MELBOURNE, FLA. – Florida Tech baseball wrapped up the regular season this afternoon with a series win over Barry. The Panthers celebrated their 13 seniors before today's doubleheader, thanking them for their contributions to the program.
SSC PLAY – DOUBLEHEADER GAME ONE
Final: Florida Tech Panthers 7, Barry Buccaneers 3
Records: Florida Tech (19-26, 10-19 SSC)
| Barry (21-23, 7-18 SSC)
Location: Andy Seminick-Les Hall Field
| Melbourne, Florida
GAME NOTES:
- Jaxon Clampitt took the mound for game one and was dominant. He began his day by tossing his first scoreless inning of the day in 13 pitches.
- The Panthers struck first in the bottom of the first when Marcello Cortale left the yard for the tenth time this season, launching a solo home run for a 1-0 lead.
- Clampitt tossed two more shutout innings and in the bottom of the third, Tech tacked on two more runs. Justis Meadows and Adrian Dominguez both earned RBI singles as the Panters took a 3-0 lead.
- In the top of the fourth, Clampitt struck out the side, getting all three buccaneers to go down swinging before tossing another scoreless frame in the fifth.
- Marcello Cortale took that momentum from Clampitt and smashed his second home run of the game in the bottom half to extend the lead to 4-0.
- Clampitt went back and produced back-to-back perfect 1-2-3 innings in the sixth and seventh innings. His day came to end after seven scoreless innings of work with six strikeouts and only allowed three total baserunners.
- In the bottom of the seventh, Cortale demolished the first pitch he saw for his third home run of the game, a two-run shot to grow the lead to 6-0.
- Barry finally got on the board in the eighth inning, rallying for three runs in the top of the eighth.
- Tech responded right away with a run in the bottom half after Gabe Roque and Marshall led off the inning with singles.
- Blake Holshouser shut the door in the ninth, giving Tech the 7-4 win and a 2-0 lead in the series.
FINAL: Florida Tech 7, Barry 3
NOTABLE PANTHERS:
BEYOND THE BOXSCORE:
- Marcello Cortale becomes the first Panther freshman to hit 10 or more home runs in a season since Rob Heisel in 1998.
- Jaxon Clampitt sets a career high in innings pitched with seven and strikeouts with six.
- With the win, Tech takes a 75-73 lead in the all-time series against Barry.
SSC PLAY – DOUBLEHEADER GAME TWO
Final: Florida Tech Panthers 9, Barry Buccaneers 18
Records: Florida Tech (19-27, 10-20 SSC)
| Barry (22-23, 8-18 SSC)
Location: Andy Seminick-Les Hall Field
| Melbourne, Florida
GAME NOTES:
- The final game of the season did not start in the Panthers favor as Barry opened the game with a three-run first inning.
- Following six scoreless frames, the Panthers cut the deficit to 3-1 after Cole Patrick put a ball in play to score Adrian Dominiguez from third.
- However, Barry responded right away with a two-run inning in the top of the fifth before adding another in the sixth to take a 6-1 lead.
- In the bottom of the sixth, the Panthers exploded for a huge two-out rally. Every Panther in the lineup reached base and Cole Patrick, Gabe Roque, Justis Meadows, Marcello Cortale and Adrian Dominiguez all combined to produce six straight RBI. This huge inning from Tech gave them a 7-6 lead in the ballgame.
- Unfortunately, the Panther lead did not last long as the Buccaneers came right back with a three-run top of the seventh to retake the lead.
- Barry followed up that inning with another three-run spurt in the top of the eighth as they began to pull away.
- Despite a Marcello Cortale RBI single in the eighth to make the scoreline 12-8, the Buccaneers were not done.
- In the top of the ninth, Barry put up six runs to put the game away.
- Not going down without a fight, seniors Cole Patrick and Anthony Fimiano earned back-to-back extra base hits to score a run.
- While the two seniors worked to cut the lead back to single digits, Barry closed out the game to steal the series finale.
FINAL: Florida Tech Panthers 9, Barry 18
NOTABLE PANTHERS:
UP NEXT: This series concludes the 2026 season for the Panthers. Tech baseball will be back on the field to begin the 2027 season in January of next year.
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