Baseball closes opening weekend in Florida with loss at Barry

Miami Shores, Fla. —- The Catawba College baseball team suffered its first loss of the season on Saturday, closing out their three-game roadtrip in Florida with a 6-3 defeat at Barry University.

TEAM STATS

- Barry out-hit Catawba 7-6

- The Buccaneers had three of four extra-base hits in the game – all doubles

- BU committed three of four errors on the afternoon

- The Bucs left just three runners on base; the Catawba Indians stranded 10

- Catawba had five stolen bases in the contest to Barry's two

- Barry's pitchers allowed one earned run on six hits, striking out three and walking four; the Catawba Indian staff allowed five earned runs on seven hits, striking out four and walking one

INDIVIDUAL LEADERS

- Sam Hunter went 2-for-4 with a walk, a steal and a run driven in

- Levi Perrell doubled, walked and scored

- Dylan Driver drove him in, walked, stole two bases and scored

- Jackson Price also recorded a two-hit game

- Hayden Simmerson made his collegiate debut on the mound, allowing three earned runs in five innings pitched, striking out four and walking one in the losing decision

- Brandon Rodgers recorded eight outs, allowing two runs on two hits before Griffyn Shelton entered to make the final out

HOW IT HAPPENED

FIRST INNING

- Perrell doubled to right-center in the opening at-bat of the game

- After he advanced on a wild pitch, Perrell scored on a sacrifice fly from Driver

THIRD INNING

- A Freddy Rodriguez double gave Barry runners on second and third with one out, as Simmerson faced his first trouble of the game

- Nick Towms doubled down the left field line to score both runs before he scored himself later in the inning on a sac fly

- Barry made it four runs in the inning on a wild pitch

FIFTH INNING

- Drew Robertson singled and stole second to start the fifth inning

- A groundout moved Robertson up to third; he scored on a throw ing error

- Driver stole another base, allowing Hunter's single to score him to cut the deficit to 4-3

EIGHTH INNING

- Barry added two more runs in the eighth on a sacrifice bunt and a Kevin Noriega single to take a 6-3 lead

NINTH INNING

- Catawba brought the tying run to the plate in the ninth, but the Catawba Indians grounded into a double play to end the game

UP NEXT

- Catawba continues its seven-game start away from home to start the 2024 season next week, traveling to Columbus, Ga. for a three-game set at Columbus State

- The series starts on Friday; first pitch is set for 4 p.m.