Pirates take series opener against TCC

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (April 19, 2021) – Thanks to a pair of a weekend rainouts, the final week of the 2021 baseball season will be a marathon for Tallahassee Community College. 

The Eagles opened a closing stretch of six games in six days on Monday and dropped a 6-1 decision to Pensacola State College. 

Pensacola State's Patrick Halligan went the distance, striking out 12 and allowing only one walk to earn the win. A third-inning run turned out to be all the offense Tallahassee would generate. 

With two outs and nobody on, Bryson Kirksey tripled to deep right-center. He scored on Trent Jeffcoat's opposite-field single to left to give the Eagles a 1-0 lead. 

Jeffcoat had two of the Eagles' six hits off Halligan. He was 2-for-4 with a stolen base. 

After three scoreless innings, Tallahassee starter Patrick Libby (3-3) ran into trouble in the fourth. A defensive error sandwiched between two walks loaded the bases with just one out, and ended Libby's afternoon. An RBI-groundout tied the game then Bayron Acevedo's two-out single scored a pair of runs to put the Pirates in front, 3-1. 

Darrien McDowell's two-run homer in the seven extended Pensacola State's lead to 5-1, and the Pirates added an insurance run in the eighth. 

Tallahassee and Pensacola State will meet for the final time on Wednesday with a 6 p.m. first pitch in Pensacola. 

The Eagles will make up its games against Gulf Coast State College at 4 p.m. Tuesday in Panama City, Fla., and at 5 p.m. Thursday at Eagle Field.