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Corbin Bennets holds a baseball bat on his shoulders.
Erik Holladay-McCann
PIctured, Brenden Collins
14
Winner Hope HOPE 11-23
11
Alma ALMA 22-11-1
Winner
Hope HOPE
11-23
14
Final
11
Alma ALMA
22-11-1
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Hope HOPE 6 0 1 1 0 1 1 4 0 14 18 3
Alma ALMA 1 4 1 0 0 1 1 0 3 11 8 2

W: Long, Josiah (2-3) L: William Fockler (0-1)

Game Recap: Baseball | | Alan Babbitt

Baseball Brings the Bats Again, Beats Alma in Series Finale

The Hope College baseball team outslugged Alma College in the series finale, winning 14-11 on Tuesday at Scots Park.

The two teams combined to score 97 runs over their three-game series. Alma took the first and second games by 23-13 scores but slipped into third place in the MIAA standings following Tuesday's loss.

Senior right fielder Brenden Collins of Kalamazoo, Michigan (Hackett Catholic) and sophomore left fielder Corbin Bennetts (Jenison, Michigan / Jenison) spearheaded an 18-hit Flying Dutchmen attack by drilling five hits apiece.

Bennetts went 5-for-6 with four RBIs and one run, including a run-scoring double that capped a six-run first inning.

Collins finished 5-for-6 with two RBIs and two runs scored, including a sixth-inning solo homer.

Hope jumped to a 6-0 lead in the top of first. Bennetts opened the game with a triple and scored following two walks and a bases-clearing double from senior first baseman Cade Seabaugh (Ballwin, Missouri / Ladue Horton).

Two batters later, Collins followed with an RBI double. The Flying Dutchmen sent 11 batters to the plate, with sophomore catcher Thatcher Simon of Byron Center, Michigan (Byron Center) contributing a sacrifice fly and Bennetts stroking an RBI double.

Alma (22-11-1, 10-5 MIAA) rallied back to within a run twice, but Hope answered each time.

The Collins blast in the third stretched the Flying Dutch's lead to 7-5. An RBI double from sophomore third baseman Nick Verduzco of Kalamazoo, Michigan (Hackett Catholic) in the fourth made it 8-6.

Bennetts added an RBI single in the seventh and ripped a two-run triple in the eighth following a two-run double from senior center fielder Jace DeMann of Byron Center, Michigan (South Christian).

Reliever Josiah Long of Newaygo, Michigan (Newaygo) earned the decision with 5.1 innings of relief. The sophomore right-hander allowed three hits and three runs (two earned) while striking out two and walking two.

The victory moved the Flying Dutchmen within two games of the final spot in the upcoming four-team MIAA Tournament. There are two three-game series remaining. Hope (11-23, 5-10 MIAA) is next scheduled to play on Friday, April 25, at 4 p.m. against Calvin University at Boeve Stadium in the series opener. The University of Olivet is in fourth place with a 7-8 league record. Albion College is in fifth at 6-9.

 
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