The Buccaneer baseball team blasted six extra base hits en route to a 10-8 win over Spalding Monday morning in Auburndale, Florida.
Five Bucs in Beloit's starting lineup registered at least two hits while five tallied extra base knocks in the game.
James Wicker,
Matt O'Leary,
Brett Kiger,
Matt Crandall, and
Deven Irwin all notched a pair of hits in the game with O'Leary accounting for five of the Bucs' runs in the game including three runs scored and two runs batted in.
Spalding took an early leading plating two in the top of the first but the Buc offense was ready with a response in the bottom of the frame. A Spalding miscue had the first run crossing the plate followed by a Kiger triple that brought in another. Crandall added a sacrifice fly to give Beloit a 3-2 lead after the first inning of play.
Spalding came back to knot the game in the top of the second before Beloit added single runs in each of the fourth and fifth innings.
The sixth was the biggest offense inning for the Bucs. Beloit blasted five hits and capitalized on an error to bring four runs across the plate at take a 9-3 lead. An
AJ Fitzpatrick single to left field in the bottom of the seventh made it 10-3 and rounded out the scoring for Beloit.
Spalding threatened in the top of the ninth scoring four runs on three hits before the Bucs got out of the jam to tally the win.
Tommy Murray picked up his first win of the season fanning five and issuing a single walk in five innings of work.
AJ Parnell came in for the final four innings of relief posting five strikeouts.
