Eagles fall to Pensacola State in game two of opening PC series

By Karl Hunt, TCC Sports Information

TALLAHASSEE, Fla.  (March 15, 2015) – The FCSAA No. 9 Tallahassee Community College Eagles fell to Panhandle Conference foe Pensacola State College 10-6 on Sunday afternoon in game two of a three-game series.

Tallahassee is now 18-10 overall (0-2 PC) and will try to avoid a three-game sweep when the teams head back to Pensacola for Monday's series finale. First pitch is set for 6 p.m. eastern.

Pensacola State, 20-10 overall, is the early leader in the league standings at 2-0.

The Eagles got on the board first, jumping out to a 2-0 lead in the bottom of the first inning. 

With two outs the Eagles rallied on a single by D.J. McKnight.  A double from Tyler Atwell moved McKnight to third, placing both runners in scoring position.    Zach Featherstone doubled to deep left-centerfield to score both Atwell and McKnight. The next batter, Tyler Kinard, hit a blooper over the first baseman's head but the inning ended when Featherstone who attempted to score from second, was thrown out at home.

The Pirates responded with four runs of their own in the top of the second inning to take a 4-2 lead. Pensacola State never trailed again. 

Tallahassee got a run back in the bottom half of the inning when Kyle Taddeo scored on an Ethan Crout ground out. 

Pensacola State went right back to work, scoring four more runs in the third to increase its lead to 8-3. 

Tallahassee tried to get back in the game and slowly chipped away at the deficit. The Eagles scored single runs in the sixth and seventh innings to pull within 8-5, but the Pirates put the game away with a pair of runs in the ninth.