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Covenant College

Covenant College Scots
hudson cathcing
Madison Bowden
6
Greenville GREENVIL 0-1
12
Winner Covenant COVENANT 1-0
Greenville GREENVIL
0-1
6
Final
12
Covenant COVENANT
1-0
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Greenville GREENVIL 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 3 6 9 3
Covenant COVENANT 0 1 5 0 0 3 3 0 X 12 16 2

W: Bollinger, Bryce (1-0) L: D. Bailey (0-1)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Scots Roll Past Panthers on Opening Day

LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN, Ga. - On Opening Day of the Baseball season, the Scots didn't look rusty at all. Behind an aggressive offensive approach and strong pitching, Covenant cruised to a 12-6 win over Greenville. 

Final: Covenant 12, Greenville 6
Records: Covenant (1-0), Greenville (0-1)

HOW IT HAPPENED:

  • The Panthers had runners on first and third base with no outs in the first inning, however a thrown out runner stealing second base followed by back-to-back strikeouts from RHP Bryce Bollinger ended the threat. 
  • Covenant scored its first run of the day in the second inning via an RBI sacrifice fly from Elliott Eastin that brought home Hudson Couch. 
  • The Panthers responded in the next frame, tying the game on an RBI single up the middle. 
  • In the third inning, Covenant used five singles to score five runs which put it ahead 6-1. Eastin had the big hit of the inning, a 2-RBI single up the middle with two outs. 
  • An RBI double to left field followed by an infield error gave Greenville two runs in the sixth inning. 
  • In the bottom of the frame, a pair of RBI doubles from Roby McClarnon and Daniel Bell made it 8-3. 
  • The next batter was Zeke Gilbert who delivered an RBI single through the left side to put his team up six runs. 
  • Chris Savage and Ben Johnson both had RBI hits in the seventh before Johnson scored on a wild pitch to put the Scots ahead 12-3.
  • A wild pitch that scored a run followed by a 2-RBI double scored three runs for Greenville in the ninth inning. 

GAME NOTES:

  • Covenant moves to 4-0 all-time against Greenville. 
  • Gilbert (3-for-5, 1 RBI, 1 R), Cecil (3-for-5, 1 RBI, 2 R), and Johnson (3-for-5, 2 RBI, 2 R) each had strong games offensively for the Scots. 
  • Couch had two hits offensively and threw out two runners stealing second base in the field. 
  • Bollinger (4 IP, 4 H, 1 ER, 2 BB, 5 K) and RHP Ethan Geobert (4 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 2 K) in relief each went four innings for Covenant on the mound. 
  • Covenant outhit Greenville 16-9. 
  • The Scots have won their season-opening game three years in a row. 

UP NEXT: Covenant and Greenville play a doubleheader tomorrow starting at 12 p.m. 

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