SAINT LEO, Fla. (April 29, 2012) - After
dropping the opening game of the conference series against Saint
Leo, Rollins bounced back to win the series as they won the first
game of Sunday's doubleheader 5-4 and took the rubber match 2-1 at
Southard Stadium on the Lions' senior day.
Southpaw Brett
Mueller pitched 6.2 innings to earn his sixth win of the
season. He struck out three and allowed three runs, all of which
were unearned. After giving up one run in the opening frame,
Mueller kept the Saint Leo Lions scoreless through his time on the
mound.
Rollins didn't jump on the board until the fourth inning putting
up a four-spot to take a 4-1 lead. SLU starter Rick Teasley gave
up the four runs on five hits. Teasley was saddled with the loss
in 4.0 innings of work scattering nine hits and striking out
four.
Nick
Adams and Anthony
Figliolia led off the fourth inning on back-to-back hits before
Brian
Lattanzi lined out to the shortstop for the first out. Adams
scored the first run for the Tars on a RBI single by Zach
Persky. Figliolia then scored the following run on a RBI
double from Kevin
Mager. Persky and Mager then scored the following two runs on
a bases clearing double from Sean
Reilly.
The Tars tacked on another run in the top of the seventh as Josh
Band came home on a RBI single from Adams. Saint Leo then
chipped away at the Tars' lead in their home half of the inning
scoring a pair of runs, 5-3.
Saint Leo made it a ballgame in the bottom of the eighth as they
plated one run to make the score 5-4. Rollins was able to shutout
the Lions in the bottom of the ninth as the Tars forced Saint Leo's
first two batters to fly out and Zach Miller to pop up to
short.
Adams led all hitters as he was a perfect 5-of-5 at the plate
and was a home run shy of hitting for the cycle with a double and a
triple, along with one run scored and a RBI. Figliolia, Mager,
Reilly and Band each added two hits.
The Tars outhit their opponent 15-7 but committed five defensive
miscues to the Lions' one.
Game two of the doubleheader was a pitcher's duel through the
seven inning affair as both teams went scoreless through six. In
the top of the seventh, Hunter
Mayfield crushed a ball over the left-center fence for a
two-run home run.
Saint Leo was able to cut the deficit in half in the bottom of
the seventh as Anthony Santa hit a home run to left center but
would be the only run to cross the plate by the Lions as Rollins
improves to 27-17 overall and 8-10 in the SSC.
Hunter
Mayfield was the only Tars to notch multiple hits as he went
2-for-3 with a home run, one run scored and two RBI. Nick
Adams and Sean
Reilly had the other two hits for Rollins.
Mike
Herrmann picked up the win for the Tars going 6.2 innings,
striking out one and allowing no walks and one earned run. His
counterpart, Aaron Brandt went the complete seven innings and was
charged with the loss. He fanned a game-high five and walked one,
allowing two runs.
Rollins will return to their home field as they host their final
home series of the season against the Florida Southern Moccasins on
May 4. First pitch is at 6 p.m. The Florida Southern series will
also include Senior Day as Rollins honors 12 seniors for all their
efforts towards the Rollins baseball program.
