ST. LEO, Fla. -- The Barry Buccaneers dropped a Sunshine State Conference baseball doubleheader to the #17 Saint Leo Lions 4-1 and 17-2 in seven innings at Thomas B. Southard Stadium on Saturday.
INSIDE THE MATCHUP
Final: Barry 1-2, #17 Saint Leo 4-17
Records: Barry (9-9, 2-4 SSC), Saint Leo (13-2, 5-1 SSC)
All-Time Series: Barry leads 66-65-1
SUMMARY:
Game 1 - Saint Leo 4, Barry 1
- T1 - The Bucs got off to a nice start in game one, snapping Luke Lashutka's 30-inning scoreless streak in the first two batters. Freddy Rodriguez led off with a single and scored on a double by Nick Toms. | Barry 1, SLU 0
- B1 - The Lions tied the game after Buck Anderson, who had doubled with one out, scored on a base hit by Callan Moss. | Barry 1, SLU 1
- B3 - Dylan Mass scored on a fly ball to give the Lions the lead. | SLU 2, Barry 1
- B4 - Yazael Nunez scored on another fly out. | SLU 3, Barry 1
- B7 - Moss reached on an error and scored on a single by Luke Houin. | SLU 4, Barry 1
Game 2 - SLU 17, Barry 2
- B2 - The Lions staged a two-ouot rally in the second. Cooper Miles homered to left to start it off. After two more singles, Caleb Adams doubled in a pair. Mass tripled to score Adams and scored himself on a single by Anderson. | SLU 5, Barry 0
- B3 - The Lions scored five unearned runs in the third. Zach Benson had an RBI single and Mass doubled him in. | SLU 10, Barry 0
- B4 - The Lions put up six more in the fourth. Josh Davis homered to left. After loading the bases, Nick Yedman cleared the with a double to left center. Adams singled to drive in Yedman and Ryan Robinson capped it with an RBI single. | SLU 16, Barry 0
- B6 - The Lions scored on a bases loaded walk. | SLU 17, Barry 0
- T7 - Sean Shelly hit a two-run homer, his first of the season, in the seventh. | SLU 17, Barry 2
NOTEWORTHY:
- Lashutka (5-0) worked the complete game for the win in the opener. He allowed his first run of the season on six hits and a walk and struck out five.
- Aiden Denton (2-2) allowed three runs on six hits and four walks in 5.1 innings to take the loss.
- Frank II Gonzalez (0-1) gave up five runs on six hits and a walk in two innings to take the loss in the finale.
- Aedan Walter (1-0) twirled five scoreless innings, allowing two hits and a walk while striking out six to earn the win in the second game, which was shortened by run-rule to seven innings.
ON THE HORIZON:
Barry takes on the Wilmington Wildcats on Wednesday, Mar. 6.