MIAMI SHORES, Fla.—The Barry University baseball team dropped a 9-7 non-conference decision to the Nova Southeastern Sharks on Tuesday evening. The Bucs led 7-5 in the sixth, but gave up four runs in the ninth for the loss.
The Sharks (5-0) got on the board in the third inning off an Areo Regoli grand slam that scored Nikko Echevarria, Luis Penate, andDusty Maggs.
Down 5-2 in the fifth, Lyndon Coleman, Julio Ramos, Drew Dwelly, Dean Green, and Matty Petty scored runs to take a 7-5 lead. Coleman and Ramos reached on a Green single, Dwelly reached on a Petty single, Green scored on a Ryan Garcia single and Petty scored on a wild pitch.
Nova, however, remained resilient, scoring four runs in the top of the ninth to take a 9-7 lead. The Bucs could muster no more offense in the bottom of the ninth, and lost the game.
Torey Ekey took the win for the Sharks and moves to 1-0 on the season. Tyler King takes the Buccaneer loss and is 0-1 for the season.
Nova Southeastern 9, Barry 7
(02/08/11 at Miami Shores, Fla.) ----------------------------------------------------------------------
Nova Southeastern... 004 001 004 - 9 12 1 (5-0)
Barry.......................... 000 025 000 - 7 7 2 (3-2)
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Pitchers: Nova Southeastern - Isaac Hicks; Mauricio Rodriguez(6); Torey Ekey(6); Sean Albury(9)
and Haven Fitzsimmonds; Michael Hartley. Barry - Brad McAllister; T.J. Mullins(7); Tyler King(9)
and Chris Leon.
Win-Torey Ekey(1-0) Save-Sean Albury(2) Loss-Tyler King(0-1) T-3:05 A-219
HR NSB - Areo Regoli (2).
Weather: Chilly
Game: BB0208