GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. – The Alma College baseball team traveled to West Michigan to take on the Knights of Calvin University. The Scots left Grand Rapids with a win over the Knights, 8-4. 

To start the game, Alma drew two walks to put the runners on base and both advanced to scoring position from a wild pitch. Avery Carnicom grounded out to shortstop, but one run scored for the Scots. Cooper Kauffold then hit a sacrifice flyout to center field and another run scored for Alma to take a 2-0 lead. Both teams stayed off the scored board until the bottom of the fifth, when Calvin added two runs to tie the game at 2-2.  

Alma responded in the top of the sixth retaking the lead. Dalton D'Alexander doubled to start the inning off for the Scots and advanced to third on a fielder's choice. D'Alexander would score on a wild pitch. Joshua Robinson was then walked to put a runner on first. Kauffold then took a pitch over the outfield wall for a two-run homerun, and a 5-2 Alma lead.  

In the top of eighth, Robinson led off the Scots and was hit by a pitch to get on base. Carnicom then added to homerun season total as he added the second homer of the day for Alma. The Scots weren't finished though, in the top of the ninth, D'Alexander capped off his strong day with a homerun over the left field wall. After the homer, the Scots took an 8-2 lead. Calvin would score two runs in the bottom of the ninth, but the Scots would come away victorious and move to 2-1 in conference play.  

The three Scots recording RBIs were Carnicom (3), Kauffold (3) and D'Alexander. Alma's pitching staff recorded five strikeouts on the day.  

Alma will be back in action on Saturday, April 9, when they face off against Albion College at Klenk Park. The first game is slated for a 1:00 p.m. start and the second game will start around 4:00 p.m. 

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