Pensacola, FL - Friday afternoon's game was a great start to the weekend for GSW Baseball as the Hurricanes took to the field against Flagler College in a tournament hosted by the University of West Florida.

The game was scoreless until the top of the third when Flagler's Ray singled to center field and then scored on a wild pitch three batters later. GSW answered right back when leadoff hitter Miles Martin reached on an error and advanced to third after a single to right field by Daniel Stokes. A sacrifice fly by Nick Rex scored Martin and tied the game at 1. In the Hurricane fourth, Trey Reeves singled to score Pat McCarthy and the Canes pulled ahead 2-1.

The Hurricanes used just 2 hits to score three in the bottom of the seventh (Rex, Stokes, Daniel Lynn) to give GSW a 5-1 lead, but the top of the eighth proved to be a tough one. Pitcher Andrew Whiggum nicked the leadoff batter Kiture and then walked Simmons to put 2 runners on with no outs. Back to back singles scored Kiture and Simmons scored on a fielder's choice. Center fielder Kampfer stole home to score Flagler's third run of the inning, making the score 5-4.

GSW came back again in the bottom of the eighth when Daniel Stokes tripled and scored on a single by Nick Rex, pushing the score to 6-4. Brandon Reeder came in to pitch in the ninth and gave up a solo homerun to leadoff hitter Rivera. The next two batter struck out swinging, but Kiture and Simmons each singled to put runners in scoring position. Kampfer grounded into a fielder's choice to end the inning and close out the game with the Canes on top 6-5.

Daniel Stokes went 2 for 3 and scored 2 runs to lead the Hurricanes. Also adding hits for the Canes were Nick Rex, Daniel Lynn, Zack Stanton, Byron Haynes, and Trey Reeves. Rex, Lynn, Patrick McCarthy, and Miles Martin also scored for GSW.

The Hurricanes (2-5) face off against the University of Alabama-Huntsville Saturday at 5:00 PM (CST).