Barrow 1-2 Rochdale
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Jake Beesley's second brace of the season earned Rochdale victory at Barrow in a game delayed by 30 minutes due to torrential downpours in Cumbria.
Both sides had early chances as Barrow's Paul Farman kept out Jimmy Keohane before goalkeeper Joel Coleman denied Josh Kay at the other end.
The visitors broke the deadlock in the 28th minute as Beesley fired into the bottom corner.
He almost turned provider as the visitors caught Mark Cooper's men on the break before Farman produced a fine stop to keep out Alex Newby.
Josh Gordon was felled in the box by Corey O'Keeffe to hand the hosts a lifeline, but Coleman kept out Kay's spot-kick, only for the striker to level from the rebound.
Beesley then poked home his second to secure all three points - and back-to-back wins - with 18 minutes to go.
Match report supplied by PA Media.