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Scots Baseball drops 8-4 decision at Kalamazoo College on Sunday

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On a chilly spring afternoon, the Alma College Baseball team traveled to Kalamazoo College to faceoff with the Hornets. The Scots would drop game one on the road 8-4, before weather prevented the second game from being played. The makeup for game two is scheduled for Tuesday, March 31, at Kalamazoo.

With the loss, Alma drops to 11-6 on the year and 2-3 in the MIAA. The Hornets improve to 8-5 overall and 5-0 in league play with the victory.

The home team jumped out to a big lead early, scoring five runs to take the 5-0 lead after the first three innings.

In the fourth, So. OF Pat Finn (Allentown/Almont) would walk then advance to second thanks to a single by Jr. C Doug Walters (Brighton/Brighton) to left field. Finn would score from second off a Hornet error and Walters would advance to third. Sr. OF Yoan Delrosa (Bronx, NY/Morris) followed with a single to score Walters from third and bring the Scots within three at 5-2 with only one out. Pinch runner So. IF Jerome Jackson (Harper Woods/Harper Woods) would score on a fielder's choice to make it 5-3, before Sr. OF Blake Leddy (Saginaw/Swan Valley) brought in Delrosa from third with a groundout.  Heading in to the bottom of the fourth, the Scots were down only one at 5-4.

Kalamazoo answered in a big way, scoring three more runs in the fifth to extend its lead to 8-4.

Down 8-4 in the top of the seventh, the Scots had one last shot to come back. Jr. OF Jose Corniel (Bronx, NY/Norman Thomas) led off the inning by reaching base on an error, before advancing to second off a fielder's choice by Leddy. Alma would not be able to score either runner, ending the inning with a strikeout and a pop up, to fall 8-4 in game one.

The second game of the doubleheader was postponed due to weather conditions. Makeup for that game will be on Tuesday, March 31, at Kalamazoo.

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Players Mentioned

Jose Corniel

#22 Jose Corniel

OF/C
5' 11"
Junior
Norman Thomas
Yoan Delrosa

#18 Yoan Delrosa

OF
5' 10"
Senior
Morris
Pat Finn

#20 Pat Finn

OF
5' 7"
Sophomore
Almont
Jerome Jackson

#7 Jerome Jackson

IF
5' 7"
Sophomore
Harper Woods
Blake Leddy

#24 Blake Leddy

OF
6' 1"
Senior
Swan Valley
Doug Walters

#15 Doug Walters

C
5' 10"
Junior
Brighton

Players Mentioned

Jose Corniel

#22 Jose Corniel

5' 11"
Junior
Norman Thomas
OF/C
Yoan Delrosa

#18 Yoan Delrosa

5' 10"
Senior
Morris
OF
Pat Finn

#20 Pat Finn

5' 7"
Sophomore
Almont
OF
Jerome Jackson

#7 Jerome Jackson

5' 7"
Sophomore
Harper Woods
IF
Blake Leddy

#24 Blake Leddy

6' 1"
Senior
Swan Valley
OF
Doug Walters

#15 Doug Walters

5' 10"
Junior
Brighton
C