By MacKenzie Tuttle, Digital Content Supervisor

CLAREMONT, Calif. – The Vikings scored in four of the nine innings, but the Berry College baseball team fell to Claremont-Mudd-Scripps 7-5 on Saturday afternoon.

• Kris Patel flew out to center field in the top of the second inning to score Devin Skelton and give the Vikings their only lead of the game.
• Claremont then added five runs in the bottom of the second inning off of a Viking error, followed by a fielder's choice double play and a two-run homer by Chase Eller.
• Alfred Francis then tripled in the top of the third inning to score Austin Brooks and move the score to 5-2.
• Francis scored in the top of the same inning off of a wild pitch to cut the lead to 5-3.
• Claremont's Evan Opperman added an RBI single down the left field line in the bottom of the fourth inning to push the score to 6-3.
• Casey Whitaker then added an RBI apiece in the top of both the sixth and eighth innings, but the deficit was too great, as the Vikings fell 7-5.

BERRY STATISTICAL STANDOUTS:

• Whitaker: 2-for-4, 2 RBIs, 3B
• Skelton: 2-for-4, 2 R, 2 2B
• Francis: 2-for-4, R, RBI
• Dale: 1-for-4, R
• Patel: 1-for-3, RBI

CLAREMONT-M-S STATISTICAL STANDOUTS:

• Eller: 2-for-3, R, 2 RBIs, BB, HR
• Opperman: 2-for-4, R, RBI
• Trey Smith: 2-for-4, SB
• Ryan Motter: 1-for-2, 2 R, RBI, BB

NOTABLES:

• Berry is now 12-10 overall on the year.
• Claremont-M-S is 8-9.
• On the day, Berry outhit Claremont 10-9, and the Vikings committed only one error to Claremont's two.
• J.T. Eggert (1-2) took the loss on the mound for Berry, tossing two innings, while allowing five hits and five runs.

UP NEXT:

Berry will travel to Memphis, Tenn., for their next SAA matchup against the Lynx of Rhodes College on Saturday, March 25 at 1:00pm.