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March 16, 2009

Baseball Falls to Barry 12-1

MIAMI SHORES, FL – The Merrimack baseball team lost to Barry University 12-1 Monday night.

The Bucs broke a scoreless tie with four runs in the fifth inning, and another four in the sixth off Merrimack starter James Haughney (Orlando, FL). Yudelmis Hernandez ignited both rallies, getting a two-run double in the fourth and singled home another in the fifth before scoring.

Merrimack broke up the shutout in the ninth behind a leadoff double from Brendan Pyburn (Peabody, MA) and a run-scoring single from freshman Ray Walker (Lowell, MA).

Center fielder Jeff Bercume (Leicester, MA) had two of Merrimack’s six hits in the loss.

Corey Witkowski, T.J. Mullins and Josh Holmes combined on a five-hit, nine strikeout, and one-run performance for Barry, who improved to 21-2 on the season.

Merrimack (4-4) takes on St. Thomas Aquinas Tuesday at 11:30 a.m. and 3 p.m. The Warriors defeated St. Thomas 8-7 in 11 innings Saturday.