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Sam Cochrane
Andy Meng
10
Winner Eckerd College EC 31-18
9
Embry-Riddle ERAU 29-22
Winner
Eckerd College EC
31-18
10
Final
9
Embry-Riddle ERAU
29-22
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Eckerd College EC 0 0 3 0 2 1 1 3 0 10 11 2
Embry-Riddle ERAU 0 0 0 0 8 1 0 0 0 9 14 2

W: Achuff, Chase (3-2) L: Dominic Jeancola (1-5)

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

Cochrane's Eighth-Inning Homerun Lifts Tritons to South Region Victory

CLEVELAND, Miss. - Moments after building a 5-0 lead, the Eckerd baseball team soon found itself facing elimination in the NCAA SOuth Region Tournament.

Embry-Riddle scored eight runs in the bottom of the fifth to turn Eckerd's lead into an 8-5 deficit.

But the Tritons, who have exhibited a bit of a flair for the dramatic throughout this historic season, used a trio of homeruns and another outstanding relief appearance from Chase Achuff to stay alive via a come-from-behind victory.

Nick Conti and Justin Glover each hit solo homeruns in the sixth and seventh innings respectively before Sam Cochrane launched a three-run shot to right field in the eighth inning that ultimately decided the game.

It wasn't the first time Cochrane broke the backs of the Eagles. In the regular season series in Daytona Beach in April, Cochrane blasted a three-run shot in the top of the ninth inning when the Tritons were also down two runs.

In this case, Eckerd still needed to get six more outs, and Achuff did so without much stress. Luis Olivier led off the bottom of the eighth with a single but was erased on a 5-4-3 double play, and Achuff retired the side in order in the ninth.

HOW IT ENDED
Final: Eckerd 10, Embry-Riddle 9
WP: Achuff (3-2)  LP: Jeancola (1-5)  HR: Conti (2), Glover (11), Cochrane (5)
Records: Eckerd 31-18, Embry-Riddle 29-22
 
KEY MOMENTS
  • Eckerd took the lead with a three-run inning in the top of the third. Mitch Calandra got things started with a two-run double to score Conti and Garrett Hiott, and later came around to score on an error.
  • The Tritons extended the lead to 5-0 in the top of the fifth on a sacrifice fly by Nick Arrivo and a single by Mitch Donofrio.
  • Embry-Riddle exploded for eight runs in the bottom of the inning on five hits and two errors.  The big blow came in the form of a bases-clearing double by Cole Habig with two outs to make the score 8-5.
  • Both teams hit solo homeruns in the sixth, Eckerd's by Conti and ERAU's by Olivier.
  • Glover launched a two-out homer in the top of the seventh to make it 9-7.
  • After Dominic Jeancola hit Hiott and Calandra to lead off the top of the eighth, he was replaced by Garrett Goodall who surrendered a three-run blast to Cochrane.
  • Achuff took care of the rest, facing the minimum over the final two innings to pick up the win.
NOTES AND NUMBERS
  • The Tritons took all four games from Embry-Riddle this season after sweeping the Eagles in the regular season.
  • Glover's homerun was his 11th, the most in a season by a Triton since Minervino Labrador hit 14 in 2010.
  • The win was Eckerd's first postseason victory since 1981, when the Tritons took a game from Florida Southern in the regional tournament.
UP NEXT
The Tritons immediately take on Valdosta State (Ga.) in an elimination game.
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