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Mitch Calandra
Katie Willgohs
14
Winner Eckerd College ECB 5-3
4
Rams ALBNBB 3-5
Winner
Eckerd College ECB
5-3
14
Final
4
Rams ALBNBB
3-5
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Eckerd College ECB 3 3 0 4 3 0 0 0 1 14 17 0
Rams ALBNBB 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 4 4 2

W: McCollough, Dillon (2-0) L: Roman Oliu (1-1)

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

W: Allen, Robin (2-0) L: Michael Reddick (0-1)

Game Recap: Baseball | | John Armstrong, Director of Athletic Communications

Tritons Roll Past Albany State in Doubleheader Sweep

ALBANY, Ga. - The Eckerd baseball team extended its winning streak to five games behind timely hitting and lockdown pitching, taking both ends of a Saturday doubleheader at Albany State, 14-4 and 7-0.

The Tritons put 13 runs on the board in the first five innings of the opener, and Robin Allen combined with two other pitchers for a one-hitter over seven innings in the nightcap.

HOW IT ENDED
Game 1
Final: Eckerd 14, Albany State 4
WP: McCollough (2-0)  LP: Oliu (1-1)  HR: Hiott (2), Calandra (1), Hibbs (1)

Game 2
Final: Eckerd 7, Albany State 0 (7 innings)
WP: Allen (2-0)  LP: Reddick (0-1)
Records: Eckerd 6-3; Albany State 3-6

KEY MOMENTS
Game 1
  • After back-to-back walks to lead off the game, Mitch Calandra brought both runners home with two-run double. Nick Arrivo then scored Calandra with a two-out single for a 3-0 lead.
  • Eckerd doubled its lead in the second after Mitch Donofrio scored on an error followed by a pair of sacrifice flies by Calandra and Nick Conti.
  • The Tritons blew the game open with a four-run fourth. Calandra delivered another RBI double followed by a two-run double from Conti. Santos Grande's two-out single later scored Conti from third.
  • The Rams scored in the bottom of the fourth taking advantage of a pair of wild pitches by Dillon McCollough after the first two batters reached base.  
  • Garrett Hiott and Calandra hit back-to-back homeruns in the fifth to make it a 13-2 Eckerd lead.  Nathanael Hibbs led off the top of the ninth with a solo shot for the Tritons' final run of the game.
  • Albany State added two runs in the home half of the ninth on a two-run homerun.
Game 2
  • Allen cruised through five innings on the mound, allowing one hit and two walks. None of the runners advanced past first base.
  • Hiott put Eckerd on the board in the top of the third with a two-run triple. Hiott later scored on an error to give the Tritons a 3-0 lead.
  • Eckerd scored four insurance runs in the sixth while taking advantage of wild pitching. Sam Cochrane led off the inning with a walk and scored before a ball was put in play, stealing a base and advancing on two wild pitches.  Grande then drove in Conti, who also reached via walk, with a double down the right field line. Donofrio's sacrifice fly brought in Arrivo, and Grande crossed the plate on another Rams' wild pitch.
NOTES AND NUMBERS
  • McCollough went seven strong innings in the opener giving up just three hits and striking out eight.
  • Calandra went 4-for-5 in the opener with five RBIs while Hiott went 3-for-3.
  • Allen fanned five in game two while Cameron Lanzilli and Joey Favetta each worked a scoreless inning of relief with two strikeouts.
  • Hiott and Arrivo both had two hits in the second game. 
UP NEXT
The two teams wrap up the series with a single game on Sunday beginning at 12:00 PM.
 
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