Melbourne, Fla.----Wingate University junior left-hander Mitch Farris tossed five shutout innings Friday night, leading the #12 Bulldogs to a 7-3 victory at Florida Tech in NCAA Division II baseball action. Wingate improves to 1-1 overall, while the Panthers fall to 1-2 on the season.

KEY STATS

- Wingate out-hit Florida Tech 14-5
- The Bulldogs had all three extra-base hits
- FIT committed three of the four errors on the night
- The 'Dogs left 11 on base; the Panthers stranded nine
- WU pitching struck out 17 and walked four; FIT had 10 strikeouts and two walks

KEY BULLDOGS

- Isaiah Williams-Rhem went three-for-six with an RBI and run scored
- Seaver King and Sean Barnett were both two-for-five with a double, RBI and run scored
- Ricky Clark had three hits and two runs scored
- Lane Rhodes added two hits, an RBI and a run scored
- Michael Dansky contributed a triple and an RBI
- Farris struck out 10 in five shutout innings to earn the win, allowing just two singles
- Austin Johnson struck out two in two perfect innings of relief
- Corey Avant struck out five in two innings of work

FIRST INNING

- King ripped a one-out single up the middle
- He scored when Clark reached on an error to give Wingate an early lead

SECOND INNING

- Carson Simpson started things with a one-out single, then stole second
- He scored on an RBI single from Williams-Rhem to make it 2-0

FOURTH INNING

- Rhodes started things with a single, then moved to second on a Williams-Rhem single
- Another Florida Tech error allowed Rhodes to score

FIFTH INNING

- Clark singled, then scored on Barnett's RBI double
- Dansky followed with an RBI triple to make it 5-0

SEVENTH INNING

- Clark led off the frame with a single, then moved to third on an error
- He scored on an RBI single from Rhodes to put the 'Dogs on top by six
- An RBI single from Gabe Garrett got the Panthers on the board in the bottom of the frame
- A WU error and a hit batter with the bases loaded made it 6-3

EIGHTH INNING

- Williams-Rhem started the frame with a bunt single
- He scored on King's RBI double to make it 7-3

WRAPUP

- Farris got the win, moving to 1-0 on the year
- The All-American has now gone 35 straight innings without allowing a run
- Johnson worked the final two frames to earn his first save of the year
- Dylan Cleveland took the loss, allowing three runs on six hits in four innings of work

UP NEXT

- The Bulldogs and Panthers wrap up the four-game series with a doubleheader Saturday at noon