Tyler Cox hit a walk-off home run Tuesday night to give Tampa a 4-3 lead over the Warner Royals.
Cox took the first pitch he saw from Royals’ pitcher Kyle Janovsky and stroked it to the deepest part of the field over, center field wall to improve Tampa to 6-3 on the season.
Leading off the ninth inning for Tampa, Cox walked to the plate having hit 1-3 in the game with two strike outs. Cox, most notably known for his speed on the base paths, took a waist-high fast ball from Janovsky and gave it a ride to deep center field.
For Cox it was his first home of the season and his sixth RBI.
Down 1-0, for the majority of the game, Tampa finally erased the goose egg from the scoreboard and went up on the Royals 3-1 in the sixth.
There the score would stay until Warner University added two runs in the eight to knot it at three a piece.
The Royals used six pitchers, all for two innings or less, to get through the game.
Janovsky took the loss for Warner, although the Spartans broke open the game against Kendal Sherrouse.
Sherrouse went just one third of an inning giving up three runs on three hits, while also walking one Tampa batter.
Daniel Foltz started the game for Tampa throwing three innings, allowing only one run, on threehits, the one run coming off a solo home run by the catcher Cory johnson in the second inning.
Following Foltz, Tom Meagher came in and tossed four innings of one hit baseball, while recording seven strike outs.
Although surrendering two key runs which kept the Royals in the game, Aaron Gerbasi took the win for Tampa.
Gerbasi threw two innings, allowing two runs, on two hits. He struck out three and also walked two.
The University of Tampa will be back in action on the road as they take on the Stillman Tigers in a three game set.
The Spartans return home on Feb. 24 to take on the SSC rival Saint Leo Lions in a non-conference affair.