Eckerd Takes Final Game of Series With Shippensburg, 6-1

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - The Eckerd College baseball team scored six unanswered runs over the final three innings to take a 6-1 victory over Shippensburg University in the final of a four-game series Sunday afternoon.
 
Joe Sinicola held Shippensburg (9-4) to only six hits through eight innings while striking out four and allowing one unearned run to even his record to 1-1 this season.
 
Trailing 1-0 after five innings, Eckerd (7-13) came out swinging in the bottom of the sixth, collecting four hits. Patrick Bordieri singled to center field and then stole second. He eventually scored on a Shippensburg error to tie the game with one out. Tony Menendez singled to center, his only hit of the game, to score Joe Savino and Sam DeVito, giving the Tritons a 3-1 lead.
 
Eckerd added one run in the seventh and two in the eighth for the final margin of victory. Bordieri doubled to left field in the seventh to scoreCraig Albernaz who scored four runs in the series. Alfredo Cabale's single to right field in the eighth brought Albernaz home for the second time.
 
Junior Nick Erdman (Leola, Pa./Conestoga Valley) scored early in the third for Shippensburg on a Triton defensive error.
 
Sophomore Frank D'Agostino (Pine Grove, Pa./Pine Grove) took the loss for the Red Raiders, falling to 0-1 this season after allowing seven hits and four runs through 6 2/3 innings. Freshman Kyle Warner (Berrysburg, Pa./Upper Daulphin) pitched the final 1 1/3 innings for Shippensburg, surrendering two hits while facing eight batters.
 
Sophomore Jared Boger (Lebanon, Pa./Cedar Crest) went 2-for-4, but Shippensburg left seven runners on base.
 
Eckerd and Shippensburg split the series, each taking two games. The Red Raiders return to action on Tuesday with a nine-inning game at Saint Leo University.

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