Spartans Take Second Win in Series With Georgia College
Tampa walked-off victorious with a pair of ninth inning runs.
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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Georgia College
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0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 4 |
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#2 Tampa
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0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 1 |
TAMPA, Fla. - The University of Tampa baseball team secured its second win of a three-game series against Georgia College.
INSIDE THE MATCHUP:
Final: Tampa 6, Georgia College 5
Records: Tampa (5-0), Georgia College (3-2)
Location: UT Baseball Field | Tampa, Fla.
All-time Series: Tampa leads the all-time series with Georgia College 43-18.
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HOW IT HAPPENED:
- Tampa opened up the scoring with senior J.D. Osborne's homerun to left-center in the bottom of the second inning.
- Georgia College mounted a two out rally in the fourth inning, hitting a double and RBI single.
- In the top of the fifth, Georgia College hit another double, bringing two RBI's.
- Danny Lee hit a SF to center field in the bottom of the fifth, allowing Richie Rivera to score.
- Osborne logged a RBI with a double to the right field, allowing Adrian Chacon to score in the bottom of the sixth. Making the deficit 3-4, with Tampa trailing.
- Georgia College brought in another run off of a single, with one player advancing to second base in the top of the seventh.
- In the bottom of the eighth, Tampa came alive starting with Laz Rivera getting hit by a pitch, Chacon hitting a fly ball to center field, Vin Cosenzo getting hit by a pitch which advanced L. Rivera to second, and Andrew DiLacqua singled to center field allowing L. Rivera to score.
- R. Rivera opened up the bottom of the ninth with a homerun to left field, tying the game 5-5.
- In the bottom of the ninth, L. Rivera made it safe to first on a fielding error on his bunt, making the bases loaded. Lee tries stealing home on a wild pitch, getting out while L. Rivera advanced to second and Kevin Santa advanced to third. Chacon was intentionally walked. Osborne singled up the middle, as Santa scored the winning run.
INSIDE THE STATS:
- Christian Calleja had two strikeouts, totaling 42 strikes in pitching 4.1 innings.
- Osborne went 3-5 with three RBI's, had nine PO's, logged one run, hit a double,and hit a homerun.
- David Lebron pitched 3.2 innings with two strikeouts and 48 strikes.
- Christopher Williams came in to finish the game pitching one inning with one strikeout and seven strikes.
- Santa, Chacon, and Cosenzo each totaled two hits in the game.
BEYOND THE BOXSCORE:
- Tampa is on an eight-game win streak against Georgia College.
- UT has won its first five games for four consecutive seasons.
UP NEXT:
Tampa returns to action on Sunday for the third game of the series with Georgia College. Live stats will be available through TampaStats.com. Fans can watch through TampaSpartans.tv.
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