MIAMI SHORES, Fla. - In both games of the doubleheader, the Eckerd baseball team jumped out to an early lead and fended off a pair of Barry rallies as the Tritons swept the doubleheader, 7-5 and 7-6, to take the series on Sunday at Feinbloom Field.
The teams both plated a run in the opening frame of the first game, but Eckerd added four runs over the next two innings for a 5-1 lead. EC scored via an error, a Mikey Burke RBI groundout, a Michael Ballard single, and an RBI fielder's choice by Danny Gutcher.
Jake Andriole added an insurance run for the Tritons in the fifth on an RBI double. Barry responded for three runs in the bottom of the frame to trail 6-4. Eckerd added its final run in the ninth, as did the Buccaneers, but the Tritons held off the BU rally to take the opener.
Eckerd jumped ahead again in the finale with three runs in the opening stanza on a bases-loaded walk and a two-run single by Ballard.
The Bucs evened the score at 3-3 in the fifth, but Eckerd quickly regained the lead in the next inning on an error and pair of RBI singles by Gunner Womer and Burke.
BU pulled within one following a pair of solo homeruns in the sixth and eighth. However, Eckerd added a much-needed insurance run in the ninth on a Tyler Cox RBI single as Barry rallied for a run in the ninth but was unable to complete the comeback.
HOW IT ENDED
Game One
FINAL: Eckerd 7, Barry 5
WP: Lawry (2-3) LP: Baker (2-2) S: McIntosh (1) HR: Castaneda (5)
Game Two
FINAL: Eckerd 7, Barry 6
WP: Perry (4-3) LP: Vazquez (0-1) S:Sanderson (4) HR: Stella (3); Steven Torres (5)
RECORDS: Eckerd 17-25 (10-14 SSC), Barry (18-28, 9-18 SSC)
NOTES AND NUMBERS
- Andriole was the only Triton to record a multi-hit performance in the opener, going 3-for-5. He added another three hits in the finale to hit 6-for-10 on the day.
- Burke, Cox, Ballard, and Wommer had two hits in the finale.
- Wike extended his reached base streak to 29 games with hits in both games. Three other Tritons have reached-base streaks above 10 games as well: Donofrio (17), Cox (13), Dimerson Nunez (11).
- Brendan Lowrey collected his second win in the opener, allowing four runs over six innings.
- Payton McIntosh collected his first career save in the opener, pitching the final three innings.
- Curtis Perry earned his fourth win of the season in the finale, allowing two earned runs over five innings.
- Jake Sanderson logged his team-leading fourth save in the finale.
UP NEXT
Eckerd travels to Saint Leo on Friday for a three-game series starting at 6:00 PM.
