2008 Woodie Awards
Baseball Wins Two Out of Three in Big Weekend Series Against Barry
Nine game winning streak ends in up and down series against Barry.
Jake Kohlman
Issue date: 4/8/05 Section: Sports
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In the first game of the series on Friday Junior second baseman Chris Munoz provided the offense with a two-run homerun in the fifth, picking up Sophomore starting pitcher David Nathanson in the Tars' 3-1 victory. Nathanson threw seven solid innings, allowing only one unearned run, in winning his seventh game of the year.
In the second game of the series, Rollins would rely on hitting and solid relief pitching to pull out a 9-4 victory. Junior Starter Eddie Chile struggled, giving up four runs in 4 2/3 innings but was ably relieved by Senior Gator Brooks who came in to throw 4 1/3 scoreless innings.
Senior first baseman Garrett Preisser led the Rollins offense, going four for four with four RBI. Third baseman Nick Manson and DH Gene Howard also had multiple hits to help the Tars offense. The win extended the team's winning streak to nine games.
The winning streak would end in the second game of the doubleheader. Rollins starting pitcher Mario Lombardo gave up five runs, four earned, in five innings of work before being relieved by Manson. Rollins took a 1-0 lead in the first but Barry tied the game in the third.
Rollins and Barry then traded two run innings in the fifth to keep the game tied but Barry scored three runs in the sixth, making the score 6-3 with Rollins facing a three-run deficit they would not be able to overcome.
The Rollins offense let the team down in the second game as the Tars managed only one hit against Barry's pitchers, even though they scored three runs.
The Tars continue their season with conference games against Florida Tech this weekend.