MELBOURNE, Fla. - The Embry-Riddle baseball team dropped its fifth straight on Saturday as Florida Tech came-from-behind to solidify a series win with a 5-4 win. The Eagles (9-16, 0-8 SSC) took a 3-0 lead and later led 4-3, but a two-run homer from the Panthers (13-15, 5-8 SSC) in the sixth was the difference.

Kyle Guttveg scored the first run of the day as he came home on a Kyle Marsh single in the first, and after a Luis Olivier single to put runners on the corners, Zach Howard collected a sac fly to make it 2-0. Alex Dodd followed with the first of his team-best four hits on the day, scoring Olivier for a 3-0 Eagle lead.

FIT got one run back in the bottom of the first inning, but Matthew Russell was able to strand the bases loaded with a ground ball, keeping the Eagles in front, 3-1.

The Panthers tied the game with a pair of runs in the second, and after a scoreless third, ERAU was able to push across the go-ahead run in the fourth when Howard scored on a Cody Bogart base knock. Unfortunately for the visitors, Alex Dodd was thrown out at home on Cole Habig's single in the next at-bat and an ensuing double play ended the Eagle threat in the frame.

Garrett Goodall worked clean fourth and fifth innings, but Daniel Szpik cranked a two-run homer to left in the sixth to put the home team in front 5-4 and ERAU only once got a man into scoring position the rest of the way, falling by the one-run final.

Dodd finished 4-for-4 while both Habig and Guttveg each had two hits for the Blue and Gold.

The two teams will conclude their weekend series tomorrow at 1 p.m. in Melbourne.