CKSR (Baseball Takes Two at Kalamazoo/Softball Swept by Alma)

CALVIN KNIGHT SPORTS REPORT FOR APRIL 5, 2013
 
Baseball Sweeps Doubleheader from Kalamazoo;
Softball Swept by Adrian
 
BASEBALL
Game One: Calvin 9, Kalamazoo 2
Game Two: Calvin 11, Kalamazoo 0
 
KALAMAZOO - Calvin took both ends of a doubleheader at Kalamazoo on Friday,
winning games by scores of 9-2 and 11-0. The Knights are now 7-11 overall and
6-4 in MIAA play. Calvin is scheduled to host Kalamazoo on Saturday at 1 p.m.
at Calvin Field.
 
In game one, Calvin took a 7-0 lead through three innings, scoring six in the
second and one in the the third. Sophomore Ben Wohl (Canton/Plymouth HS)
provided the key blow in the second with a grand-slam homer - his first of his
collegiate career. In the fourth, senior Ben Cok (Grand Rapids/Grand Rapids
Christian HS) blasted a two-run homer - his first of the year and the 10th of
his collegiate career.
 
Sophomore Nate Schepers (Holland/Holland Christian HS) picked up the win on
the mound, going 5.1 innings and scattering eighth hits. Schepers is now 2-1
ont he year. Sophomore Tom Bouwkamp (Pella/Pella Christian HS) came on in
relieft to close out the win, tossing 1.2 innings of shutout relief.
 
Sophomore Garrett Harder (Fenwich/West Michigan Lutheran HS) was 2-for-3 with
two runs scored. Freshman Tyler Lambers (Holland/Holland Christian HS) also
picked up two hits at the plate.
 
In game two, sophomore Austin Juza (St. Joseph/Lake Michiga Catholic HS)
tossed a one-hit shutout victory, striking out five and walking one. Juza is
now 2-1 on the year.
 
Cok had another big game, going 3-for-4 with three RBI's and a pair of
doubles. Lambers, sophomore Travis Kraai (Grand Rapids/Grand Rapids Christian
HS), sophomore Grant VanPutten (Holland/Holland Christian HS) and freshman
Jalen Bouma (Ann Arbor/Ann Arbor Huron HS) all had two hits apiece. Kraai had a
double while VanPutten belted a two-run homer - his second of the year.
 
MIAA BASEBALL STANDINGS THROUGH 4-5-13 GAMES
Hope 8-2
Albion 6-2
Adrian 5-3
Calvin 6-4
Olivet 4-4
Trine 4-4
Alma 1-5
Kalamazoo 0-10
 
SOFTBALL
Game One: Alma 10, Calvin 0
Game Two: Alma 9, Calvin 1
 
By Mark DeHaan
 
Calvin softball hosted the Scots of Alma on Friday afternoon for a pair of
games at Gainey Field. The Scots came into the doubleheader undefeated in
conference play while the Knights had yet to tally a win against an MIAA
opponent. After the pair of games, the teams left the same way they had come
in, with Alma remaining perfect in the MIAA and Calvin still seeking its first
conference victory.
 
The Scots got off to a quick start in game one as they scored two runs in the
top of the first inning. After two batters reached base, Abi Clark hit a
two-RBI double with two outs to give Alma the 2-0 lead.
 
The Scots extended their lead in the second on a single from Brooke Hein which
plated a run to bring the score to 3-0 in Alma's favor.
 
After another scoreless inning for the Calvin offense, a number of errors in
the third saw the game slip out of reach for the Knights.
 
An error on the Calvin defense loaded the bases with one out. The Scots then
scored a run on a fielder's choice to bring the score to 4-0.
 
Two more errors on the Knights allowed two more runs for Alma. With the bases
still loaded, a walk from Calvin junior pitcher Lina Avila (Lakewood, CA/Valley
Christian HS) brought in another run.
 
After a Knights pitching change, Alma scored two more runs on a two-RBI single
from Kayla Smart before Calvin got the final two outs. The Scots led 9-0 at
the end of the six-run third. All six runs were unearned.
 
Alma pitcher Louise Rezmer, coming off a no-hitter on Wednesday against
Albion, had no trouble making her way through the line-up as she again kept
Calvin scoreless in the third and fourth.
 
In the top of the fifth, Alma added one more run to bring the score to 10-0.
 
Rezmer continued her dominant pitching and shut out the Knights in the bottom
of the fifth to seal the 10-0 mercy rule victory for the Scots.
 
Avila recorded the lone hit for the Knights. She also took the loss in the
circle, pitching 2.1 innings and giving up nine runs, just three of them
earned.
 
For Alma, Smart was 2-for-4 with two RBI and a run scored while Hein was
2-for-2 with two runs scored and one RBI.
 
In the second game, Calvin got off to a fast start as it put three runners on
base with just one out in the top of the first. Unfortunately, a groundout to
the pitcher and a groundout to the shortstop ended the inning without the
Knights scoring a run.
 
The Scots were also held scoreless in the first inning, and Calvin again
threatened in the second. With runners at first and second, a groundout to the
shortstop ended the inning as the Knights left two more runners on base.
 
The Scots scored the first run of the game in the bottom of the second on an
RBI double from Kayla Merice.
 
After a scoreless top of the third for Calvin with two more runners left on
base, the Scots scored three runs in the bottom of the third to take the 4-0
lead.
 
The Knights scored their first run of the doubleheader in the top of the
fourth to cut the Scots lead to 4-1.
 
In the fourth inning, Alma broke the game open with an RBI single from Ashley
Schneider and a grand slam from Lea Lusk to give the Scots the 9-1 lead.
 
Entering the game to pitch in relief for Alma was Rezmer. In the top of the
fifth, Rezmer saw three batters and put three down to end the game in a 9-1
mercy rule victory for the Scots.
Sophomore Trista Brownlee (Saginaw/Saginaw Valley Lutheran HS) and freshman
Lydia Gildea (Gobles/Gobles HS) were both 2-for-3. Freshman Alyssa Bryan
(Custer/Mason County Eastern HS) scored the lone run for the Knights.
 
For Alma, Lusk was 2-for-3 with two runs scored and five RBI. Schneider was
2-for-3 with two runs scored and one RBI.
 
“Game number one we had that one inning where they just busted loose for a few
runs and they got too many, we can't be giving runs away like that. Game two we
left players in scoring position. If we get a few of those in, that changes the
whole game around,” said head coach Sharon DeKleine. “The key is the whole game
has to be put together.”
 
The Knights drop to 8-8 overall and 0-4 in the MIAA while Alma is now 15-6 and
6-0 in conference play.
 
Calvin travels to Wheaton tomorrow for non-conference games against host
Wheaton and Robert Morris. The Knights resume MIAA-play next week Wednesday
with a home doubleheader against Olivet.
 
MIAA SOFTBALL STANDINGS THROUGH 4-5-13 GAMES
 
Alma 6-0
Adrian 2-0
Hope 2-0
Trine 2-0
Saint Mary's 0-0
Kalamazoo 0-2
Albion 0-2
Calvin 0-4
Olivet 0-4
Received on Fri Apr 5 21:05:43 2013