The #15 Keiser University baseball team split their Sun Conference opening doubleheader at South Carolina Beaufort on Friday afternoon. The Seahawks moved to 7-4 overall and 1-1 in TSC play.
Game 1: The Sand Sharks defeated the Seahawks 4-2.
- Casey Mullennix got Keiser on the board in the second with a two out RBI single to right field making it 1-0.
- South Carolina Beaufort scored a run in the fourth and the fifth to take a 2-1 advantage.
- In the seventh with two outs, Mullennix doubled to left center and scored on a Miguel Casanueva single through the left side tying the game at 2-2.
- The Sand Sharks regained a 4-2 advantage in the seventh off reliever Weston Wuthrich and went on to win by that same score.
- Mullennix and Casanueva both had two hits apiece.
- Steven Bruce started and went six innings, striking out three batters.
Game 2: Keiser defeated South Carolina Beaufort 5-4.
- Brad Myott scored the game's first run in the second inning on a solo homer to right center making it 1-0. A throwing error by the catcher in the fourth extended the Seahawks lead to 2-0.
- South Carolina Beaufort got a run back in the fourth on a double down the left field line making it 2-1.
- Myott hit a two run homer to right field in the sixth for his second of the game pushing the advantage to 4-1. A Sand Sharks two out double in the seventh cut the deficit to 4-2, but Daniel Arroyo answered with a two out double down the left field line in the eighth making it 5-2.
- The Sand Sharks platted two runs in the ninth on a homerun getting to within 5-4 but Damian Boyum came in to retire the last two batters picking up his first save of the year.
- Kyle Keatts moved to 2-0 after going seven innings with five strikeouts.
- Myott led the way with two hits and three runs batted in.
Up Next
These same teams meet tomorrow in game three of the series starting at 12:00 p.m.
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