The Thunder finally got to Coil in the bottom half of the eighth, scoring two runs to cut the deficit to 11-10, but Calvin was able to push the lead back to two on a Mason double that scored Bonemer.

Matt Raymond (Chicago, Ill./Loyola Academy) and Ryan Brown (Caledonia, Mich./Caledonia) drove in the final two runs of the inning to push the Calvin lead to three. Nate Mason (Portage, Mich./Portage Northern) tied the game at eight with an RBI-single that scored Carson Warners (Grand Rapids, Mich./Grand Rapids Christian), and Penn gave the Knights the lead with a run-scoring single that brought home Gabe Bonemer (Okemos, Mich./Okemos), who drove in the first run of the inning with a single of his own. The Knights' big offensive inning came later in the top of the eighth, when they sent 10 batters to the plate and scored six runs on six hits to take an 11-8 lead. Johns) started the game and allowed eight runs (seven earned) in three-plus innings, Nolan Coil (Valparaiso, Ind./Valparaiso) allowed the Knights to hang around with four straight scoreless frames in relief. The Calvin University baseball team overcame an early seven-run deficit to defeat Trine University 12-11 on Friday.Ĭalvin (14-15, 6-6 MIAA) fell behind 8-1 after four innings, but scored 10 unanswered runs before holding on in the final innings to take down the Thunder.Īfter Trine (13-18, 4-9 MIAA) jumped out to the big lead early, the Knights started their comeback with RBI-singles from Patrick Gillen (Jensen Beach, Fla./Jensen Beach) and Caden Penn (Macomb, Mich./Lutheran North) in the fifth, followed by a two-run single from Logan Nelson (Fremont, Mich./Fremont) in the sixth to cut the deficit to 8-5.Īfter Alex Owen (St.

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