Calvin celebrated Senior Day with a doubleheader sweep over the visiting Trine Thunder Friday afternoon. The Knights opened the conference twinbill with a walk-off 4-3 game one win and then held on to top Trine 5-4 in game two. The Knights are now 15-14 overall and 10-8 in the MIAA.

Game 1 

In the first game, the Knights struck early in gaining a 1-0 lead in the second inning. Junior Matt Raymond (Chicago, IL / Loyola) hit a single to left to get Calvin on the board. Trine took the lead from Calvin in the top of the second after scoring two runs and making it a 2-1 game. 

Calvin tied the game up in the bottom of the fifth with senior Damion Pompey (Edwardsburg, MI / Edwardsbug) laid down a sac bunt, but reached on the error and it scored sophomore Carson Warners (Grand Rapids, MI / Grand Rapids Christian) from third. The Knights tied it at 2-2 and with no runs scored in the sixth, the game was tied heading into the seventh. 

The Thunder were able to regain the lead in the top of the seventh with one run to have a 3-2 lead heading to the bottom of the seventh. Calvin tied the game up with Pompey hitting a sac fly to center field. The score was 3-3 and Warners was on second after a stolen base when sophomore Caden Penn stepped to the plate. Penn worked the count full and then laced an RBI single to left that plated Warners and won the game for the Knights. 

Senior Trevor VanDuyn (Jenison, MI / Jenison) pitched a great game for Calvin and got his fourth win of the season. Penn finished the game with three hits while Raymond finished with game with two hits. VanDuyn bumped his season record to 4-1 and his career won-loss record to 16-12. VanDuyn is now tied for sixth place on the Calvin career list for pitching victories. 

Game 2 

The second game had both teams scoring a run in the first and second inning. Calvin scored its first inning run by junior Ryan Petersen (Glen Ellyn, IL / Glenbard West) grounding out, but scoring Pompey from third. Calvin' second run came in the second inning on a beautifully placed bunt by Warners scored Andrew Hung (Waterford, MI / Waterford Mott) tying the game at 2-2. 

Trine scored single runs in the top of the third and fourth innings to take a 4-2 lead. In the bottom of the fourth, Calvin made it a 4-3 game after Penn hit an RBI single. Calvin came back to tie the game in the fifth as Raymond hit an RBI single to center and the game was tied 4-4.

Calvin regained the lead in the bottom of the sixth inning as Penn continued his hot streak in the series as he hit another RBI single. This gave the Knights the 5-4 lead heading to the seventh.  Junior Eli Johnson (Stillwater, OK / Stillwater) closed out the game with a scoreless seventh with the game ending on an infield double play. 

Warners finished the game with three hits and one RBI while Pompey, Padilla, Hung and Penn had two hits each. Caden Penn also finished with three RBIs as well while Johnson secured his third win of the season. 

In between games one and two, Calvin celebrated its group of seniors that are in their final year of baseball. This five seniors are Henry Breems (Grand Rapids, Mich./Grand Rapids Christian HS), Damion Pompey (Clarksville, Mich./Edwardsburg HS), Mark Primus (Grand Rapids, Mich./Grand Rapids Christian HS), Peter VanDyken (Grand Rapids, Mich./Grand Rapids Christian HS) and Trevor VanDuyn (Jenison, Mich./Jenison HS). 

COACHES COMMENTS: "Both games overall were really big wins for us today," said Head Coach Kevin Vanduyn. "They had us on our heels and Trine is a tough team, but we battled back in both games. We didn't play perfect in either game, but we didn't let one mistake lead to a big inning. In the second game, Eli (Johnson) pitched a great three innings for us and calmed everyone down to give us a chance. A good day for us and gives us some momentum for tomorrow." 

UP NEXT: Calvin will travel to Trine for a doubleheader tomorrow with game one starting at 1 p.m.