MIAMI SHORES, Fla. -- The 13th-ranked Barry Buccaneers walked off with a 9-8 win over the Florida Tech Panthers at Feinbloom Field in Sunshine State Conference baseball action on Friday night. Omar Baldo slapped a single through the left side to drive in the game-winner in the bottom of the ninth.

INSIDE THE MATCHUP
Final: #13 Barry 9, Florida Tech 8
Records: Barry (13-4, 4-3 SSC), Florida Tech (5-15, 2-5 SSC)
All-Time Series: Florida Tech leads 67-60

SUMMARY:

• B1 - The Bucs got on the board early against Panther starter Andy Marzheuser. JC Garcia led off with a double down the right-field line. Willie Escala followed with a triple to the same spot. Escala scored on a ground out. | Barry 2, FT 0
• T3 - Josh Ford was hit by pitch leading off the inning and scored on a single by Raul Quintero. | Barry 2, FT 1
• B3 - Escala bounced a single up the middle and went to third on a wild pitch by Marzheuser. He scored again on a ground out. | Barry 3, FT 1
• B4 - Freddie Matos led off with a single to left center and Ariel Diaz pulled a base hit through the left side. After a sacrifice bunt and a hit batter, Danny Cunningham drove a deep fly ball to center to score Matos. | Barry 4, FT 1
• T6 - Tyler Brown homered to right, scoring Jakob Newton who had singled. | Barry 4, FT 3
• T7 - The Panthers mounted a two-out rally in the seventh. Dylan Owens singled up the middle and scored on a base hit by Newton. | Barry 4, FT 4
• B7 - Garcia led off with a single and scored, two outs later on a base hit by Matos. | Barry 5, FT 4
• B8 - Barry ran their own two-out rally in the eighth. Cunningham drew a walk and Garcia followed with a single to center. After a wild pitch moved up the runners, Escala drove in Cunningham with a single up the middle and promptly stole second. Chris Cabrera drove in both runners with a single up the middle.
• T9 - Florida Tech came back to tie the game in the ninth off Barry closer Anthony Boix. Newton led off with a homer, his first of the season. A single by Brown and back-to-back walks to Ford and Alec Eldridge chased Boix. Pablo Arevalo (1-0) came in and gave up a two-run single to Quintero, but worked out of the inning without further damage. | Barry 8, FT 8
• B9 - Matos drew a walk off Panther closer Jake Lane (0-4) with one out. Elijah Eusebe came in to run for him. A single by Diaz moved Eusebe to second and Baldo slapped a base hit through the left side, allowing Eusebe to motor around with the winning run. | Barry 9, FT 8

NOTEWORTHY:

• It was the second straight walk-off win for Barry. They defeated Chestnut Hill 5-4 in 14 innings on Tuesday.
• Arevalo allowed a walk and hit in one inning of work, striking out two, to earn the win.
• Lane faced four batters, giving up a walk and two singles, along with the winning run.
• The teams combined for 32 hits, 17 by the Panthers.
• Garcia and Escala led Barry with three hits and three runs each. 
• Cabrera, Matos and Arrison Perez each hd two hits. Cabrera drove in four.
• Quintero and Newton each had four hits for the Panthers. 

ON THE HORIZON:

The teams play a twinbill tomorrow, starting at 1:00 pm.