Davenport, Fla. - DePauw wrapped up its competition at the RussMatt Central Florida Invitational by dropping a pair of games to Colby by scores of 6-4 and 3-2. The Tigers ae now 9-8, while the Mules move to 12-3.
Colby took a 3-0 lead in the bottom of the first on Tony Silva's three-run homer. The Mules extended the lead to 5-0 in the third on Genki Leclair's two-run single.
DePauw reached the board in the fourth as
Louis Florida's double plated
Danny Glimco before
Jack Murray scored Knoll and Florida with a single to center.
Carter Knoll's fifth-inning single scored
Cameron Macon and brought the Tigers with one at 5-4.
Colby added one more in the sixth as Marcus Forrester singled scoring Patrick McConnell.
Knoll had four of DePauw's 10 hits, while Murray finished with three. Forrester had three of Colby's eight hits and Silva added two.
Glimco dropped to 0-1,w hile Ryan Grecco improved to 2-0.
DePauw grabbed the early lead in the second game as Florida's double brought home Grandy Johnson and Glimco.
Colby cut the lead to 2-1 in the sixth on Ethan Hillenberg's sacrifice fly that scored Brady O'Brien. Cole Palmeri's single in the seventh scored Clint Flippo and evened the score.
The Tigers went down in order in the bottom of the seventh and the teams headed to extra innings.
Patrick Shrake delivered the game-winner for the Mules with a triple that scored Hillenberg.
Three Tigers collected one hit each, while Palmeri had two of Colby's eight.
Charlie Hawk dropped to 1-2, while Derek Woods improved to 2-0.
DePauw opens North Coast Athletic Conference play at home on Tuesday, April 2, with a Noon doubleheader against Wabash.
