MELBOURNE, Fla. -- The Barry Buccaneers rode a four-run seventh inning to a 5-1 win over the Florida Tech Panthers at Nancy Bottge Field on Friday afternoon in the first game of their Sunshine State Conference softball series.
INSIDE THE MATCHUP
Final: Barry 5, Florida Tech 1
Records: Florida Tech (11-15, 0-4 SSC), Barry (8-14, 3-4 SSC)
All-Time Series: Barry leads 89-18
SUMMARY:
- B-3rd - Krista Patterson lifted a fly ball to right to score Karina Suicava.
- T-5th - Sam Busekrus had a sacrifice fly of her own to score Madison VonHagel to knot the game at 1-1.
- T-7th - The Bucs busted the game open with a four-run seventh. Kristina Osorio belted a lead off double to left, that narrowly missed going out. Two batters later, Avery Cotterill came up with a single through the left side to give Barry a 2-1 lead. Cotterill scored on a single by Cheyanne Head and Lynsey Duncan put a capper on the inning with a two-run single through the hole at short.
NOTEWORTHY:
- Geneva Santos (3-1) worked six strong innings in relief to earn her third win of the season. She walked three and struck out two, but allowed only two hits and one run.
- Rachel Pence (8-9) was tagged with the loss. She allowed five runs (four earned) on six hits and four walks, while striking out five.
- Duncan led the Bucs with two hits and a two RBI.
ON THE HORIZON:
The series concludes with a doubleheader on Saturday at noon.
