ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - The Eckerd baseball team travels to Lynn University for a three-game conference series beginning on Friday at 3:00 PM.
GAMES 39-41: Eckerd College (15-23, 4-8 SSC) at Lynn University (25-16, 8-10 SSC) |
Friday 3:00 PM | Saturday (DH) 12:00 PM
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WEEKEND RECAP
- Eckerd fell two games to one last weekend at Palm Beach Atlantic. The Tritons won the finale, 6-2, as
Dillon McCollough pitched a complete game for the second straight week. EC scored early and used a three-run seventh inning to beat the Sailfish.
Andrew Don delivered the first run drawing a bases-loaded walk in the first.
Chase Achuff followed in the second doubling in
Garrett Hiott.
Daniel Autiello and
Sam Cochrane both brought in runs in the seventh with doubles. Cochrane scored later in the seventh on an error. Autiello drove in the final run with a shot to right in the ninth inning.
- The Tritons lost the series opener by a score of 9-1. The lone run scored in the second inning coming across on an errant throw. In Saturday's opener, Eckerd started strong scoring two runs in the first off of Cochrane's single to left. The Tritons, however, were kept off the board the rest of the game falling, 7-2.
ABC's OF OFFENSE
- Achuff (.272),
Tom Buonopane (.309), Cochrane (.338),
Mitch Calandra (.349), and
Nick Conti (.370) lead the way for Eckerd at the plate.
- Conti drives Eckerd's offense smacking 10 doubles and bringing in 17 runs. Conti's streak of reaching base safely ended in Friday's loss at 35 games, but Conti still leads the team with a .466 on-base percentage – ninth in the conference.
- Calandra has driven in 22 runs while lacing nine doubles. In conference games, Calandra is batting an impressive .479.
- Cochrane produces the Tritons power with 11 doubles, two triples, and two home runs. He ranks among the top of the conference in at-bats (160) and stolen bases (9).
- Buonopane has scored 27 runs while driving in 19. The senior has also swiped seven bags.
- Achuff has also driven in 22 runs. He enters the series with a five-game hit streak and a nine-game reached base streak.
ON THE MOUND
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Joey Favetta (1-2),
Alex Moore (0-6), and McCollough (5-3) are the probable weekend rotation for the Tritons.
- Favetta maintains a 6.26 ERA over 26.1 innings while striking out 36. Moore has fanned 60 over 54.2 innings with a 5.27 ERA.
- McCollough has picked up wins in his last three appearances. McCollough sustains a 2.01 ERA while holding his hitters to a .190 average.
ABOUT THE FIGHTING KNIGHTS
- Lynn comes into the series on a four-game losing streak, dropping last weekend's series to No. 9 Tampa.
- Nine of Lynns regular starters are hitting at .300 or above. Four Knights are in double-digits in home runs. Tyler Curtis ranks among the top in the conference in most offensive categories while topping the league with a .456/.529/.765 slash line.
- Donovan Armas (6-3) and Frank Grandinette (4-4) pave the way for Lynn on the mound. Armas leads the conference with 79 punchouts while Grandinette has 37.
LAST TIME THEY MET
- Lynn took two of three games from Eckerd last season. Eckerd won the second game of the series, 10-8. Conti had two home runs in the win delivering a three-run walk-off homer in the 10th.
