MIAMI SHORES, Fla. (April 13, 2012) - The
Rollins baseball team dropped a 3-2 heartbreaker to the Barry
Buccaneers Friday at Fienbloom Field. The loss is the second
straight for the Tars as they fall to 21-13 on the season and 4-6
in the SSC while Barry improves to 16-18 overall and 9-7 in
conference play.
Barry drew first blood in the opening frame as they scored one
run on a sacrifice fly by Adrian English to plate Luis
Arrizurieta.
Rollins then tied the ballgame in the top of the sixth on a
leadoff home run by Brandon
Curson.
In the bottom of the sixth, Rollins was able to get out of a
two-out bases loaded jam after starter Taylor
Smith placed a duck on the pond and was then pulled for Garrett
Yount. The right-hander then put another two to load the bases
but reliever Mike
Howard struck out Lyndon Coleman to end the inning.
The Tars took their first lead of the game in the top of the
seventh as Kevin
Mager got things started for Rollins with a one-out double. Sean
Reilly then drove in Mager from second on a base hit up the
middle.
Howard then worked himself out of two more two-out bases loaded
jams in back-to-back innings in the seventh and eighth with both
ending in similar fashion.
In the top of the ninth, Barry was able to retire the inning
allowing one batter to reach base. In their home half of the
inning, Rollins went through four arms as Howard started the
ninth. He faced one batter and allowed one hit before being pulled
for Jack
Murray. The southpaw stepped in and took care of business
striking out Elliott for the second out of the inning.
Mike
Herrmann then came into relief for Murray and gave up
back-to-back walks to load the bases and was finally pulled for Adam
Ogburn. The right-hander then gave up a hit that went over the
head of leftfielder Hunter
Mayfield that got away to drive in two Barry runs for the
walk-off win. Herrmann (2-3) was charged with the loss as he
failed to record an out.
Barry's Calvin Rayburn (2-1) earned the win in 1.0 inning of
work as he allowed one hit.
Sean
Reilly led the team with two hits while Nick
Adams, Zach
Persky, Kevin
Mager and Brandon
Curson each had one.
Rollins will wrap up the weekend series against Barry on
Saturday, April 14 with a doubleheader beginning at 12 noon. Fans
can follow the action live on the Tars Sports Network at
RollinsSports.com.
