Gordon College Baseball played a double-header against the Drew University Rangers this afternoon at the Lake Myrtle Complex where the Fighting Scots ultimately fell to the Rangers, 6-7 and 10-11.

Game One

• In the top half of the first, with one on and one out, Andrew Hartman beat out an infield single and lead-off hitter Jonathan McIntyre advanced to third on an errant throw to put runners on the corners. From there, the Fighting Scots were patient at the plate and thanks to three straight walks followed by a wild pitch, the Scots went on top 3-0.
• After allowing one hit and no runs in the bottom of the first, the Rangers came back to score four in the second to flip the script and lead 4-3 before adding two more in the third to double up the Scots, 6-3.
• With two runners in scoring position and nobody out, CJ Demers ripped a two-RBI double to straight away center to make it a 6-5 ball game. After advancing to third ona. ground out, C. Demers came racing home to tie it up on a wild pitch (6-6).
• Taking the mound in relief, Sam Carlson held the worked his way out of a bases loaded jam in the fifth before holding the Rangers scoreless in the following two innings to preserver the 6-6 tally.
• Brendan Seamen took the rubber and also escaped a bases loaded situation in the bottom of the seventh to force the game into extras. 
• The Rangers loaded the bases and used a walk to push the winning run across the plate in the home half of the eighth to take the 7-6 win. 

Game Two

• After a two-run homer to left center field, Drew tacked on one more run to hold a 3-0 edge heading into the bottom of the first. 
• David Melendez roped a double down the left field line and quickly moved to third on a wild pitch. Then, a walk and hit by pitch loaded the bases for Dalton Cody who hit a single to bring home Melendez. The Scots would eventually tie it up at 3-all after a bases loaded hit by pitch and walk to end the inning. 
• In similar fashion to the first inning, Drew put two runs across before the Scots answered back with two of their own to knot up the score at 5-5 before going ahead, 8-5 in the third. The Fighting Scots were able to cut their deficit by one in the fourth but Drew tacked on a pair of runs in the fifth to lengthen their advantage to four (10-6). It wasn't long before Shane Demers closed the gap with a two-run moonshot to make it 8-10 before  a single from Ben Chase tied it up at 10-all. 
• In their final at bats, the Rangers were able to go ahead by one (11-10) before shutting down the Scots to seal the sweep, 11-10.

Beyond The Box Score

• The Fighting Scots hit the diamond again tomorrow, March 10 to face Northland College at 5:30 p.m.