MIAMI BEACH, Fla. - The Eckerd baseball team jumped out to a 7-0 lead in the second frame, but Barry rallied the rest of the way to force extra innings, where the Tritons took a three-run lead. However, the Buccaneers rallied again with four runs in the 12th inning to take the series opener, 12-11, on Saturday at Feinbloom Field.
The two teams began the game on Friday at 5:00 PM and made it into the seventh inning before the weather forced the contest to be delayed until Saturday.Â
EC used a five-run opening frame to take a large early lead via a two-run single by Mitch Donofrio, a two-run double by Michael Ballard, and a sacrifice fly by Jake Andriole. The Tritons tacked on another two runs in the second inning on a Donofrio single and an error.Â
Barry added five runs over the fifth through seventh innings to trail, 7-5. Donofrio drove in another run in the eighth to push EC in front 8-5, but BU rallied for three runs in the ninth on three straight RBI singles.Â
An RBI single by Joe Wike and a two-run single by Mickey Burke put Eckerd up 11-8 in the 12th, but the Buccaneers responded for four runs on a two-run single and back-to-back RBI singles for the walk-off victory.Â
HOW IT ENDEDÂ
FINAL: Barry 12, Eckerd 11 (12 Innings)Â
WP: Fishman (3-1) LP: Cox (0-2) HR: Noriega (3), Vazquez (2)
RECORDS: Eckerd 15-25 (8-14 SSC); Barry 18-26 (9-16 SSC)
NOTES AND NUMBERSÂ
- Burke led the team with four hits, while Ballard (3), Donofrio (2), Tyler Cox (2), Danny Gutcher (2), and Wike (2) also had multi-hit performances.Â
- Donofrio led the team with four RBIs.Â
- EC's 17 hits were its second-best mark of the season.Â
- Jacob Stipp pitched 5.1 innings allowing just four runs while striking out seven.Â
- Donofrio pitched a season-high three innings.Â
- Wike extended his reached base streak to 27 games.Â
UP NEXTÂ
Eckerd concludes the series tomorrow with a doubleheader slated for 11:00 AM.Â
