ADRIAN, Mich. – The Adrian College baseball team recorded a big win on Friday afternoon against Calvin University, 12-2. The Bulldogs sat at the top of the conference standings at 10-2 entering the game followed in second by the Knights at 9-2.
Ryan Davis made history on Friday hitting two home runs including his 26
th of his career to break the program career home run record.
HOW IT HAPPENED
- The Bulldogs took a 1-0 lead in the second inning on a double from Linken Hayward to score Jake Burns.
- Ryan Davis smashed his first home run of the game in the third inning to extend the lead to 3-0.
- In the fourth, Burns and Hayward hit back-to-back home runs to jump up 5-0.
- Burns singled in a run in the fifth followed by an RBI double from Hayward, a sacrifice fly from Rolando Jimenez, and a Calvin wild pitch to lead 9-0.
- Calvin got on the board in the sixth with a solo home run which was answered in the bottom of the inning on a sacrifice fly from David Kedrow.
- After another Calvin run crossed the plate in the seventh, Adrian scored on an error in the bottom of the inning to lead 11-2 before Davis crushed his second homer of the game in the eighth to enforce the 10-run mercy rule.
TOP DAWGS
- Davis' two home runs on the day breaks the program's career home run record previously held by Dan Slagle (1997-2000) and Ryan Dorow (2014-17) with 25. Davis sits at the top of the category with 26 career home runs.
- Hayward and Burns each had a day at the plate finishing 3-for-4. Burns scored four times while driving in two while Hayward scored twice and drove in three.
- Jaxon Clark earned his fifth win of the season after tossing a complete game of eight innings allowing two runs, one earned, on four hits with three strikeouts.
UP NEXT
The Bulldogs will head to Calvin University tomorrow for an afternoon doubleheader with the Knights slated to begin at 1:00 PM.