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Nick Alonzo
Andy Meng
3
Eckerd ECB 0-1
4
Winner Shorter SU 1-0
Eckerd ECB
0-1
3
Final
4
Shorter SU
1-0
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Eckerd ECB 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 10 2
Shorter SU 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 X 4 8 2

W: Woodley (1-0) L: Martin, Drew (0-1) S: Moore (1)

4
Winner Eckerd ECB 1-1
0
Shorter SU 1-1
Winner
Eckerd ECB
1-1
4
Final
0
Shorter SU
1-1
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Eckerd ECB 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 4 5 0
Shorter SU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1

W: Alonzo, Nick (1-0) L: Ramos (0-1)

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

Tritons Get Strong Pitching on Opening Day

ROME, Ga. - The Eckerd baseball team opened the 2018 season with strong pitching performances in splitting a double-header at Shorter (Ga.) on Saturday.

After dropping the opener, 4-3, the Tritons got a combined two-hitter from Nick Alonzo and Jack Iervolino to take the second game, 4-0.

Alonzo went six innings, giving up only two hits while striking out six, before giving way to Iervolino in the seventh.  The freshman ran into some trouble after walking the bases loaded with one out, but struck out pinch hitter Luis Acevedo before coaxing a ground ball from Raul Cortes to complete the combined shutout.

Justin Glover had a big day at the plate in the second game going 2-for-3 with a double and a solo home run, which gave Eckerd a 2-0 lead.  The Tritons doubled their margin in the seventh by manufacturing a pair of runs.

A two-run sixth inning for the Hawks gave them a 4-3 lead in the opener, which proved to be enough as Banks Woodley and Peyton Moore stranded four Tritons on base in the final three innings.

HOW IT ENDED
Game 1: Shorter 4, Eckerd 3
WP: Woodley (1-0)  LP: Martin (0-1)  Sv: Moore (1)

Game 2: Eckerd 4, Shorter 0 (7 innings)
Records: Eckerd 1-1, Shorter 1-1
WP: Alonzo (1-0)  LP: Ramos (0-1)
HR: Glover (1)

KEY MOMENTS
  • Mitch Calandra's single in the top of the third plated the first run of the year for Eckerd.  Keith Leavitt, Jr. drove in Garrett Hiott with a double in the fourth, and Chase Achuff scored on a passed ball in the fifth to give EC a 3-1 lead.
  • The Hawks, however, took advantage of Eckerd errors in the fifth and sixth innings to go ahead by what turned out to be the final margin in the opener.
  • Eckerd again scored first in the top of the third in the second game on an Achuff sacrifice fly.  Glover's solo blast in the top of the fifth made it 2-0.
  • The Tritons scored twice in the seventh without the benefit of a base hit.  Three walks loaded the bases before Nick Conti drew another walk to bring in Bryan Torres.  Two batters later, Hiott was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded.
NOTES AND NUMBERS
  • Dillon McCollough received a no-decision in the opener, allowing two runs (one earned) on five hits while striking out seven.  Eckerd pitchers combined for a total of eight strikeouts in each game.
  • Conti, who put together a streak of reaching base safely in 35 straight games last year, reached base in both games to extend his current streak to 15 dating back to last season.
  • Alonzo's win was his first since March 1, 2016, and his first as a starting pitcher.
UP NEXT
The Tritons wrap up the three-game series on Sunday with a single game beginning at 12:00 PM.
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