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Mitch Calandra
Katie Willgohs
4
Eckerd EC 28-16, 17-11 SSC
8
Winner Tampa UT 34-11, 17-8 SSC
Eckerd EC
28-16, 17-11 SSC
4
Final
8
Tampa UT
34-11, 17-8 SSC
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Eckerd EC 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 4 8 0
Tampa UT 0 1 0 4 0 1 1 1 X 8 10 1

W: K. Pimentel (10-2) L: McCollough, Dillon (8-1) S: T. Beck (9)

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

Calandra Sets Hits Record But Tritons Fall at No. 2 Tampa

TAMPA, Fla. - Mitch Calandra became the new all-time hits leader for Eckerd baseball, but the Tritons didn't have much else to celebrate as they fell at No. 2 Tampa on Friday, 8-4, in the opening game of Eckerd's final regular-season series.

The Spartans did something no one else was able to do this season - find a way to get to Eckerd ace Dillon McCollough. UT roughed up McCollough for eight runs over seven-plus innings.

A four-run fourth did most of the damage, extending Tampa's lead to 5-0. The Tritons scored two in the sixth and two in the eighth but were unable to get closer than three runs.

HOW IT ENDED
Final: #2 Tampa 8, Eckerd 4
WP: Pimentel (10-2)  LP: McCollough (8-1) 
Records: Eckerd 28-16 (17-11 SSC); Tampa 34-11 (17-8 SSC)

KEY MOMENTS
  • Florida State transfer Nick Durr delivered a two-out RBI single in the bottom of the second to get the Spartans on the board.
  • Tampa took control in the fourth, scoring four times on five hits. Danny Sirven doubled to lead off the inning and advanced to third on a groundout ahead of three straight UT hits that plated two run. Yorvis Torrealba then delivered a two-out, two-run single for a 5-0 lead.
  • Eckerd bounced back to score two in the sixth behind back-to-back-to-back hits from seniors Nick Conti, Garrett Hiott, and Mitch Calandra. Conti doubled and scored on a Hiott single; Hiott then scored from first on a Calandra double that made him the all-time hits leader at Eckerd.
  • The Spartans padded their lead with a run in each of the sixth, seventh, and eighth innings.
  • After Hiott walked and Calandra singled in the eighth, Sam Cochrane brought both around on a two-run single to cut the UT lead to 7-4. However, the Tritons were retired in order in the ninth. 
NOTES AND NUMBERS
  • Calandra went 3-for-4, the second hit moving him ahead of Tom Russin for the top spot on the Triton career hits list. He finished the night with 258 career hits and is now the EC leader in both career hits and career singles.
  • McCollough was tagged with his first loss of the season.
  • Justin Glover was hitless in the contest, seeing his 17-game hitting streak come to an end. Keith Leavitt, Jr., also saw his 22-game reached base streak snapped.
  • Nick Arrivo's single in the second inning extended his hitting streak to 10 games.
UP NEXT
The teams face off in a doubleheader tomorrow beginning at 1:00 PM.
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