MOUNT BERRY, Ga. – The Berry College Baseball Team (3-0) picked up a pair of wins over visiting Emory & Henry College (0-2) Sunday afternoon. The Vikings won both contests by 7-4 scores.
The schedule for the series was altered from a doubleheader on Saturday and a single game Sunday to a doubleheader on Sunday due to snowfall in Northwest Georgia.
The Basics
GAME ONE – Berry 7, Emory & Henry 4 (seven innings)
GAME TWO – Berry 7, Emory & Henry 4 (seven innings)
LOCATION – Mount Berry, Georgia
VENUE – William R. Bowdoin Field
RECORDS – Emory & Henry (0-2, 0-0 ODAC); Berry (3-0, 0-0 SAA)
Game One – Berry 7, Emory & Henry 4 (seven innings)
The Vikings broke open a scoreless game with four runs in the bottom of the fourth. A bases-loaded double by Spence Johns highlighted the frame.
A single run in the fifth and two in the sixth pushed the margin to 7-0 for Berry. E&H pushed four across in the top of the seventh but the rally came up short. Junior first baseman Joe Tolone (Concord, N.C.) drove in the first run with a two-out infield single while senior left fielder Chandler Kezele (Marshall, Va.) drove in three more with a double to left field on the next at bat.
Garrett West earned the win for BC, scattering two hits and two walks with four strikeouts over four innings of work. E&H junior J.T. Agosto (Cornelius, N.C.) suffered the loss, permitting three runs on four hits in 3.2 innings with a pair of strikeouts.
Game Two – Berry 7, Emory & Henry 4 (seven innings)
Tied 1-1 in the bottom of the second, Berry scored four runs on five hits to take a 5-1 lead. The Wasps got a run back in the fourth but the Vikings added two in the bottom half of the frame for a 7-2 score.
In the fifth, Kezele came up big again for E&H, plating a pair on a double to centerfield. Emory & Henry had baserunners in the sixth and seventh but would get no closer as BC took the nightcap, 7-4.
Ben Coker threw three innings on his way to the win, allowing one run on two hits. Milan Sutaria got the save pitching the seventh inning. Wasp junior Noah Griffin (Fort Mill, S.C.) took the loss, allowing four earned runs on seven hits in two innings.
Up Next
Emory & Henry will remain on the road next weekend when it visits Covenant College for a three-game set. The Wasps and Scots will play a single game on Friday at 2:00 p.m., and a seven-inning doubleheader Saturday at noon.
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