WINTER PARK, Fla. - Despite a 4-2 lead over the nationally-ranked Tars, the Eckerd baseball team was unable to fend off No. 11 Rollins' surge in the third through sixth innings as the Tritons fell, 12-5, in a non-conference contest at Alfond Stadium on Tuesday.
RC scored early with a pair of runs in the first inning on an RBI single and a sacrifice fly. EC rallied to take a 4-2 lead in the third via a Michael Ballard two-run homerun and a two-RBI double by Jake Andriole.
The Tars evened the score in the bottom of the frame on a pair of RBI singles before taking the lead, 6-4, in the fourth on a two-run triple. Rollins added six insurance runs over the fifth and sixth innings.
Dimerson Nunez added a run for the Tritons with an RBI double in the ninth, but Eckerd was unable to make up the difference.
HOW IT ENDED
Final: No. 11 Rollins 12, Eckerd 5
WP: Murphy (1-0) LP: McIntosh (1-1) HR: Ballard (4) Torres (5), Smith (9)
RECORDS: Eckerd 15-24; Rollins 32-12
NOTES AND NUMBERS
- Ballard's homerun was his fourth of the year.
- Nunez led EC with a pair of hits.
- Tyler Venditti made his first career start on the mound.
- Joe Wike extended his reached base streak to 26 games with a single in the third inning.
- Tyler Cox drew a pair of walks.
UP NEXT
Eckerd continues SSC play with a three-game series at Barry on Friday at 6:00 PM.
