MOUNT BERRY, Ga. – The Vikings baseball team took home a win against Oglethorpe on Friday evening off a gem by Trey Rampy. 

HOW IT HAPPENED:

• The Vikings opened scoring in the bottom of the second inning with Tyler Calvert singling down the left field line to score Slade Dale. Berry led 1-0.
• Berry's Tyler Calvert again singled to left field in the bottom of the fourth, earning his second RBI, plating Casey Whitaker to give the Vikings a 2-0 lead.
• Alfred Francis extended the lead in the bottom half of the fifth, shooting a ball to left to score Devin Skelton and give Berry a 3-0 advantage.
• Calvert collected his third RBI in the sixth to score Kris Patel. Post also hit a single up the middle in the inning to extend the lead to 5-0.
• The first and last Oglethorpe runs of the evening would come in the top of the eighth off solo home runs from Brandon Fish and Andrew Mink.
• Berry added three runs of insurance in the bottom of the eighth off the bat of Dylan Beasley and a two-run single from Devin Post to give Berry the 8-2 win.

BERRY STATISTICAL STANDOUTS:

• Casey Whitaker: 2-for-3, 2 R, 2 SB
• Slade Dale: 2-for-4, 2 R, 2B
• Tyler Calvert: 2-for-3, 1 R, 3 RBI
• Devin Skelton: 2-for-5, 1 R, SB
• Devin Post: 2-for-4, 3 RBI
• Dylan Beasley: 1-for-1, 1 R, 1 RBI
• Trey Rampy (W, 7-2): 7.0 IP, 6 H, 1 BB, 1 SO

OGLETHORPE STATISTICAL STANDOUTS:

• Britton Araujo: 3-for-4
• Andrew Mink: 1-for-2, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 1 BB
• Brandon Fish: 1-for-4, 1 HR, 1 RBI
• Matt Davis (L, 5-3): 6.0 IP, 10 H, 5 R, 3 ER, 2 SO

NOTABLES:

• Devin Post and Tyler Calvert each earned 3 RBI in the game.
• Berry improved to 18-16 overall and 7-9 in conference play

UP NEXT:

The Vikings will close the series with Ogelthorpe tomorrow with a doubleheader beginning at 2:00 p.m.