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Cair Canady
0
Bob Jones BOB JONE 2-9
10
Winner Covenant COVENANT 7-1
Bob Jones BOB JONE
2-9
0
Final
10
Covenant COVENANT
7-1
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Bob Jones BOB JONE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
Covenant COVENANT 0 2 1 0 3 4 X 10 7 0

W: Smith, Scotty (3-0) L: M. Carroll (1-1)

5
Bob Jones BOB JONE 2-10
18
Winner Covenant COVENANT 8-1
Bob Jones BOB JONE
2-10
5
Final
18
Covenant COVENANT
8-1
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Bob Jones BOB JONE 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 5 9 3
Covenant COVENANT 4 1 8 0 2 3 X 18 12 2

W: Glover , Jonathan (2-0) L: G. Swarms (0-1)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Covenant Offense Too Much For Bob Jones Pitching in DH

LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN, Ga. - Covenant's bats were hot in today's doubleheader against Bob Jones. The Scots combined for 28 runs across two games to complete the three-game sweep of the Bruins. 

Game 1 Final: Covenant 10, Bob Jones 0
Records: Covenant (7-1), Bob Jones (2-9)

HOW IT HAPPENED:

  • Thanks to a solo home run to left field by Hudson Couch, the Scots took a 1-0 lead in the second inning.
  • Later in the frame, Josh McCaskill scored on a wild pitch after reaching base on a double to center field. 
  • The Scots' infield behind RHP Scotty Smith, rolled double plays in both the second and third innings. 
  • Sam Cecil put the score at 3-0 in the third inning with an RBI sacrifice fly to left field that brought home Roby McClarnon. 
  • The Scots led off the fifth inning with back-to-back singles before Ben Johnson brought them home with a three-run home run to left field. 
  • Zeke Gilbert and Daniel Bell scored on an infield throwing error in the sixth inning to make it 8-0. 
  • Elliott Eastin delivered an RBI single later in the frame before a throwing error on the same play brought home another to put the Scots up 10-0. 
  • Smith retired the Bruins in order in the seventh inning to end the game. 

GAME NOTES:

  • Smith (7 IP, 3 H, 1 BB, 5 K, 2 HBP) threw the complete game for the Scots to pick up his third win of the season.
  • McCaskill (2-for-3, 1 R, 1 BB) led the Scots in hits with two.
  • Covenant outhit Bob Jones 7-3. 
  • The Scots committed no errors while the Bruins had three. 

Game 2 Final: Covenant 18, Bob Jones 5
Records: Covenant (8-1), Bob Jones (2-10)

HOW IT HAPPENED:

  • Bell gave Covenant a 1-0 lead in the first inning with an RBI single to center field that scored McClarnon. 
  • Later in the inning, back-to-back home runs by Covenant with a two-run shot from Cecil, and a solo bomb by Johnson put the Scots up 4-0. 
  • RHP Jonathan Glover pitched two scoreless innings out of the gate for Covenant.
  • The Scots added their fifth run in the second inning via an RBI single by Bell that brought home McClarnon. 
  • Bob Jones plated three runs in the third inning with two unearned runs. 
  • Covenant sent 14 batters to the plate in the third inning and scored eight runs to blow open the game at 13-3.
  • Gilbert had a solo home run in the big inning and McClarnon had a "little league home run" with a triple that led to him scoring on an errant throw. 
  • Bob Jones added a run in the fourth and fifth innings on a solo home run and an RBI sacrifice fly. 
  • Covenant got back to scoring in the fifth inning as Bell delivered an RBI double before later scoring on a wild pitch to make it 15-5. 
  • Covenant added its last three runs in the sixth inning, with two coming from wild pitches, to extend its lead to 18-5.
  • RHP Ethan Goebert retired the side in order in the seventh inning to clinch the run-rule win. 

GAME NOTES:

  • Covenant moves to 9-2 all-time against Bob Jones. 
  • Glover (5 IP, 8 H, 5 R, 2 ER, 6 K) earned the win for Covenant with six strikeouts on the day. 
  • Goebert (2 IP, 1 H, 3 K) pitched two scoreless innings in relief. 
  • Bell (3-for-5, 4 RBI, 2 R) led the Covenant offense with three hits while Johnson (2-for-4, 2 R, 1 RBI) tallied two.
  • 18 runs in a season-high for Covenant and the most it has scored since a 21-8 win over Johnson in the 2021 season. 
  • Covenant outhit Bob Jones 12-9.
  • Covenant's 8-1 record ties the 2011 team for the best nine-game start in school history.

UP NEXT: Covenant hosts Eastern Mennonite on Wednesday afternoon for its first midweek game of the season. 

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