The Covenant baseball teamand Sewanee went head-to-head on Tuesday afternoon for the last of eight consecutive away games on the schedule for the Scots. A six-run fourth inning by the Tigers proved to be the deciding factor as they moved Covenant to under .500 for the first time all season.
Final: Covenant 1, Sewanee 10 In the second inning, Covenant attempted to score Cody Brewer from second base on a single to center field, however a perfectly executed outfield relay by the Tigers got him out at home plate.
Sewanee took the lead in the bottom of the frame as Blake Pou hit a solo home run to right field.
In the third inning, Covenant responded as Roby McClarnonblasted a solo shot to left field, his second of the year, to tie the game.
Sewanee took back the lead in the third inning, scoring a run on a wild pitch.
Pou led off the fourth inning for Sewanee with another home run, this one to center field to put the Tigers ahead 3-1.
Six hits later in the inning allowed the Tigers to score five more runs and blow the game open.
Covenant had a runner on third base with one out in the sixth inning, however a strikeout followed by a groundout allowed Sewanee to get out of the jam unscathed.
A pair of RBI singles by the Tigers in the bottom of the frame allowed them to move ahead 10-1.
Luke Carter had a double in the ninth inning, but he was just one of Covenant's two batters that reached base the final three innings.
Covenant moves to 19-9 all-time against Sewanee. The Scots threw four pitchers led by starting RHP Christian Vander Veen (2 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 3 K) and RHP Brady Daniell (3 IP, 2 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2 K) who pitched the final three innings in relief.
Carter (2-for-3, 1 BB) and McClarnon (2-for-4, 1 HR, 1 RBI) led the Covenant offense.
Sewanee outhit Covenant 14-6.
Covenant returns to its home field and begins a three-game series with Piedmont on Thursday at 3:30 p.m.