Baseball | 3/1/2003 9:56:00 PM

Box Score 1 | Box Score 2 MIAMI SHORES – The Barry University baseball team dropped a pair of games on Saturday afternoon in a split-double header at Feinbloom Field. The Bucs fell 6-1 to the Flyers of Lewis University in game one and then were defeated by West Chester University 10-2 in the nightcap.

In game one, the Bucs fell behind early giving up five runs in the first six innings and were unable to rebound as the Flyers added one more in the eighth to take a 6-0 lead. Barry hitters were unable to figure out Lewis starter Matt Bowler, who pitched a solid 7 1/3 innings surrendering just one run on two hits, while striking out four. The Bucs only run came in the bottom of the eighth when Nick Corbeil scored on a Lewis error which came off of the bat of Fausto Faraldo.

Offensively, Joey Perez and Nick Corbeil earned the only Barry hits.

Against West Chester, the Bucs again fell behind early giving up two runs in the top half of the first, but responded in the bottom half of the inning with two runs of their own to knot the game up at 2-2. However, West Chester, with the help of some timely hitting and solid pitching, scored eight unanswered runs over the next eight innings to walk away with the 10-2 victory.

The Bucs were led offensively by Carlos de la Osa and Fausto Faraldo who had two hits a piece. Cesar Aranguren earned the Bucs only RBI of the game, while Bucs starter Jon Sandola picked up the loss dropping his record to 0-1 for the season.

The Bucs return to action Sunday afternoon at 1:00 pm as they host Lewis University for the final game of a three-game series.