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Winner Sioux Falls USF 8-5
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Winner
Sioux Falls USF
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Florida Tech FIT
10-11
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Sioux Falls USF 2 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 7 10 1
Florida Tech FIT 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 5 9 2

W: J. Pruchniak (1-1) L: Dietz, Tyler (0-1) S: L. Anderson (3)

Game Recap: Baseball | | Matt Padeway

Baseball Drops Midweek Tilt to Sioux Falls

MELBOURNE, Fla. – The Florida Tech baseball team tried to mount a comeback in the bottom of the ninth, but came up short and fell to Sioux Falls, 7-5, at home.
 
INSIDE THE MATCHUP:
Game Final: Florida Tech 5, Sioux Falls 7
Records: Florida Tech (10-11, 3-3 SSC), Sioux Falls (8-5, 2-2 NSIC)
Location: Andy Seminick-Les Hall Field | Melbourne, Fla.
 
STATS OF THE GAME:
  • Sioux Falls wasted no time getting on the board in the top of the first inning. A walk and two singles loaded the bases with Cougars with one out. A hit-by-pitch and a walk brought in two runs to make it 2-0.
  • Tech got one back in the bottom half of the frame on an RBI ground out from Marshall Burke to make it a 2-1 game.
  • After a scoreless second inning, Tyler Vermillion took to the mound in the top of the third inning for the Panthers and struck out the side, with two strikeouts looking.
  • Sioux Falls added three more runs in the top of the fourth with an RBI single and a two-RBI base knock to extend the lead to 5-1.
  • Again, the Panthers answered in the bottom of the same inning. Brett Kelly doubled to right center and advanced to third on a wild pitch. With two outs, Camden Colman sent Kelly across the plate with a double of his own to cut the deficit to 5-2.
  • In the next at-bat, Austin Sewell brought Colman home with a single into left field to make it a 5-3 game.
  • The Cougars got both runs back in the top of the fifth on a Panther error and a single to extend the lead back up to 7-3.
  • In the bottom of the sixth, Tech chipped away at the lead with an RBI fielder's choice from Gabe Garrett.
  • An inning later, Carlos Guzman sent a towering shot over the center field fence, just left of the batter's eye, to bring the Panthers within two, 7-5.
  • Both teams would go down in order until the bottom of the ninth. Jack Matousek led the inning off with a single into center field. M. Burke followed up with a single of his own to put runners on the corners with no outs.
  • Sioux Falls closer, Logan Anderson, would induce a flyout and a strikeout to get to two outs. After hitting Kelly with a pitch, the bases would be loaded with two outs.
  • Anderson would strike out the final batter of the game to secure the final score of 7-5.
 
BEYOND THE BOX SCORE:  
UP NEXT: Florida Tech will return to Sunshine State Conference play with a weekend series against No. 14 Saint Leo on March 15-16. First pitch for game one is scheduled for 6 p.m. on Friday, March 15 at Andy Seminick-Les Hall Field in Melbourne, Fla.
 
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