Baseball Recap: The Covenant Turns Things Around After Road Loss

By Team Reports May 2, 2025, 1:39am

Baseball Recap: The Covenant Eagles vs. Roanoke Catholic Celtics

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There's no place like home for The Covenant, who bounced back after a loss on the road on Wednesday. They were the clear victors by a 29-3 margin over the Roanoke Catholic Celtics on Thursday. The Eagles haven't had any issues with the Celtics recently, as the game was their eighth consecutive win against them.

Gavin McGinn and Phillip Venton were major factors no matter where they played. Throwing, McGinn tossed two innings while giving up no earned runs or hits. Meanwhile, Venton tossed three innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. McGinn has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up a single earned run in three consecutive appearances. At bat, McGinn got on base in four of his five plate appearances with three runs, while Venton got on base in two of his three plate appearances with two runs, one stolen base, and one RBI. Those three runs gave McGinn a new career-high.

Dayne Honaker

Runs (Career)

05/01/25 vs Roanoke Catholic3
04/26/25 @ Fishburne Military2
04/16/25 @ Hargrave Military Academy1
04/14/25 vs Fredericksburg Christian1
03/25/25 @ Blue Ridge1

In other batting news, The Covenant got a massive performance out of Dayne Honaker, who got on base in all five of his plate appearances with three runs and one RBI. Those three runs gave Honaker a new career-high. Colton Kessick also deserves some recognition as he hit his first triple of the season.

The Covenant was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .531. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Roanoke Catholic only posted a batting average of .150.

The Covenant's record now sits at 13-6. As for Roanoke Catholic, their defeat dropped their record down to 2-13.

The Covenant does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Roanoke Catholic, they will get a bit of extra time to process the loss as their next game is a ways off. They'll take on Fleming at 5:00 p.m. on the 15th.

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