MOUNT BERRY, Ga. - In one of those unique days that only baseball can provide, Berry earned a 13-3 win over Centre in a game shortened to eight innings by run rule. In the next game, Berry came off the deck to tie the game and send it to extras before falling 7-4 in a nine inning game scheduled for seven.

Game One: Berry 13, Centre 3 (8)
Berry scored in seven of the eight innings it came to bat as the Vikings shortened the game by an inning with a 13-3 win over Centre.

Wesley Wade started the scoring with a double down the line in right to plate Jack Poist and make it 1-0 in the first. After Centre tied the score in the second, Wade put the Vikings on top with a sacrifice fly in the third to score Zachary Hardee, making it 2-1.

Centre tied the score again in the fourth, but the Vikings took the lead for good with two in the fourth on a Trace Cate two-run single. Andrew Pendleton would triple one inning later to score Spence Johns and make it 5-2.

In the sixth, Centre pulled within two, but the Vikings would open the flood gates, scoring four in the bottom of the inning. After a Poist sacrifice fly for a run, Wade doubled home another run to make it 7-3. A two-run single off the bat of Pendleton stretched the lead to six, capping the inning at 9-3 for the Vikings.

In the seventh, the Vikings would tack on three more runs on RBIs from Dalton Smith, Poist, and Johns, making it 12-3. The game would come to an end one inning later as pinch hitter Nick Brunswick singled home the game-ending run with the bases loaded.

Patrick O'Rourke improved to 3-0 on the season with his first win in six starts. The hurler gave up three runs on nine hits with a walk and four strikeouts.

Game Two: Centre 7, Berry 4 (9)
Berry saw its seven game winning streak snapped with a 7-4 loss in extra innings to Centre.

The Vikings (20-8, 9-2 SAA) were playing from behind for most of the game, falling behind 2-0 after two innings and 4-1 after five innings. In the sixth, Berry would finally start stringing hits together, with an infield hit by Dalton Smith scoring Joey Garcia to cut the deficit to 4-2. Still, the Vikings would be trailing heading to the final at bat.

Down to their last out, the Vikings came storming back. Walks to Spence Johns and Wesley Maxey brought up Andrew Pendleton. The catcher would send a drive deep to the gap in left center, falling just short of the wall but plenty deep enough to bring home both runners, tying the game 4-4.

After a scoreless eighth, Centre (11-16, 3-8 SAA) sent eight batters to the plate in the ninth, scoring three of them to take a 7-4 lead. From there, the Vikings would only manage one runner in the bottom of the ninth as the Vikings took their second loss at home this season.

Mason Carnes took the loss for the Vikings after pitching a perfect eighth but seeing the Colonels put together three runs on three hits in the ninth.

The two teams will meet in the rubber game of the series Sunday at noon at William R. Bowdoin Field.