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Tyler Burdette
Kyle Hess
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Covenant CCM 12-20, 5-12 USAS
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Winner Piedmont PCM 17-16, 7-10 USAS
Covenant CCM
12-20, 5-12 USAS
2
Final
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Piedmont PCM
17-16, 7-10 USAS
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 R H E
Covenant CCM 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 1
Piedmont PCM 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 11 2

W: Green, Buddy (3-2) L: Sam Doherty (1-1)

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Winner Covenant CCM 13-20, 6-12 USAS
10
Piedmont PCM 17-17, 7-11 USAS
Winner
Covenant CCM
13-20, 6-12 USAS
11
Final
10
Piedmont PCM
17-17, 7-11 USAS
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 R H E
Covenant CCM 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 6 1 11 18 3
Piedmont PCM 0 1 0 2 0 1 2 4 0 0 10 11 3

W: Ben Copeland (1-0) L: Whitacre, Bryan (0-1)

Game Recap: Baseball | | Contact Danielle Jenkins: Assistant Director of Athletic Communications

Baseball Splits Extra Innings Contests with Covenant

Need to Know
Game 1: Piedmont 3, Covenant 2 F/11
Game 2: Piedmont 10, Covenant 11 F/10
Records: Lions 17-17, Scots 13-20
Conf. Record: Lions 7-11, Scots 6-12
Location: Demorest, Georgia - Loudermilk Field

Demorest, GA - The Piedmont College baseball team split a pair of extra innings contests against the Covenant Scots Saturday as nine innings was not enough to decide either contest. The Lions won on a walkoff in game one 3-2 in 11 innings but it was the Scots who came away victorious in game two with an 11-10 win in 10 innings. 

Game one saw the Lions take a 2-0 lead in the second inning as GRIFFIN OLSON had a 2-RBI single and it was not until the fifth inning that the Scots would get on the board. Covenant scored twice in the fifth inning after a leadoff triple and an error in the frame to tie it at two. 

It would remain tied at two with neither team able to string together more than one hit in an inning until the bottom of the ninth when PC had a pair of hits but a strikeout ended the inning with the game-winning run aboard at third. 

In the 11th inning, a walk to TYLER BURDETTE coupled with an intentional walk to BRADY BALLSTADT put runners at first and second for ZACH LANGLEY who reached on an error that allowed Burdette to score the game winning run. BUDDY GREEN earned the win pitching the final two innings but it was SAM CARPENTER who posted another masterful outing tossing eight innings allowing just one earned run on six hits and struck out five. 

Game two was an offensive showcase that again took extras to decide as it was a 6-run ninth inning that allowed Covenant to rally and tie the game at 10. In the tenth inning, the Scots added another run to take the victory as Piedmont was unable to respond in the bottom of the frame. 

The Scots out-hit PC 18-11 in game two but Piedmont did have four batters with two hits each in the contest led by Burdette who was 2-for-4 with four runs scored, two RBI and two walks. 

Turning Point
--The Lions won with a walkoff in game one in the 11th inning as ZACH LANGLEY reached on an error by the second baseman allowing TYLER BURDETTE to score the game-winning run. 
--The Scots had a rally in the ninth inning of game two to tie the game and force extras where they tacked on a run in the top of the 10th to seal the victory. 

Standout Performances
--GRIFFIN OLSON was 2-for-4 in the first game with 2-RBI as he had two of Piedmont's three RBI in the game. 
--TYLER BURDETTE was 2-for-4 in game two with four runs scored, two RBI and had a pair of walks. 

Inside the Box Score
--Four Lions had two hits in the first contest as PC out-hit Covenant 11-6. 
--The Scots' pitching staff allowed 15 walks in game two. 

News & Notes
--SAM CARPENTER threw his 100th pitch of the game in the eighth inning with two outs as he tossed 106 pitches in the game. 

Up Next
--The Lions await seeding for the USA South tournament which begins on Wednesday in LaGrange, Georgia. 

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