Panther Baseball Drops Series to Eastern Florida
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Palm Beach State College | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 2 |
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Eastern Florida State College | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | X | 5 | 9 | 1 |
Palm Beach Baseball dropped their second straight game to Eastern Florida. The Panthers took one game out of the three game set.
Eastern Florida took an early lead, in inning #1, on an RBI single by JD Stubbs.
The Panthers would answer back in the top of the 4th on an Andrew Martinez RBI groundout.
With 2 outs in the bottom of the 5th, Eastern Florida's Seth Lugo put his team ahead by a score of 2-1 with an RBI single.
The Panthers, however, would answer back in the top of the 6th. The first 5 batters would reach. With the bases loaded, Andrew Martinez would walk to tie the game a 2-2. The next 2 batters went down, stranding the bases loaded. This proved to be a turning point in the game and gave Eastern Florida some much needed momentum.
That momentum carried into the next half inning, as Eastern Florida scored 2 runs on a Panther error to take a 4-2 lead. They would not look back.
With 2 outs in the bottom of the 8th, Alejandro Rodriguez would score on an error by Catcher Mason Doolittle to extend the lead to 5-2.
The Panthers loaded the bases in the 9th, but could not hit with runners in scoring position, ending the game with a final score of 5-2.
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6 different Panthers had hits. Andrew Martinez led the team with 2 RBI. Shane Roberts (1-2) took the loss allowing only 2 earned runs over 7 innings.
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