DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- The Barry Buccaneers rallied to take the rubber game of their Sunshine State Conference baseball series over the Embry-Riddle Eagles on Saturday at Sliwa Stadium. The Eagles won the first game 5-4 in 13 innings, but the Bucs responded with a resounding 12-4 win in the rubber game to take the series.

INSIDE THE MATCHUP
Final: Embry-Riddle 5, Barry 4 | Barry 12, Embry-Riddle 4
Records: Embry-Riddle 31-19, 17-13 SSC); Barry (28-22, 16-14 SSC)
All-Time Series: Barry leads 12-11

SUMMARY (Game 1):

• B3 - The Eagles took a 1-0 lead in the third. Jeremy Kennedy-Davis singled and scored on a base hit by Chase Bruno. | ERAU 1, Barry 0
• T5 - Barry took the lead in the fifth on a two-run single by Evan Wickeri. | Barry 2, ERAU 1
• T6 - Nick Toms tacked on another run for the Bucs in the sixth with an RBI double to score Kevin Noriega. | Barry 3, ERAU 1
• B7 - The Bucs coughed up the lead in the seventh. Timo Aracena and Kennedy-Davis singled. Alex Britton tied the game with a two-run double. He later scored on a ground out. | ERAU 4, Barry 3
• T9 - Barry tied the game in the top of the ninth. With one out, Freddy Rodriguez singled to left and Wickeri brought him home with a double down the left field line. | Barry 4, ERAU 4
• B13 - After tying the game in the ninth, the Bucs went in order against the Eagle pen. Finally, in the 13th, Josh Reynolds led off with an infield hit. After a sacrifice and hit batter, Bruno delivered the game-winner with a single to left. | ERAU 5, Barry 4

SUMMARY (Game 2):

• T2 - Barry jumped out on top early in the rubber game. In the second, Brandon Sanchez and Noah Gulley drew walks to lead off. Two outs later, Wickeri ripped a single to center to score them both. He later came around on a base hit by Braden Forchic. | Barry 3, ERAU 0
• B5 - The Eagles cut the lead to one in the fifth. Dillon Lifieri walked an Aracena singled. Both runners came home on a wild pitch by reliever Collin McLaughlin. | Barry 3, ERAU 2
• T6 - But that was a close as the Eagles would get, as Barry pounded on nine runs over the last four innings. Matthew Menendez drilled a two-run homer, his second of the season, in the sixth. | Barry 5, ERAU 2
• T7 - Noriega hit his fifth homer of the season, a solo shot, in the seventh. | Barry 6, ERAU 2
• T8 - The Bucs loaded the bases with two outs in the eighth. Forchic cleared them, driving in three runs. | Barry 9, ERAU 2
• B8 - Tyler Castelli doubled to lead off the eighth and scored on a fly out. | Barry 9, ERAU 3
• T9 - In the ninth, Noah Gulley singled in Brady Neel and Rodriguez drove in Gulley and Sanchez with a base hit. | Barry 12, ERAU 3
• B9 - The Eagles got one in the ninth, but it was not enough. Bruno drove in Reynolds with a single to right. | Barry 12, ERAU 4

NOTEWORTHY:

• Zapata (1-3) took the loss for the Bucs in the opener. He worked a season-high 6.0 innings, allowing just the one run on seven hits and a walk.
• Joe Balsam (4-2) allowed the Bucs to tie the game in the ninth, but set down the last 13 batters he faced to earn the win. 
• Anthony Bennetti (1-4) worked two scoreless innings in relief of starter Frank II Gonzalez. Bennetti held the Eagles without a hit, although he walked three and struck out three.
• Tyler Donay (1-2) got the start for the Eagles, but gave up three runs on four hits and two walks in two innings.
• The Eagles used five pitchers in the rubber game, and Barry scored at least one run on each of them.
• Wickeri went 5-for-10 with a double and five RBI, to lead the Bucs at the plate. 
• Rodriguez went 5-for-12 with two runs and two RBI. Forchic was 4-for-10 with four RBI.
• Sanchez was 4-for-8 with four runs scored.
• Bruno went 5-for-11 to pace the Eagles.

ON THE HORIZON:

The Bucs, who were ranked ninth in the last NCAA South Region Poll, await word on a regional bid, which will be released at 10:30 pm on NCAA.com.