WINTER PARK, Fla.. (Feb. 20, 2015) - Blake
Hutton and Grant
Ashline each went 2-for-4 but Rollins (5-5, 0-1) fell 7-3 in
the Sunshine State Conference opener to the Eckerd Tritons (6-2,
1-0).
The Tars fall to 5-5 and 0-1 in conference play. Junior pitcher
Matt
Hendricks suffers the loss and is now 2-2 on the season.
Hendricks pitched 6.0 innings while allowing four runs on seven
hits. Brandon
Burgess, Seth
Brenner and Brett
Scafidi pitched in relief as Burgess allowed the remaining
three runs.
Senior right fielder Zach
Persky returned to the Rollins lineup and had a triple, walk
and rbi. Christian
Coburn, Peter
Nicoletto, Philip
Burket, Mike
Purcell and Skip Kovar each added a hit for the Tars.
In the first at-bat of the game Lucas Lupoa hit a solo home run
to give Eckerd the 1-0 lead.
Rollins answered in the bottom of the third as Coburn singled in
Ashline to tie the game at 1-1.
In the top of the fourth inning, MacMahon hit a suicide squeeze
bunt, scoring Cashman to increase the Tritons lead to 2-1.
Peter
Nicoletto led off the bottom of the fourth inning with a double
bringing Purcell to the plate. Purcell singled in Nicoletto to tie
the game at 2-2.
Eckerd scored twice in the top of the fifth off three hits to
increase their lead to 4-2.
In the bottom of the seventh, Ashline gave the Tars life with an
infield hit. Two batters later Persky tripled to right center
scoring Ashline as Rollins trailed 4-3.
The Tritons scored three more in the top of the eighth on three
hits as Rollins fell 7-3 Friday evening.
The Tars left eight men on base, while Eckerd left eight men on
base.
The Tars continue the series against Eckerd Saturday at 1
p.m.
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