Miami Shores, Fla.----The Barry University Buccaneers scored a run in the bottom of the eighth inning Friday night en route to a 9-8 victory over visiting Wingate University in NCAA Division II baseball action. Barry starts the season 1-0, while the Bulldogs fall to 0-1.

KEY STATS

- Barry out-hit Wingate 10-9
- The Bucs had five of the eight extra-base hits and two of the three homers
- The Bulldogs left 12 on base; Barry stranded seven
- Each team had six stolen bases
- Barry had all three errors on the night
- Barry pitching struck out 13 and walked eight; WU had 10 strikeouts and seven walks

KEY BULLDOGS

- Sean Sullivan had a homer and four RBI to lead the offense
- Cam Harris added a hit, two RBI and a run scored
- Jake Courville was two-for-four with a double, RBI and run scored
- Wyatt Hoffman had a pair of hits and a run scored
- Landon Meyer added a hit and scored a run
- Alex Naylor contributed a hit and three runs scored
- Brian Boone tossed three shutout frames, allowing one hit while striking out four

FIRST INNING

- A wild pitch and Felix Diaz RBI groundout gave Barry an early 2-0 lead

THIRD INNING

- Courville and Harris one-out walks to put two on for the 'Dogs
- Sullivan blasted a three-run homer to give Wingate a 3-2 lead
- A three-run homer from Nick Toms in the bottom of the frame put the Bucs on top 6-3

FOURTH INNING

- Naylor reached first on a passed ball on strike three, then stole second and third
- He scored on Courville's RBI groundout to cut the lead to two
- A two-run homer from Harry Vargas Segura in the bottom of the frame gave Barry an 8-4 lead

SIXTH INNING

- Singles from Hoffman and Naylor gave Wingate runners on first and second to start the frame
- An RBI single from Harris pulled the Bulldogs within three
- Sullivan followed with a sacrifice fly to make it 8-6

SEVENTH INNING

- Meyer reached on a one-out single, then stole second
- He scored when Naylor reached on an error to make it a one-run game
- Harris drew a bases-loaded walk to plate Naylor, making it 8-8

EIGHTH INNING

- Jimmy Bruno singled and stole second with one out
- Segura's RBI double plated Bruno to give Barry a 9-8 lead

NINTH INNING

- Hoffman led off the inning with a single, while pinch-runner Will Farrell stole second
- Courville's infield single put runners on second and third with two outs
- A popout ended the game with the tying run 90 feet away

WRAPUP

- Jack Ensell got the win, striking out three in two shutout frames, allowing two hits
- Dalton Williams got the final out to earn the save
- Marshall Raper took the loss, allowing a run on two hits in one inning of work

UP NEXT

- Wingate is back in action Saturday, traveling to Palm Beach Atlantic for a 6 p.m. start