WINTER PARK, Fla. (February 19, 2011) - The
Rollins Tars baseball team defeated the Bentley Falcons, 5-4
Saturday at Alfond Stadium to extend their win streak to six. With
the win, Rollins improves to 6-2 on the season, while Bentley drops
to 0-2.
Will Krasne and Mike Howard combined for three hits in the win
over Bentley. Krasne (2-1) tossed 5 2/3 innings of one-hit
baseball, striking out seven and giving up two runs. Krasne leads
the team in strikeouts with 20 on the season. Howard, who picked
up his first save of the season, tossed 3 1/3 innings on the
hill.
Rollins scored their five runs in three consecutive frames
beginning in the third with a lone run and a pair of runs in the
fourth and fifth. Steve Betcherman scored Rollins' lone run in the
third on a sacrifice fly by Nick Adams.
In the bottom of the fourth, Kevin Mager led off with a triple
to center and then scored on an RBI double by John Avanzino, his
seventh double of the season. The Manhasset, N.Y. native went
1-for-4 with a double, run, RBI, and stolen base. Two batters
later, Avanzino scored to put Rollins up 3-2.
Lead-off batter Chris Holloway and Nick Adams scored Rollins'
final two runs of the night's contest. Holloway, who scored on a
wild pitch, finished 2-for-4 with two stolen bases and a run.
Holloway leads the team in stolen bags with five. Adams, the final
Tars run, scored on a Kevin Mager RBI single to left field.
Bentley did manage to come within one of the Tars in the seventh
as the Falcons put up a two-run seventh. Falcons lead-off hitter
Sean Keady scored Bentley's third run of the night while Logan
Gillis scored on the next play on a wild pitch.
All but one Tars batter notched a hit in the evenings contest.
Chris Holloway, Tony Brunetti, Kevin Mager, and Zach Persky each
posted two hits against the Falcons.
Picking up the loss for Bentley was starting pitcher Dan Murphy
as he threw four innings, giving up seven hits and three runs.
Logan Gillis was Bentley's top performer as he went 2-for-3 with a
double, a run, and two walks.
The Tars will be back in action tomorrow afternoon as Rollins
takes on the Bentley Falcons at 2 p.m. for game three of the four
game series. For live action of the Tars, check out
RollinsSports.com.
