WINTER PARK, Fla. (March 28, 2015) - Nick
Breen had four hits on the day, going 4-for-8 while Carlos
Garmendia went 3-for-8 on the day with a home run, but the
Rollins baseball team fell in Saturday's doubleheader against No.
19 Saint Leo as the Tars fell 5-1 in game one and 2-1 in game
two.
The Tars fall to 15-17 and 2-9 in conference play while Saint
Leo is now 26-6 and 7-4 in the SSC.
Game One--Saint Leo 5, Rollins 1
Matt
Tulley threw seven innings allowing four runs on seven hits while
striking out six batters. Isaiah
Sakany, Benny
Ely and Brett
Mueller combined to finish the remaining two innings, allowing
just one run on no hits.
Garmendia and Breen each went 2-for-4 in game one while Peter
Nicoletto, Zach
Persky, Blake
Hutton, Chris Corbett and Bryan
Perlmutter each added one hit for the Tars, totalling nine on
the day.
Rollins got on the scoreboard in the first inning as Nick
Breen singled to right field scoring Garmendia.
Saint Leo answered in the second inning as the Lions scored two
runs on two hits. Rollins left 12 men on base throughout the game
and it proved costly as Saint Leo scored once more in the fourth
inning and one more run in the fifth inning to lead 4-1.
The Lions scored once more in the ninth inning off two walks and
a hit by pitch as the Tars fell 5-1 following game one.
Game Two----Saint Leo 2, Rollins 1
Rollins
senior pitcher Seth
Brenner threw 6.1 innings, allowing two runs on seven hits. Matt
Hendricks came in to close out the game, tossing 2.2 shutout
innings.
Nick
Breen went 2-for-4 with a double and Carlos
Garmendia hit his second home run of the season. Alex
Miller and Mike
Purcell each had a double as the Tars earned five hits in game
two.
Saint Leo took a 2-0 lead in the second inning off three
hits.
The Tars answered in the bottom of the fourth as Garmendia hit a
leadoff solo home run to left field and Rollins trailed 2-1.
Saint Leo's Liam O'Sullivan threw a complete game, striking out
eight and allowing just one run to earn his seventh win of the
year.
Rollins continues conference play against Saint Leo on Sunday,
March 29 at 12 p.m.
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