DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. - For the 12th consecutive year, the Embry-Riddle baseball team traveled to Historic Jackie Robinson Ballpark for an exhibition contest against the Cincinnati Reds' class-A affiliate Daytona Tortugas on Wednesday night. The Eagles' pitching staff took a perfect game into the third and freshman Luis Olivier delivered a mammoth solo home run in the fourth, but the Tortugas' offense proved to be too much as the hosts won, 13-1.

Kenny Burkhead and Aidan Brady each pitched perfect innings in the first and second, respectively, while A.J. Mazzurco, Cole Habig and Logan Malphurs collected base hits in the first three frames, but ERAU couldn't take a lead before Daytona used a leadoff walk in the bottom of the third, turning it into the first run of the game on a sacrifice fly.

A second run for the Tortugas came around to score in the third, but Olivier quickly answered with a leadoff, no-doubter to left in the fourth, trimming the deficit to 2-1.

Olivier's homer proved to be the only run the Eagles would be able to score, and the Tortugas used a pair of big innings (a six-run fourth and five-run sixth) to push the lead to 13-1, despite a fantastic diving grab in right by Mazzurco in the bottom of the sixth that saved two runs.

The 13-1 lead held up for the Tortugas in the seventh, even though ERAU put two men on in the inning.

ERAU returns to its regular season schedule with a weekend series at Eckerd, beginning with a single game on Friday at 6 p.m. and a doubleheader on Saturday at 1 p.m. in St. Petersburg.