WINTER PARK, Fla. (April 17, 2014) - The
Rollins baseball team dropped their 10th straight game
as they suffered a 5-1 decision to the No. 19 Florida Southern
Moccasins Thursday evening at Alfond Stadium.
The Tars drop to an overall record of 13-24 and a 1-18 mark in
the SSC. Florida Southern improves to 27-13 and 10-6 in the
conference.
Rollins starter Matt
Hendricks was tagged with the loss and falls to 3-4 on the
season. Hendricks tossed 6.0 innings and allowed four runs on six
hits.
Florida Southern's Clay Chapman worked 8.0 innings to pick up
the win. The right-handed pitcher threw seven innings of scoreless
baseball before Rollins managed to erase Chapman's shutout.
In the bottom eighth, Peter
Nicoletto blasted a one-out double to right center to set him
up for the Tars' only run of the game. A fielding error by the
Mocs shortstop moved Nicoletto over to third. Hunter
Mayfield then hit a ball up the middle to drive the freshman
in.
Rollins was unable to capitalize off the little bit of momentum
built and went 3-up, 3-down in the ninth. Nate Carter collected
his sixth save of the season and recorded one strikeout.
FSC spread their scoring offense through three innings. The
Mocs scored one run in the third, three in the sixth and one in the
ninth.
The Tars were outhit 9-5 by the Mocs, but went error-free on the
night.
Hunter
Mayfield led the Tars lineup with two hits. Nicoletto, Christopher
Corbett and Brett
Flutie recorded the remainder of the Tars hits.
The three-game series between the Tars and Mocs will resume on
Friday, April 18 with a doubleheader slated to begin at 1 p.m.
Rollins will also be honoring five seniors for all their hard work
and dedication to the baseball program.
