Davenport, FL – The baseball team looked sharp in game 1 vs Gordon College, showing off all phases of the game in dominating 11-1 fashion. The offense started fast for the Storm as Kyle Schroedle got the scoring started with a two-run shot to left field. Ashton Long then followed that up with a homerun of his own, a solo bomb to the opposite field to extend the lead to 3-0.
 
Gordon would answer back with a run in the bottom of the 3^rd before a Mason Brock homerun in the top of the 4^th extended the lead back to 3. From there it was all Crown, they scored 6 times in the 6^th inning to take a commanding 10-1 lead. In the inning Schroedle doubled down the left-field line, driving in 2. Brock followed that up with a double of his own that scored 2 more. Blake Boggs and Alejandro Molina knocked in 1 run each to pad the lead even further.
 
On the mound Jacob Crowley was great, going for 5 strong innings while only giving up 1 earned run and striking out 4. Caleb Keen then came on in relief and gave Crown 2 really strong scoreless innings out of the pen to help cap off an 11-1 win in game 1.
 
Game 2 however was a different story; Gordon took an early 1-0 lead in the 1^st inning on an RBI single up the middle. Crown would answer back in the 2^nd on a safety squeeze for an RBI by Chad Herrera. Crown would take the lead in the 3^rd inning when Seth Betts stole home and that was unfortunately the one and only time Crown would lead during game 2.
 
In the 5^th inning Gordon took the lead 3-2, before extending it to 5-2 in the 5^th and then 7-2 in the 7^th. Rhys Dewick drove in 2 with a 2 RBI single in the 6^th but it was just a bit too late for Crown as Gordon would go on to take game 2 by a score of 7-4.
 
Crown will play again tomorrow, when they take on Cornell College at 1:30 CST.