EMERSON, Ga. – The Erskine College baseball team (2-4) split a pair of games with Covenant College (1-3) 8-6 and 16-4 at the Lakepoint Sports Complex in Emerson, Georgia on Friday evening.
 
THE ESSENTIALS 
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THE SERIES
Erskine and Covenant had never played before today's doubleheader.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
GAME 1: The Fleet struck first when Livan Reinoso hit a solo home run (his third of the season) to put the Fleet on the scoreboard in the top of the third. The Scots responded with a pair of runs in the bottom of the fourth to take the lead. The Fleet had two touch home in both the fifth and the sixth innings. In the fifth, Xander Vizcarrando brought in Livan Reinoso with an RBI single to center field and then Drew Yniesta brought in Dayan Reinoso with an RBI double to right field. The Fleet lead would not last long, however, as the Scots collected four runs in the bottom of the sixth to push ahead 6-5. Livan Reinoso led off the ninth with another solo home run (4) to tie it at 6-6. The Fleet would get the go ahead run as close as 90 feet away before they recorded their third out in the ninth. With two outs in the bottom of the ninth Brooks DuBose hit a walk-off home run to give the Scots a hard earned 8-6 victory.

GAME 2: Dalton Boyd's single in the second inning got the Fleet offense rolling. The Fleet opened the game up in the fourth with a five-run inning highlighted by a pair of singles from Livan Reinoso and Armando Becerra. Erskine added four runs in the fifth inning and five more in the sixth to take a 16-2 lead into the seventh inning. The Scots scored twice in the seventh as the Fleet picked up their second win of the season.
 
THE PLAYER
GAME 1: In addition to his two solo home runs, Livan Reinoso (5-for-5) also had a pair of singles and a double to finish perfect from the plate.
 
GAME 2: Chase Hadwin (2-0) picked up his second win of the season, tossing four innings of two run ball. Hadwin collected seven strikeouts while allowing just two hits.
 
WHAT'S NEXT?
The Fleet open up Conference Carolinas play next weekend when they travel to Barton College (0-2) for a four-game series with the Bulldogs.
 
First pitch on Friday, February 19 is set for 11:00 AM. Barton leads the all-time series with Erskine 38-30 although Erskine has won five of the last six contests.
 
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