WINTER PARK, Fla. -
The Rollins baseball ninth inning rally fell short in the
opening game of the 62n d Annual Rollins College Baseball Week, 6-3
to the Georgetown Hoyas, Monday evening at Alfond Stadium.
Trailing 6-0, the Tars (14-6) managed to cut the lead in half on a
Ryan Luker two-run RBI
double in the gap in left center. Rollins got the tying run at the
plate, but a fielder's choice ended the contest and sealed the
Hoyas (5-4) win.
Luker led the team with a 2-for-4 perfomance, the only Tar to
register multiple hits. Luker is second on the team in batting
average with a .384 mark and increased his RBI mark to 15.
First baseman Kevin
Mager recorded the other RBI in the ninth with a sacrifice fly
to center. He tallied his lone hit in the contest in the
fourth.
Shortstop Justin Yount, left fielder
Tony
Brunetti and Taylor Ferguson scored the
runs for Rollins. Ferguson was recently named the Sunshine State
Conference Player of the Week.
Starter Ben
Blanton (3-2) earned the loss after tossing 6.1 innings and
allowing eight hits and five runs. Blanton was solid in the first
three innings holding the Hoyas to just two hits. Georgetown
tacked on a pair of runs in the fourth and fifth innings, before
adding two more insurance runs in the seventh.
Chip Yount relieved Blanton and inherited one runner and
surrendered two hits and one run over 1.2 innings of work. Matt
White finished the eighth and started the ninth, before Robbie
Pagano recorded the final out in the ninth.
Georgetown's Tim Adleman (2-0) pitched 8.2 and quieted the Tars
bats for the majority of the contest. Adleman allowed three hits
over the first eighth innings, before Rollins caught up with him
with three in the ninth. He finished with three unearned runs in
the contest.
The Tars will have little rest for game two of their tournament as
they take on Maine, Tuesday, March 9 at 2:30 p.m. The game will be
one of three games being played for Baseball For A Cure where all
proceeds will be donated to the Breast Cancer Foundation.
