The Covenant baseball team and Ferrum were back in action Saturday for a doubleheader as the Scots needed just one win to earn the series victory. That win came in game two as Covenant left town with bragging rights until the next time they face the team from the ODAC.
Game 1 Final: Covenant 2, Ferrum 4 Covenant scored its lone two runs of the game in the first inning as Sam Cecil hit a two-run home run to right field, his third of the year.
In the second inning, Gregory Melo hit a two-run home run down the right-field line for the Panthers to tie the game up. Both pitchers settled in as no runs were scored the next two innings.
Consecutive RBI doubles with two outs for Ferrum in the fifth inning gave it the lead.
Covenant had a base runner on in both the sixth and seventh innings, but couldn't bring anyone in to score.
RHP Bryce Bollinger (6 IP, 7 H, 4 ER, 9 K) had nine strikeouts for Covenant on the mound. Cecil (2-for-4, 1 R, 2 RBI) led the Covenant offense with two hits.
Ferrum outhit Covenant 7-3.
Ferrum committed two errors while Covenant had two.
Game 2 Final: Covenant 8, Ferrum 4 As it did in game one of the day, Covenant hit a home run in the first inning, this one a two-run shot from Daniel Bell to right field, the first of his career.
Ferrum responded with one run in the bottom of the frame, using an RBI double down the right-field line to do so.
With two outs in the second inning, Nate Jones came through with an RBI double down the left-field line to put the Scots back up two runs.
Covenant added to its lead in the fourth inning as Roby McClarnon hit a 2-RBI double to right field.
In the fifth inning, a bases-loaded walk drawn by Luke Carter scored another run for the Scots.
The next batter was Ryan MacLellan who came through with a 2-RBI single to center field to put Covenant up 8-1.
RHP Ethan Goebert kept the Ferrum bats quiet with four consecutive scoreless frames.
Ferrum scored three runs in the final inning, but it was too little too late.
Covenant moves to 6-6 all-time against Ferrum. Goebert (6 IP, 9 H, 3 ER, 2 BB, 2 K, 2 HBP) picked up his third victory of the year on the bump.
RHP Jonathan Glover was inserted in the game in the middle of the seventh inning to close the game (1 IP, 1 H, 1 ER, 1 BB). Zeke Gilbert (2-for-4, 1 R), Benjamin Johnson (2-for-4, 1 R), and Jones (2-for-3, 1 R, 1 RBI) each had two hits to lead the way for Covenant offensively.
Covenant outhit Ferrum 11-10.
Covenant takes on Berry at home on Tuesday afternoon.