MIAMI SHORES, Fla. -- Break out the brooms! It was an Sunshine State Conference baseball sweep for the Barry Buccaneers on Saturday as they knocked out the Rollins Tars 7-2 and 6-2 at Feinbloom Field.
It was the first SSC series sweep for the Bucs this season.
INSIDE THE MATCHUP
Final: Barry 7, Rollins 2; Barry 6, Rollins 2
Records: Barry (19-22, 6-13 SSC), Rollins (16-24, 4-17 SSC)
All-Time Series: Rollins leads 60-46
SUMMARY:
Game 1
- B1: The Bucs jumped out early in game one with a two-out rally in the first. Jonathan Quintana singled and Ryan Baldwin followed with a home run over the center field wall. | Barry 2, Rollins 0
- B2: Barry tacked on another run in the second. Joel Alvarez walked and scored on a single by Andrew Rapoza. | Barry 3, Rollins 0
- B3: Baldwin was at it again in the third. After Justin Lamazares walked, he crushed another two-run homer over the wall. | Barry 5, Rollins 0
- B5: Barry got two more runs in the fifth. After a Baldwin double, Richie Sobalvarro reached on an error. Baldwin scored on a wild pitch by James Doherty and Sobalvarro scored on a ground out by Paul Salata. | Barry 7, Rollins 0
- T9: The Tars finally dented the scoreboard in the ninth. Nick Breen hit a solo homer, while Nick Santucci tripled and scored on a sacrifice fly. | Barry 7, Rollins 2
Game 2
- T2: The Tars put two on with two out in the second. Ted Meissner delivered a base hit to score Grant Ashline, but Andrew Rapoza prevented any further damage by hosing Santucci at the plate. | Rollins 1, Barry 0
- B2: The Bucs responded with three runs in the bottom of the frame. Sobalvarro and Salata had singles with one out. When shortstop Brian Brooker booted a ground ball by Arrison Perez, Sobalvarro scampered home. Salata then scored on a single bby Sebastion Dayoub and Alvarez knocked in Perez with a single to left. | Barry 3, Rollins 1
- B3: In the third, Lamazares drew a lead off walk and scored on another Tars wild pitch. | Barry 4, Rollins 1
- B5: Lamazares drew another lead off walk and Quintana singled. Lamazares took third on the play and Quintana moved up on the throw. After a an odd double play that erased Lamazares, Quintana scored on a single by Sobalvarro. | Barry 5, Rollins 1
- B7: The Bucs loaded the bases with one out and Quintana scored on a sacrifice fly by Salata. | Barry 6, Rollins 1
- T8: Bryce Peterson singled and stole second. He scored on a hit by Grant Ashline.
NOTEWORTHY:
- Blaine Duncan (3-0), also picked up the Friday night win in relief, got the win in game one. He pitched the fourth inning after replacing Nick Bralczyk, who left with a 5-0 lead, and faced just three batters, getting all three outs on the ground.
- Anthony Gutierrez worked the final five innings to earn an improbable save. He allowed two runs on three hits and a walk and struck out four.
- Cameron Enck (2-6) was hung with the loss for the Tars. He allowed five runs on six hits and two walks in three innings.
- In game two, it was reliever Jonathan Hernandez who got the win. He worked 4.1 innings, allowing a run on six hits. He struck out three but did not walk a batter.
- Caleb Jakes (0-3) took the loss for Rollins. He allowed three runs (two earned) on five hits in two innings.
- Baldwin, who had three hits in game one, and Sobalvarro, who had three in game two, led the Bucs at the plate with four hits each.
- The Tars have now lost 16 games in a row.
ON THE HORIZON:
Buccaneer Baseball travels to Daytona Beach, Fla., from April 27-28 to battle Embry-Riddle in conference play for the first time.