ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - The Eckerd baseball team snapped a seven-game skid with a 6-1 victory over Florida Tech at the Turley Athletic Complex on Tuesday afternoon.
The Tritons opened their final midweek game with a 1-0 favor in the first. An RBI single by Alex Brazer gave Eckerd the early lead. The Panthers equalized in the second off an RBI single to center field.
Eckerd regained its lead in the third with a pair of unearned run, with a run scoring on an error and and RBI single. They added two more in the sixth with back-to-back, bases loaded walks for a 5-1 favor. A single through the left side by Joe Wike in the eighth gave Eckerd an insurance run to close the game 6-1.
HOW IT ENDED
FINAL: Eckerd 6, Florida Tech 1
WP: Grubbs (9-1) LP: Harding (0-2)
RECORDS: Eckerd 17-23 (5-16 SSC); Florida Tech 16-27
NOTES AND NUMBERS
- Alex Brazer went 2-for-3 from the plate with an RBI. Joe Wike followed closely behind, going 2-for-4 with an RBI and two runs.
- Tyler Cox, Kam Gelwick, and Cole Schumaker all each added an RBI.
- Kyle Ericson hit 2-for-3 on the day.
- Cox closed the game on the mound and recorded two strikeouts.
- Rick Koch recorded three strikeouts over three innings of work.
- The Tritons scattered ten hits on the day.
- Defensively, the Tritons turned a double play and seven strikeouts.
UP NEXT
Eckerd hits the road Friday for a conference series at No. 3 Saint Leo. Friday night's game begins at 6:00 PM in Saint Leo, Fla.
