WINTER PARK, Fla. (March 2, 2022) – The 22nd-ranked Rollins baseball team dominated Assumption on Wednesday, earning a 10-1 win for its 11th consecutive victory. This is the longest winning streak the program has had since a 20-game stretch from Feb. 28-March 27, 2004. The Tars now stand at 12-2 on the season, while the Greyhounds drop to 2-3.
Eight Tars registered at least one hit, four of whom had a pair of hits, including
Cameron Meehan, who was 2-for-5 with a double, a home run, two runs scored, and two RBIs.
Axel Post finished 2-for-3 with a double, a walk, a run scored, and an RBI, and
Aidan Healy was 2-for-2 with a run scored.
Nick Santucci finished 2-for-5 with a double, a run scored, and a pair of RBIs, while
Chase Achuff was 1-for-2 with a double, a walk, two runs scored, and an RBI.
Nick Berger started and went four innings, allowing a run on five hits, walking one and striking out three.
Alfredo Caraballo (1-1) got the win in relief, tossing two perfect innings with a pair of strikeouts.
Ray Zhang pitched a perfect seventh inning, striking out two, and
Steven Swift got the final six outs, all via the strikeout, without allowing a baserunner.
Eric Preston went 1-for-4 with a solo home run for the Greyhounds, while Owen Podolec, Cody Smith, Jack Barry, and Kevin Cox all also finished 1-for-4. Corey Chiappone (0-2) took the loss, surrendering six runs (five earned) on nine hits in three innings of work, walking one and striking out one.
HOW IT HAPPENED:
First Inning
- Achuff doubled with one out in the first, and three batters later came around to score the first run of the game on a double by Santucci.
Second Inning
- Meehan led off the second with a double and Healy followed that with an infield single that caromed off first base, moving Meehan to third.
- Post then drove in Meehan with an RBI groundout to make it 2-0.
- Joey Rubin laced the next pitch into center field for an RBI single, scoring Healy.
- After Rubin moved up on an error and took third on a wild pitch, Achuff hit a sacrifice fly to score him with the third run of the frame, giving Rollins a 4-0 lead.
Third Inning
- The Tars added two more in the third on a two-run home run off the bat of Meehan.
Fourth Inning
- Assumption scored its only run of the game in the fourth on a two-out solo home run from Preston.
Sixth Inning
- Post led off with a bloop double and the next three Tars drew walks, capped by an RBI walk from Adams Torres.
- Two batters later, Santucci hit into a fielder's choice that scored Rubin; the shortstop's throw to first to try to turn the double play went wide, allowing Sam Tanous to scamper home from second to make it 9-1 Tars.
Eighth Inning
- The Greyhounds threatened to trim the deficit in the eighth, drawing three straight walks to open the inning.
- Swift came on in relief and slammed the door shut, striking out the side to keep it a 9-1 game.
- Kyle Bullock tacked on one last run in the eighth on an infield single that plated Tanous.
Ninth Inning
- Swift stayed on the mound for the ninth and repeated his eighth-inning performance, striking out all three batters in the inning to secure the 10-1 win.
UP NEXT:
The Tars will have tomorrow off before hosting Assumption once again on Friday, March 4. First pitch for that game is set for 1 p.m.
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