WINTER PARK, Fla. (March 3, 2011) - A five-run
sixth lifted the Rollins Tars past the Saint Anselm Hawks Thursday
night at Alfond Stadium as Rollins scored in only two frames for
the victory.
With the win, Rollins improves to 10-4 on the season, while
Saint Anselm drops to 5-3.
Four Tars notched multiple hits with Chris Holloway knocking
down four hits and Zach Persky, Kevin Mager, and Sean Reilly each
posting a pair. Mager also drove in a season-high five batters.
He now leads the team in RBIs with 15 for the season. Rollins
posted 14 hits for the eighth contest this season that the Tars
notch double-figure hits.
After Saint Anselm put up a two-run third, Rollins answered back
in the home half of the inning as Kevin Mager hit a three-run homer
over the left field wall to give Rollins a one-run advantage,
3-2.
Saint Anselm was able to escape with lone runs in the fifth and
sixth to lead 4-3 heading into the bottom of the sixth.
Rollins then posted back-to-back singles to open up the sixth
frame with lead-off batter Sean Reilly and Brian Lattanzi reaching
base safely. Reilly then stole third for his first stolen bag of
the year and scored on a Neil Hesek wild pitch. Lattanzi scored
two batters later on a Chris Holloway infield single.
Josh Band scored Rollins' third run of the inning on a throwing
error by Saint Anselm's second baseman. Once again, Kevin Mager
came up big for the Tars as he drove in the final two runs of the
inning on a two-out double to left center scoring Zach Persky and
Chris Holloway.
Rollins starting pitcher Garrett Yount (4-0) got the winning nod
for his fourth win of the season as the right-handed hurler tossed
six innings. Will Krasne threw three innings of one-hit baseball
and fanned five Saint Anselm batters to earn the save.
Hawks starter Neil Hesek took the loss for Saint Anselm as the
junior threw five innings and gave up six runs.
Rollins will be back in action tomorrow afternoon as the Tars
are slated to take on Saint Anselm at 6 p.m. For live action of
the Tars, check out the Tars Sports Network at
RollinsSports.com.
