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Box Score 2 ALBION, Mich. – The Calvin men's baseball team fell to Albion College in a doubleheader on Friday evening.
GAME ONE:
Albion 4, Calvin 2
The Britons got on the board first in the bottom of the second inning to take the 1-0 lead.
With the fourth inning underway, it was the Knights who took the 2-1 edge as senior Ryan Pena (Lake Forest, Calif. / J Serra Catholic) tripled to center field to bring in sophomore Ricky Padilla (Poway, Calif. / Poway)followed by a fly out to left field by junior Logan Marshall (Plymouth, Mich. / Salem) and Pena ran home.
Albion took lead in the bottom of the sixth recording three runs to lead 4-2.
As Calvin failed to score any runs in the seventh, it was the Britons that walked away with the win.
GAME TWO:
Albion 22, Calvin 6
Calvin struck first in the top of the second as freshman Matt Raymond (Chicago, Ill. / Loyola Academy)singled to left field and sophomore Mitch Mustert (Ada, Mich. / Grand Rapids Christian) scored.
Albion answered in the bottom of the second to tie the ballgame up 1-1.
Calvin regained its lead in the third as freshman Andrew Hung (Waterford, Mich. / Waterford Mott) had a sac fly to center field to bring in Padilla.
With the fourth inning underway, the Knight recorded two more runs to take the 4-1 edge.
The Britons answered with three runs in the bottom of the fourth to once again tie the game up.
Moving on to the top of the sixth, Calvin scored two more runs as bases loaded, Hung reached first on an error and senior Beau Redfield (Pierson, Mich. / Northpointe Christian) scored. Next, freshman Ryan Peterson (Glen Ellyn, Il. / Glenbard West)had a sac fly to bring home Padilla and Calvin too the 6-4 lead.
From that point on, the Britons controlled the rest of the ballgame as they continued to record runs and as the game closed out, the Britons ran away with the 22-6 victory.
UP NEXT: The Knights host Albion on Saturday for a double header beginning at 1 p.m.