Â
- In the bottom of the frame, Covenant made it 5-2 thanks to a RBI single from Kenny Mills, and a RBI double from Gilbert.Â
- Covenant tried to extend its lead in the seventh inning, but Daniel Bell was thrown out at home plate trying to score from third base on a potential sacrifice fly.Â
- A pair of RBI singles mixed with a balk in between for Maryville, tied the game up in the eighth inning.
- A RBI single with two outs in the ninth inning by Daniel Montana of Maryville turned out to be the winning hit.
- The Scots loaded the bases with one out in their final at-bats, but a pop out and a fly out ended the game.Â
GAME NOTES:
- Covenant moves to 15-27 all-time against Maryville.Â
- Each team had four hits.
- Covenant committed four errors while Maryville had just one.Â
- Gilbert led the Scots with two hits.
- Scotty Smith (7.2 IP, 6 H, 5 R, 3 ER, 2 BB, 4 K, 1 HBP) had another solid outing for Covenant.Â
- Jonathan Glover (1.1 IP, 3 H, 1 ER) pitched in relief for the Scots.
UP NEXT: Covenant has this next week off for exams before returning to the diamond at Berea on May 2nd to begin its final CCS series. Â
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