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1
Rollins ROLLINS 22-16
7
Winner Florida Tech TECH 17-27
Rollins ROLLINS
22-16
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Final
7
Florida Tech TECH
17-27
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Rollins ROLLINS 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 3
Florida Tech TECH 1 0 0 3 1 0 2 0 X 7 9 0

W: McIntosh, Payton (1-1) L: E. Cornelius (1-2)

Game Recap: Baseball | | Matt Padeway

Tech Takes Down Tars in Midweek Game

MELBOURNE, Fla. – The Florida Tech baseball team scored early and often to defeat Rollins, 7-1, in the team's final midweek non-conference contest of the season.
 
INSIDE THE MATCHUP:
Final: Florida Tech 7, Rollins 1
Records: Florida Tech (17-27, 8-16 SSC), Rollins (22-16, 13-8 SSC)
Location: Andy Seminick-Les Hall Field | Melbourne, Fla.
 
STATS OF THE GAME:
  • Starting pitcher Josh Beck worked a scoreless top of the first for the Panthers, picking up a strikeout in the inning.
  • Tech got on the board in the bottom half of the inning with a two-out RBI base knock from Carlos Guzman that plated Brett Kelly.
  • A two-out RBI single for the Tars in the top of the second brought home a run to knot the game a 1-1.
  • Payton McIntosh struck out the side in the top of the third for the Panthers.
  • In the bottom of the fourth, the Panthers loaded the bases with no outs. Garrett slapped a single into center field to plat Marshall Burke and give Tech a 2-1 lead.
  • Following a pitching change for Rollins, Kelly sent a fly ball into right field that was deep enough to score Joseph Phan and push the lead to 3-1. On the play, Hansen was thrown out at third base trying to advance.
  • A few batters later, an error by the Tars allowed Garrett to score and make it a 4-1 lead.
  • McIntosh picked up two more strikeouts in a scoreless top of the fifth inning to maintain the Panthers' 4-1 lead.
  • In the bottom of the fifth, M. Burke reached on an error, stole second, advanced to third on another Tars error, and scored on a wild pitch to extend the lead to 5-1 for Tech.
  • Noah Burke and M. Burke led off the bottom of the seventh inning. A few batters later, a two-out RBI double into right field from Garrett plated both Burke's to push the lead out to 7-1.
  • Trenten Anderson, Dylan Dieguez, Tyler Vermillion, Preston Houvouras, and Brady Guthrie shut down the Tars in a combined effort over the last four innings to earn the 7-1 win for the Panthers.  
 
BEYOND THE BOX SCORE:
  • Florida Tech moves to
  • Jason Blackstone has now reached base safely in 37 straight games played.
  • Gabe Garrett recorded his fifth three-hit game of the season.
 
UP NEXT: The Panthers will return to Melbourne tomorrow Wednesday, April 24, and host Rollins in a midweek non-conference matchup. First pitch is scheduled for 5 p.m. at Andy Seminick-Les Hall Field.
 
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