The Baruch College Bearcats narrowly lost a 7-6 contest to the Bluffton University on Friday night in Fort Myers, Florida.

Bluffton jumped out early to a 4-0 lead with four runs on three hits and two errors in the bottom first.

The Bearcats tied it in the top of the third with four runs on three hits and one error.

Kemal Deljanin and Conor McCabe each had a sacrifice fly to plate the first two runs. Eric Diaz followed with an RBI single and Kevin Linitz was later hit with the bases loaded to tie it 4-4.

Bluffton scored a run in the fourth and two more in the fifth to jump ahead, 7-4.

The Bearcats rallied with an RBI groundout by McCabe in the seventh and Luke Lombardi scoring on a wild pitch in the eighth inning to get as close as 7-6.

A ninth-inning rally with a man on second fell short to suffer the tough loss.   

McCabe and Diaz led the Bearcats with two hits each. 

Five different players from Bluffton had two hits apiece.