MOUNT BERRY, Ga. - Covenant and Berry met for the first of two meetings scheduled for this season and it did not disappoint. Nine innings was not enough to decide a winner as Covenant etched out a 5-4 win on the road. 

Final (11 innings): Covenant 5, Berry 4
Records: Covenant (13-16), Berry (14-15)

HOW IT HAPPENED:

• The Vikings went ahead in the second inning, scoring a run with an RBI single up the middle.
• Daniel Bell delivered an RBI sacrifice fly in the third inning that scored Roby McCalrnon to tie the game up. 
• In the fifth inning McClarnon, Josh McCaskill, and Elliott Eastin delivered RBI singles to put the Scots ahead 4-1.
• Berry started to claw its way back with a run in the seventh inning via an RBI fielder's choice.
• In the eighth inning the Vikings tied the game using a catcher's interference call with the bases loaded and a RBI single immediately afterwards to do so.
• Both teams put a runner on second base in the ninth inning, but neither team could bring that runner home which sent the game to extra innings. 
• After a scoreless 10th inning, Sam Cecil brought home Hudson Couch with an RBI single in the 11th inning to put Covenant up 5-4.
• Berry had a runner on third base with one out in the bottom of the frame, however RHP Brady Daniell recorded a lineout and a groundout to clinch the win for the Scots.

GAME NOTES:

• Covenant moves to 8-34 all-time against Berry.
• The Scots threw five pitchers with Daniell (3 IP, 3 H, 0 ER) picking up the win.
• RHP Christian Vander Veen (2 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 1 K), RHP Zach Barrett (2 IP, 2 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, 2 HBP), RHP Jake Schock (3 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 1 K), and RHP Bryce Bollinger (1 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 1 BB) also pitched.
• Cecil (4-for-5, 1 RBI, 1 R, 1 BB) with four hits and McClarnon (3-for-6, 2 R, 1 RBI) with three hits led the Covenant offense.
• Both teams had 13 hits and committed one error.

UP NEXT: Covenant starts an away CCS series on Friday night at Maryville. 

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