MIAMI SHORES, Fla. -- Barry's baseball team rallied back to beat the Griffins of Chestnut Hill College 6-4 on Tuesday at Feinbloom Field.
INSIDE THE MATCHUP
Final: Barry 6, Chestnut Hill 4
Records: Barry (7-12), Chestnut Hill (2-7)
All-Time Series: Barry leads 8-2
SUMMARY:
Game 1
- T1: The Griffins jumped out on top in the first. After a single and a fielder's choice left a runner at first and two outs, Andrew Dietz drew a walk. He and John Contoudis worked a double steal and the Bucs threw the ball away at third, allowing COntoudis to score and Dietz scored on a single by Anthony Coombs. | CHC 2, Barry 0
- B2: The Bucs clawed a run back in the second. Danny Grcia drew a lead-off walk and came around to score on a Griffin error. | CHC 2, Barry 1
- T3: Sam Barletta doubled to lead off the inning and later scored on a wild pitch. | CHC 3, Barry 1
- B4: Bardy Neel led off the inning with a double to right and scored, after a passed ball on a ground out by Matthew Menendez. | CHC 3, Barry 2
- T5: R.J. Huth reached on a dropped pop up and scored on a ground out. | CHC 4, Barry 2
- B5: The Bucs pounded out five hits and scored four runs to take the lead in the fifth. Yovan Ayes led off with a single up the middle and Sebastian Garrido dropped a single down the right field line, moving Ayes to third. Kevin Noriega bounced a ground-rule double over the wall in right, scoring Ayes and chasing Griffin starter Will Keifer (0-1). Dan Rockenbach came in, after pitching four innings on Monday and got a strikeout. But then Garcia stepped up and crushed a fastball over the wall in right center for a three-run homer. | Barry 6, CHC 4
NOTEWORTHY:
- Mike Reagan (1-2) worked six innings in relief of Garrido to earn the win. He struck out eight and hld the Griffins to an unearned run on three hits.
- Danny Vazquez got the final out on a ground out to short to earn his second save.
- Keifer took the loss for the Griffins. He gave up five runs (four earned) on six hits and three walks in four-pluss innings of work.
- Noriega went 3-for-4 with a pair of doubles to lead the Bucs at teh plate. He scored one and drove in one.
- Garcia was 1-for-4 with a walk and a homer, scoring twice and driving in three.
- Garrido, who started as pitcher/DH, also had two hits.
ON THE HORIZON:
The Buccaneers travel to St. Leo, Fla., this weekend for a Sunshine State Conference series with the Saint Leo Lions.