Eckerd-Rollins Box Score
WINTER PARK, Fla. – Eckerd College shortstop
Alex Del Monte provided the winning run for the second consecutive game, as his RBI double in the eighth inning lifted the visiting Tritons to a 4-3 win at Rollins on Friday.
Del Monte hit an RBI double to left-center field, scoring
Bryant Gibson who led off the inning with a single, as Eckerd (14-20, 2-11 Sunshine State Conference) picked up its first league road win of the year.
Dan Capra went 2-for-4 with a stolen base and a run scored, while
Stephen Pelc provided a two-run single.
Zach Persky went 3-for-4 and scored a run for Rollins (20-18, 2-11), which dropped its fourth straight.
Right-hander
Joe Clagg (1-1) got the win in relief of starter
Joey Cuda, who gave up two runs (one earned) in six innings.
After the Tars tied the game at 3-3 in the seventh on an RBI single by Tony Brunetti, the Tritons responded in their next at-bat.
Gibson led off the eighth with an infield hit and was moved to second on a sacrifice bunt by
Shane Bishop (1-for-3, RBI single). Rollins brought in reliever Adam Ogburn to face Del Monte, but the junior – whose 11
th-inning RBI single defeated Webber International on Wednesday – got Gibson home with his sixth extra-base hit of 2011.
Right-hander
Robbie Nabers tossed two scoreless innings to get the save.
The two teams will play a 1 p.m. doubleheader on Saturday.
