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Swarthmore SWARTHMO 0-1
11
Winner Berry BERRY 4-0
Swarthmore SWARTHMO
0-1
8
Final
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Berry BERRY
4-0
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Swarthmore SWARTHMO 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 4 8 10 3
Berry BERRY 0 1 1 0 3 4 0 2 X 11 12 0

W: Greene, Brady (2-0) L: N. Potholm (0-1) S: Porter, Cole (1)

BSB vs Swarthmore
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Game Recap: Baseball | | Robert Nilsen

Vikings Hold Off Swarthmore to Begin D3 Showcase

KANNAPOLIS, N.C. - The Berry College baseball team held on for an 11-8 victory over the Swarthmore College Garnet to open up play at the D3 College Showcase on Friday evening.

Jackson Halla got the start and pitched 3 ? innings allowing three runs on three hits while walking three and striking out one. Brady Greene (2-0) picked up the win in relief pitching 3 ? innings allowing just two hits while walking one and striking out three. Cole Porter picked up his first save of the season. Riley Uhls led the offense going 2-for-3 with 4 RBIs.

The game was scoreless until the bottom of the second when the Vikings used small ball to take the lead. Xavier Byams led off the inning with a single, advanced to second on an error and then scored on a stolen base and another error to give the Vikings a 1-0 lead. The Vikings then added to their lead in the bottom of the second as Charles Pulaski delivered a perfect bunt down the first base line with two down and a runner on third to make it 2-0.

Halla meanwhile held down the Swarthmore offense through three innings but ran into trouble in the fourth as they rallied to take a 3-2 lead. With two on and one out and the Garnet still threatening Greene then came into the game and got a huge strikeout and a flyout to end the inning. The Vikings then rallied in the bottom of the fifth. The Vikings took advantage of a hit batter and an error as Riley Uhls dropped an RBI single to center to tie the game 3-3. Austin Jetmore then put the Vikings back ahead with a sac fly to put the Vikings back ahead 4-3. Two batters later Byams ripped a two out RBI double down the left field line to increase the Vikings lead to 5-3.

Greene pitched a scoreless top of the sixth while the Vikings offense continued to produce in the bottom half. The Vikings would load the bases on a hit batter and back to back perfect bunts to setup Uhls. Uhls cached immediately as he launched a bases clearing triple down the right field line to break the game open and put the Vikings ahead 8-3. Austin Jetmore then ripped an RBI single down the line to give the Vikings a 9-3 advantage. The Garnet would pull a run back in the top of the eighth on a solo homerun to make it 9-4 but Whritenour came back to limit the damage by inducing an inning ending double play.

The Vikings offense wasn't done scoring either as they loaded the bases in the bottom of the eighth and would add two important insurance runs on a walk and a pinch hit RBI single by Nate Coker to extend their advantage to 11-4. The Garnet didn't give up and rallied to make it 11-8 in the top of the eighth and continued to threaten with the bases loaded and two outs. Cole Porter who had come in in relief ended the Garnet comeback hopes as he got a huge strikeout looking to end the game and pickup his first save.

The Vikings will continue action at the D3 Showcase tomorrow as they take on Washington & Lee on Saturday, February 21 at 2:30 PM.
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Scoring Summary

Score By Innings
Play SWARTHMO BERRY
BERRY BOT 2nd X. Byams stole third, scored on an error by p. 0 1
BERRY BOT 3rd C. Pulaski singled, bunt, RBI; T. Mukono scored. 0 2
SWARTHMO TOP 4th D. Peterson singled to left field, RBI; Z. Kahn advanced to second; B. Johnston scored. 1 2
SWARTHMO TOP 4th N. Kittredge doubled to center field, 2 RBI; D. Peterson scored; Z. Kahn scored. 3 2
BERRY BOT 5th R. Uhls singled to center field, RBI; T. Mukono advanced to third; G. Lang scored, unearned. 3 3
BERRY BOT 5th A. Jetmore flied out to rf, RBI; T. Mukono scored. 3 4
BERRY BOT 5th X. Byams doubled down the lf line, advanced to third on the throw, RBI; R. Uhls scored, unearned. 3 5
BERRY BOT 6th R. Uhls tripled down the rf line, 3 RBI; T. Mukono scored; G. Lang scored; Chas. Edmond scored. 3 8
BERRY BOT 6th A. Jetmore singled down the lf line, RBI; R. Uhls scored. 3 9
SWARTHMO TOP 8th B. Johnston homered down the lf line, RBI. 4 9
BERRY BOT 8th C. Pulaski walked, RBI; A. Jetmore advanced to second; R. Uhls advanced to third; G. Lang scored. 4 10
BERRY BOT 8th N. Coker singled down the lf line, RBI; C. Pulaski advanced to second; A. Jetmore advanced to third; R. Uhls scored. 4 11
SWARTHMO TOP 9th A. Propper-B singled to right field, RBI; E. Hawkes scored. 5 11
SWARTHMO TOP 9th B. Johnston grounded out to 2b, RBI; L. Kedar advanced to second; F. Mora advanced to third; A. Propper-B scored. 6 11
SWARTHMO TOP 9th D. Peterson hit by pitch, RBI; Z. Kahn advanced to second; L. Kedar advanced to third; F. Mora scored. 7 11
SWARTHMO TOP 9th N. Kittredge walked, RBI; D. Peterson advanced to second; Z. Kahn advanced to third; L. Kedar scored. 8 11

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