MIAMI SHORES, Fla. -- Barry baseball opened up their Sunshine State Conference series with Florida Southern losing 5-1 on Friday night at Feinbloom Field.

INSIDE THE MATCHUP
Final: Florida Southern 5, Barry 1
Records: Barry (3-9, 0-4 SSC), Florida Southern (6-5, 3-1 SSC)
All-Time Series: Florida Southern leads 78-31

SUMMARY:
Game 1

• T2: The Mocs jumped on top in the second inning as Ryan Jenkins led off with a solo homer to left and the Mocs took advantage or a pair of Buccaneer errors to plate another run. | FSC 2, Barry 0
• T6: Jeff Liquori knocked in Ahmad Fitts with a single up the middle. | FSC 3, Barry 0
• B6: Ihosvany Castaneda manufactured the Bucs' only run in the sixth. He shot a single through the right side, stole second and third and scored when Mocs' catcher Joe Rafaele threw the ball away at third. | FSC 3, Barry 1
• T7: The Mocs tacked on two more in the seventh, with the help of another Buccaneer error. Duncan Hunter led off with a single, but should have been erased on a fielder's choice by Connor Berry, but the Bucs failed to step on the bag. Jenkins knocked in Hunter with a single to right and Berry scored on a fly ball by Fitts. | FSC 5, Barry 1

NOTEWORTHY:

• Anthony Bennetti (0-3) took the loss for the Bucs, giving up three runs (two earned) on five hits and three walks in five innings. He struck out five.
• Nathan Madej (3-0) won for the Mocs. He walked five, but held the Bucs to just one hit in five innings of work, striking out six.
• The Mocs' bullpen gave up six hits in four innings, but issued no walks and stranded five runners, including three in the ninth. They struck out seven.

ON THE HORIZON:

The Buccaneers and Mocs play the rest of the series tomorrow starting at 1 p.m.