MIAMI SHORES, Fla. -- Barry's Frank II Gonzalez became just the ninth 20-game winner in program history in a 15-0 rout of the Palm Beach Atlantic Sailfish on Saturday at Feinbloom Field. The Sailfish rebounded to take the rubber game of the series 5-2.
INSIDE THE MATCHUP
Final: Barry 15, PBAÂ 0Â | PBA 5, Barry 2
Records: Barry (20-17, 8-10 SSC), Palm Beach Atlantic (13-23, 9-12 SSC)
All-Time Series: Barry leads 69-40
SUMMARY:
Game 1 -Â Barry 15, PBA 0
- B1 - Freddy Rodriguez and Felix Diaz drew walks to start the game and Evan Wickeri cashed in the first run with a single through the left side. | Barry 1, PBA 0
- B4 - Clinging to a 1-0 lead the Bucs loaded the bases with a single bby Nick Toms, a walk to Matthew Menendez and a bunt single by Jimmy Bruno. Rodriguez broke open the game with a three-run double into the left-center gap. He later scored on a single by Wickeri. | Barry 5, PBA 0
- B6 - Barry too advantage of a PBA miscue to score pair of unearned runs in the sixth. Braden Forchic drove in Felix Diaz, who had reached on an error, with a fly ball and Savi Delgado knocked in Kevin Noriega with a single down the left field line. | Barry 7, PBA 0
- B7 - Barry sent 10 men to the plate and scored seven runs in the seventh. Noriega and Christian Maceda each had RBI doubles, while Delgado and Albert Espinosa each had run-scoring singles. The Bucs also scored twice in wild pitches. | Barry 14, PBA 0
- B8 - Maceda siingled to drive in Diaz with the final run. | Barry 15, PBA 0
Game 2 - PBAÂ 5, Barry 2
- T3 - Giancarlo Chantres, who entered the game hitting just .095, singled and scored ahead of a base hit by Matt Faranda. | PBA 1, Barry 0
- B4 - Barry too a 2-1 lead in the fourth.Wickeri singled and scored when PBA right fielder Nate Housen booted a single by Forchic, allowing Wickeri to score. Noriega followed with an RBI single to take the lead. | Barry 2, PBA 1
- T6 - The Sailfish tied the game in the sixth. Housen walked to lead off. He stole second and went to third on an errant throw. He scored on an single by Raymond Hawkins. | Barry 2, PBA 2
- T7 - PBA used a pair of two-out rallies in the seventh and eighth to take the game. In the seventh. Jake McNamara singled on a on 0-2 pitch with two outs and went to second on a passed ball. Pedro Figueroa, Housen and Sal Grinstead followed with back-to-back hits to take a 4-2 lead. | PBA 4, Barry 2
- T8 - In the eighth, Faranda singled with two outs and scored when McNamara's single into right was booted by the Bucs. | PBA 5, Barry 2
NOTEWORTHY:
- Gonzalez picked up his 20th career win with five shutout innings in the opener. He held the Sailfish to two hits and three walks and struck out nine.
- Aiden Denton tossed the final four innings to earn his second save. He scattered three hits and struck out two.
- Daniel Foster (3-5) took the loss for PBA, allowing five runs on nine hits and three walks in five innings.Â
- Nolan Smoot (2-1) worked three scoreless innings in relief to get the win in game two. He allowed just one hit and struck out three.
- Isaac Beebe picked up his second save of the series, and fifth overall with a scoreless ninth.
- Nick Vanderhoef (2-1) took the loss, giving up two runs on four hits and a walk in two-thirds of an inning.
- Wickeri led Barry with four hits and three runs scored. Noriega, Delgado and Bruno each had three hits.
- Faranda, McNamara and Grinstead each had three hits for PBA.
ON THE HORIZON:
The Bucs face the Nova Southeastern Sharks on Tuesday, Apr. 16 in their last non-conference game of the season.