WIU Gets Solid Pitching in Win Over Baseball

Eckerd-Webber International Box Score

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – Webber International used seven pitchers and held the Eckerd College baseball team to four hits in a 3-1 win on Wednesday evening at the Turley Athletic Complex.

 

Nate Goldstein went 2-for-3 with two RBIs, including a go-ahead RBI single in the sixth, to lead the Warriors (25-17). Nick Pascente went 2-for-3 with an RBI and a run scored.

 

WIU was held to seven hits offensively, but six relievers combined to hold Eckerd (12-17) to three hits over the final six innings.

 

David Regidor went 2-for-3 with a run scored for the Tritons.

 

Eckerd got some solid pitching, allowing only one earned run, but the Tritons were hampered by six errors.

 

After WIU jumped ahead 1-0 in the fourth, Eckerd tied the game in the bottom of the fifth on an RBI single by Joey LaRose.

 

But Goldstein helped the visitors quickly regain the lead with an RBI single in the sixth. The Warriors grabbed a two-run cushion in the eighth on Pascente's RBI single to left.

 

The Tritons will return to Sunshine State Conference action this weekend, hosting Florida Tech in a three-game series beginning at 7 p.m. on Friday.