In a series that totaled 85 runs scored throughout all three games, the visiting Grinnell Pioneers swiped Sunday’s game three by a score of 15-4 in eight innings. With this result, the Scots dip to 13-20 overall and 9-9 in conference play.
Jacob Blunk swinging for the fence. Photo by Billy Lopatto
The Pioneers showed their teeth early in the game when they tagged Monmouth starter Brandon Coats for four earned runs in the first inning and another in the second. They then tagged Scots reliever Dane Keevan for four more earned runs in the second.
The Scots struck back in the bottom of the second with Eric Campen’s home run to right center field, Zach Almauger’s RBI single, and Aidan Parkins’s sacrifice fly to cut the deficit to 9-3 at the end of two frames. But it was the Pioneers’ show from there on out. Grinnell scored three in the fifth and two in the eighth, while only allowing one Scot to score in the seventh, and shut the door on the Scots in the eighth inning to seal the run-rule victory 15-4.
After visiting the Augustana Vikings for a single game on Wednesday, the Fighting Scots baseball team will close the regular season with a three-game series at Lawrence University on May 2 and 3. Saturday’s games will begin at noon and 2 p.m., and Sunday’s single game will have first pitch at noon.