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Vermillions vs SHC 020224
13
Winner Spring Hill SHC 1-0
4
Florida Tech FIT 0-1
Winner
Spring Hill SHC
1-0
13
Final
4
Florida Tech FIT
0-1
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Spring Hill SHC 0 3 1 4 0 0 0 1 4 13 17 1
Florida Tech FIT 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 4 8 2

W: S. Germaine (1-0) L: Anderson, Trenten (0-1)

Game Recap: Baseball | | Matt Padeway

Panthers Drop Season Opener to Spring Hill

MELBOURNE, Fla. – The Florida Tech baseball team opened the season at home under the lights against Spring Hill on Friday night but fell to the Badgers by a score of 13-4.
 
INSIDE THE MATCHUP:
Final: Florida Tech 4, Spring Hill 13
Records: Florida Tech (0-1, 0-0 SSC), Spring Hill (1-0, 0-0 SIAC)
Location: Andy Seminick-Les Hall Field | Melbourne, Fla.  
 
STATS OF THE GAME:
  • After a three-up, three-down inning for both teams in the first, Spring Hill got on the board with a three-run home run by Parker Serio in the second.
  • The Badgers tacked on another run in the third inning after a balk was called.
  • Spring Hill's bats continued to roll in the fourth. The Badgers plated three more runs from five hits in the inning.
  • A Noah Burke single in the sixth inning plated Jack Matousek to give Tech its first run of the game.
  • In the seventh inning, Jason Blackstone scored on a passed ball, and a few batters later a rope off Tate Hansen's bat into the left centerfield gap scored Camden Colman to make it an 8-3 ballgame.
  • Spring Hill added another run in the top of the eighth and a four-run top of the ninth gave the Badgers a 13-3 lead.
  • The Panthers were not done as Colman doubled with two outs in the bottom of the ninth. Hansen followed up with a single into left field to bring in Colman and make it 13-4.
  • Marshall Burke followed up with a single in the next at-bat, but Matousek would fly out to center field to end the game.
 
NOTABLE PANTHERS:
  • Noah Burke, Marshall Burke and Tate Hansen each tallied two hits in the contest. N. Burke notched two singles and one RBI while Hansen tallied a double and two RBIs on the night.
  • Camden Colman went 1-for-3 at the plate with a double, two runs scored, and one walk.
 
BEYOND THE BOX SCORE:
  • Florida Tech moves to 8-5 all-time against Spring Hill, including a 4-3 record in Melbourne.
 
UP NEXT: Florida Tech will conclude the three-game series against Spring Hill tomorrow Saturday, Feb. 3 with a doubleheader. First pitch for game one is scheduled for Noon at Andy Seminick-Les Hall Field in Melbourne, Fla.
 
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