The Sandspur

Issue date: 4/22/05 Section: Sports

Media Credit: RC SID CAN´T SCORE ON ME: Starter Mario Lombardo throws two-hit shutout.

Rollins outscored St. Leo 10-4 over the weekend and moved into first place in the Sunshine State Conference as the team swept three games from St. Leo.

Rollins has had fantastic starting pitching all season, and against St. Leo the Tars pitchers were especially dominate. David Nathanson went 6 1/3 innings in the opening game of the series and allowed only one run while striking out five as the Tars won 4-1. Nathanson is now 8-1 on the year while Wano picked up his third save of the season.

In the Saturday doubleheader the Rollins pitchers took their games to another level. Starting pitcher Eddie Chile went five strong innings in the first game, giving up three runs, only one of which was earned. Chile was relieved in the sixth by Senior Gator Brooks who came in to throw six shutout innings as the game went in to extra innings and ended in the eleventh on a Gene Howard RBI single.

Brooks picked up his seventh win of the season to improve to 7-1 and he also moved to fifth place on the Rollins career win list with 29. Brooks was named athlete of the week for his efforts.

The real gem of the weekend came in the second game of the doubleheader as Sophomore Mario Lombardo took the mound for the Tars. Lombardo was dominant as he shutout the St. Leo Lions, throwing a complete game two-hitter. Lombardo struck out seven and did not walk a batter, all while lowering his ERA to a team-leading 1.99. Lombardo improved his record to 4-3 as the Tars closed out the sweep.

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