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Keith Leavitt, Jr.
Katie Willgohs
4
Ave Maria AMU 6-10
11
Winner Eckerd ECB 8-3
Ave Maria AMU
6-10
4
Final
11
Eckerd ECB
8-3
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Ave Maria AMU 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 4 7 2
Eckerd ECB 0 1 2 3 0 2 0 3 X 11 17 0

W: Durham, Kyle (1-1) L: Krizen,Ben (2-1)

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

Winning Streak Reaches Seven as Eckerd Defeats Ave Maria

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - The Eckerd baseball team will head into this weekend's conference opener riding a wave of momentum, winning its seventh straight game on Tuesday night at the Turley Athletic Complex with an 11-4 victory over Ave Maria (Fla.).

The Tritons scored seven runs in the third through sixth inning on the way to an 8-2 lead, then added insurance in the eighth in the form of a three-run homerun by Mitch Donofrio.

HOW IT ENDED
Final: Eckerd 11, Ave Maria 4
WP: Durham (1-1)  LP: Krizen (2-1)  HR: Donofrio (1)
Records: Eckerd 8-3, Ave Maria 6-10

KEY MOMENTS
  • A two-out double by AMU's Tyler Chase drove in the game's first runs, plating two Gyrenes for a 2-0 lead in the top of the second.
  • Eckerd got on the board in the bottom of the second on an RBI single by Nick Arrivo, then took the lead in the third. An RBI grounder by Chase Achuff tied the game, bringing in Keith Leavitt, Jr., before Mitch Calandra's two-out double set the table for Sam Cochrane to bring him in with a single just past a diving Ave Maria infielder.
  • Kyle Durham entered in relief in the fourth inning and retired the first 11 batters he faced before running into trouble in the seventh. After striking out the first two batters of the inning, AMU finally broke through against the freshman on a double, wild pitch, and RBI single. The Gyrenes put another runner aboard before Durham got out of the inning.
  • While Durham was shutting down the Ave Maria offense, Eckerd continued to add to its lead. Leavitt, Jr., drew a bases-loaded walk in the fourth before Calandra delivered a two-out, two-run single for a 6-2 lead.  The Tritons left the bases loaded in the fifth but added two more in the sixth after Calandra drove in Garrett Hiott with a single and later scored on a wild pitch.
  • The Gyrenes threatened in the top of the eighth after loading the bases with one out against Brandon Castle. Tyler Schlegel entered in relief and allowed a two-out single but got out of the inning without further damage.
  • Donofrio gave Eckerd plenty of cushion in the bottom of the eighth as he blasted a three-run homer to left-center, the first of his career.
NOTES AND NUMBERS
  • Eckerd's seven-game winning streak is its longest since 2015, when the team also won seven in a row from February 7-21.
  • Calandra went 4-for-5 for the second time this season. He also went 4-for-5 against Albany State on Saturday.
  • The team's 17 hits tied its most in a game this season.
  • Leavitt, Jr., and Cochrane had three hits each while Hiott and Arrivo both had two.  For Hiott, it was his fourth straight multi-hit game.
UP NEXT
The Tritons travel to Palm Beach Atlantic to open conference play with a three-game weekend series beginning on Friday at 6:00 PM.
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