Mitch Henneberry - Junior
Eckerd Tritons Baseball
(16-19, 5-13 SSC)
Saint Leo
(30-6, 14-4 SSC)
History
This is the 81st meeting between the Saint Leo Lions and the Eckerd College Tritons. At their last matchup, the Tritons fell to the Lions 2-3 on April 22, 2023.
Last Time Out
Eckerd Drops Conference Twinbill to Rollins
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - The Eckerd baseball team dropped a pair of contests to Rollins, 5-1 and 14-8, at the Turley Athletic Complex on Saturday afternoon.
Rene Ramos was strong to start for the Tritons, striking out two in the opening two frames, allowing no hits to open the game. A double down the rightfield line by Rollins in the third brought home a run to open the scoring in the game. A sacrifice fly and a two-run homer in the fourth extended the Tars' lead to four in as many innings. Another RBI double by the Tars put them up to a 5-0 advantage over the Tritons.
In the seventh, the Tritons broke the shutout streak when an RBI single by Joe Wike brought home Kyle Ericson, the Tritons' lone run of the game and the last run of the contest.
Eckerd got the early jump in game two, taking a 1-0 lead in the first inning. Tyler Cox came home on a fielding error by the left fielder for the one-run lead. Rollins answered back in the top of the second to tie the game at one.
Eckerd exploded for five runs in the third to take a 6-1 favor. Alex Brazer brought home two on a single through the left side. On the following at-bat, Christian Perez hit a sacrifice fly to score Cox. Kam Gelwick laid down a squeeze bunt scoring Brazer on a failed tag by the catcher. Wike closed out the inning with an RBI single to bring in Eckerd's fifth run of the frame. The Tars once again answered back with a five-run inning of their own in the fourth to knot the score at six.
Perez regained the lead for the Tritons with an RBI single in the bottom of the fourth. Collier added an RBI single through the right side to give EC the 8-6 favor in the fifth. The Tars were relentless in their comeback pursuit, adding a run in the sixth to shrink their deficit to one. Rollins flipped the script in the seventh, with three runs to take their first lead of the game. They added four more in the top of the ninth to close the game 14-8.