K.C. Simons went 4-for-5 with two RBIs, Jonathan Carter drove in four runs, Kurt Wiles was 3-for-6 with three RBIs and pitcher Tyler Smith allowed only four hits in seven innings, with one earned run, as Covenant College beat visiting LaGrange 16-2 in baseball Friday on Lookout Mountain.
Ben Chambers scored four runs and James Rollins scored three and batted in one for the Scots (11-10), who were tied at 2 through four and a half innings. The teams are scheduled to play a doubleheader starting at noon today.
• Lee 5, Southern Wesleyan 1: At Central, S.C., Kris Hall (8-0) allowed four hits and no earned run in seven innings, with nine strikeouts, as the NAIA’s No. 1 baseball team rose to 35-4-1 and 18-1 in the Southern States Athletic Conference.
Trevor Burgess tripled, doubled, drove in two runs and scored two for the Flames. Edmanuel Rivera and Mike Moore each was 2-for-3, and Corey Davis scored twice.
• Bryan 11, Virginia Intermont 1: At Dayton, Shane Clawson went 4-for-4 with three stolen bases, three RBIs and two runs scored, Steven Brown was 3-for-4 and scored twice and Tanner Brown pitched a five-hitter as the Lions won the Appalachian Athletic Conference series opener. Also for Bryan (27-11, 9-4), Josh Harris drove in two runs and Tyler Latham scored twice.