TAMPA, Fla. -- The Barry Buccaneers lost the opener of their Sunshine State Conference baseball series to the top-ranked Tampa Spartans 3-2 at the UT Baseball Field on Thursday.
INSIDE THE MATCHUP
Final: #1 Tampa 3, Barry 2
Records: Tampa (31-5, 15-1 SSC), Barry (15-23, 6-13 SSC)
All-Time Series: Tampa leads 78-27
SUMMARY:
Game 1
- T2: Kevin Noriega led of with a double and later scored on a wild pitch by Spartan starter Haden Erbe. | Barry 1, Tampa 0
- T3: Branden Abreu singled with one out and Omar Baldo moved him to second with a base hit through the left side. Ihosvany Castaneda dumped a single down the left field line to score Abreu. | Barry 2, Tampa 0
- B3: Drew Ehrhard belted a solo homer to left with two outs to cut the lead to one. | Barry 2, Tampa 1
- B6: Tampa tied it in the sixth. EJ Cumbo walked with one out and Dan Sullivan followed with a single to right. One out later, Giovany Lorenzo singled to left to knot the game. | Barry 2, Tampa 2
- B9: With two outs in the ninth, Anthony Nunez and josh Rulli walked. Jordan Lala ripped a single to center on a 2-2 count to give the Spartans the walk-off win. | Tampa 3, Barry 2
NOTEWORTHY:
- Jake Fishman (2-1) took the loss for the Bucs, allowing the one run on one hit and two walks in 1.2 innings.
- Barydon Nelson (4-1) worked the final three innings, scoreless, to get the win for Tampa. He allowed just one hit and struck out three.
- Arrison Perez pitched a fine game against the nation's top-ranked team, but got a no-decision. He held Tampa to two runs on eight hits and two walks in seven innings, striking out two.
- Noriega led the Bucs at the plate with a two doubles and a runs cored.
- Castaneda tacked on two hits of his own and drove in one run.
- Lala, Lorenzo and Luke Glancy each had two hits for Tampa.
ON THE HORIZON:
The Bucs continue the three-game series tomorrow at Tampa with a doubleheader at noon.
