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Keith Leavitt, Jr.
Andy Meng
15
Winner Davenport DUB 4-2
5
Eckerd College ECB 5-7
Winner
Davenport DUB
4-2
15
Final
5
Eckerd College ECB
5-7
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Davenport DUB 0 4 5 0 4 0 1 1 0 15 15 1
Eckerd College ECB 0 2 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 5 6 3

W: Justin Palmbos (1-0) L: Martin, Drew (0-2)

Game Recap: Baseball | | John Armstrong, Sports Information Director

Davenport Explodes Early, Defeats Eckerd in Final Game of Homestand

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - A pair of early-inning outbursts for Davenport (Mich.) put the Eckerd baseball team in a difficult position on Tuesday night, and the Tritons were never able to recover in a 15-5 loss to the visiting Panthers at the Turley Athletic Complex.

Davenport scored four runs in the second and five in the third - both innings featuring home runs by Jacob Buchberger - before tacking on another four in the fifth for what turned out to be an insurmountable lead.

The game wrapped up a nine-game homestand for Eckerd.

HOW IT ENDED
Final: Davenport 15, Eckerd 5
Records: Eckerd 5-7, Davenport 4-2
WP: Palmbos (1-0)  LP: Martin (0-2)  HR: Buchberger 2 (2)

KEY MOMENTS
  • After both teams were held scoreless in the first inning, Davenport put four runs on the board in the top of the second.  Buchberger hit the first of his two home runs on the first pitch he saw from Drew Martin, sending a two-run shot over the centerfield fence for a 3-0 lead.  Alex Huard added a two-out RBI single later in the frame.
  • Eckerd got two runs back in the bottom of the inning thanks in part to a two-out, bases-loaded error.  Garrett Hiott then added EC's second run with an infield single on a full count.
  • Buchberger delivered again in the top of the third, this time blasting a grand slam to give the Panthers a 9-2 lead.
  • Davenport added to its lead in the fifth inning with four more runs, three of which came before Eckerd recorded an out.
  • Eckerd scored a run in the bottom of the sixth without getting a hit.  Keith Leavitt, Jr. walked, stole second, advanced to third on a groundout and scored on a wild pitch.  The Tritons later loaded the bases in the inning but left them all stranded.
  • EC added two more runs in the seventh on an RBI single by Andrew Don before Leavitt, Jr. scored again on a wild pitch.
NOTES AND NUMBERS
  • Sam Cochrane extended his hitting streak to 12 games with a single down the third base line in his final at-bat of the night.
  • Eckerd used eight pitchers in the game and received scoreless innings of relief from Jarid Salisbury, Luis Duran, and Cam Smalley.
  • Leavitt, Jr. swiped his team-leading sixth base of the season.
UP NEXT
The Tritons travel for the first time since opening weekend, visiting Florida Tech on Friday and Saturday for a three-game series.
 
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