MIAMI SHORES, Fla. -- Barry's baseball team capped off the regular season with a 9-3 win over the Nova Southeastern Sharks at Feinbloom Field Saturday afternoon.
INSIDE THE MATCHUP
Final: Barry 9, NSU 3
Records: Barry (22-28, 9-21 SSC), NSU (34-14, 24-6 SSC)
All-Time Series: Barry leads 55-45-1
SUMMARY:
- T1: Dylan Harris doubled to lead off the game and scored on a single by Nick Gallo. | NSU 1, Barry 0
- B1: The Bucs responded with six runs in the bottom of the first. Andrew Rapoza had a double to lead off the inning. But two outs later, he was still there. But Ryan Baldwin walked and Richie Sobalvarro followed with an RBI single. Paul Salata blasted an opposite field homer to make it 4-1. But the Bucs were just getting started. Reuben Pino walked and Joel Alvarez had a double. Arrison Perez walked to load the bases and Rapoza collected his second hit of the inning, a two-run single. | Barry 6, NSU 1
- B2: Baldwin doubled down the right field line and scored on a single by Sobalvarro. | Barry 7, NSU 1
- T4: Brendan Cutting cut into the lead with a solo homer in the fourth. | Barry 7, NSU 2
- T5: Andrew Labosky had a lead-off double and Ian Acevedo drove in home with a single. | Barry 7, NSU 3
- B7: Salata hit his second homer of the game, a solo shot to right, leading off the inning. Pino was hit by a pitch and later scored on a single by Sebastian Dayoub. | Barry 9, NSU 3
NOTEWORTHY:
- Senior Jonathan Hernandez (4-6) worked 1.1 scoreless innings on a hit and two walks to get the win in relief of Israel Cordero. The win was his 18th of his career, tying him for eighth place on the school's all-time list with Jayson Brown (2004-07) and Calvin Rayburn (2011-14).
- Cordero went 4.1 innings, allowing three runs on six hits. He struck out two, but did not walk a batter.
- Gabe Rodriguez (0-1) was tagged with the loss for NSU. He worked the six-run first inning, allowing five hits and three walks.
- Rapoza had three hits, while Salata, Baldwin,Sobalvarro and Alvarez each had two. Sobalvarro and Rapoza each drove in two runs, while Salata had four on his two homers.
- Baldwin's two doubles give him 42 for his career and, along with his 33 homers and two triples, 75 extra-base hits for his career. His is just the sixth player in school history to hit that mark.
ON THE HORIZON:
Barry's regular season has come to an end.