MIAMI SHORES, Fla. -- The Barry Buccaneers rallied back to hammer the Felician Falcons 11-5 in non-conference baseball matchup at Feinbloom Field on Saturday night.
INSIDE THE MATCHUP
Final: Barry 11, Felician 5
Records: Barry (4-3), Felician (0-2)
All-Time Series: Barry leads 8-1
WHAT THEY'RE SAYING:
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SUMMARY:
- T2 - The Falcon scratched four runs in the top of the second off Barry starter Myles Gayman. Jordan Folgers led off with a single. He went to second on a ground out and came around to score on a pair of wild pitches. The Falcons rallied with two outs and bases empty. Jason Aponte doubled to straight away center and Sean Downey followed with an RBI single. Carlos Bermudez also singled to left and LT Struble walked to load the bases. Danny Healey, Jr., delivered the big knock, singling in Downey and Bermudez. | Felician 4, Barry 0
- B2 - The Bucs got one run back in the bottom of the frame. Rueben Pino reached on a wild pitch after striking out. He scored four batters later when Joel Alvarez was hit by pitch with the bases loaded. | Felician 4, Barry 1
- B3 - Paul Salata slammed a two-run homer, his first of the season, scoring Chris Cabrera to cut the lead to one. | Felician 4, Barry 3
- B5 - The Bucs took the lead in the fifth. Cabrera and Salata walked. Cabrera scored on a wild pitch and Salata came in on a balk. | Barry 5, Felician 4
- T6 - The Falcons knotted the game at 5-5 in the sixth. Downey walked with one out and Bermudez ripped an RBI double to left. | Barry 5, Felician 5
- B6 - The Bucs took the lead for good in the bottom of the sixth. Derek Smolenski singled to right with one out. Deyvid reached on a catcher's interference and Alvarez beat out an infield single to load the bases. Cabrera pulled a single past Healey at second base, scoring Smolenski and Silva. Alvarez scored when the ball trickled under the glove of right fielder Aponte. | Barry 8, Felician 5
- B8 - Barry added three insurance runs in the eighth. Alvarez walked to lead off the inning. JC Garcia followed with a homer off the top of the scoreboard in left. Andrew Rapoza singled and Salata hammered a double into right center. After Pino walked to load the bases , Smolenski smoked a single through the left side, scoring Rapoza, but Salata was gunned down at the plate by Downey on a perfect relay throw to the plate. | Barry 11, Felician 5
NOTEWORTHY:
- Alejandro Cabrera (1-1) got the win for the Bucs. He worked three innings in relief, allowing a run on one hit and two walks. He struck out three.
- Kyle O'Neill (0-1) was tagged with the loss. In two innings, he gave up three runs (one earned) on five hits and struck out three.
- Salata was 3-for-4 at the plate for the Bucs, with a double, homer and two RBI. Garcia and Chris Cabrera also both drove in two.
- Bermudez and Healey both had two hits for the Falcons.
ON THE HORIZON:
The series concludes with a single game at noon on Sunday.