Game Information
Score: Keiser 5, St. Thomas 4 (Game One) | Keiser 5, St. Thomas 4 (Game Two)
Records: No. 15 Keiser (12-4, 5-1 TSC), No. 12 St. Thomas (8-4, 4-2 TSC)
Series: 2-1, Keiser
Location: Miami Gardens, Fla.
Duration of Game: 2:50 |
Weather: 78, overcast
                                                             
Game One
Keiser Highlights

• Brad Myott and Tivon Faneyte combined for four of the team's six hits, also combining for two of the team's four RBIs.
• Gabby Mundo finished the contest with the most runs batted in for the Seahawks with two.
• Daniel Garmendia notched win number two after pitching seven innings, surrendering just two runs and striking out three batters.
• Jeremy Graf earned the two-inning save, yielding two runs on three hits while conserving the Keiser lead.

 
Turning Point
Myott's RBI single down the right field line in the top of the ninth proved to be the turning point. With the Seahawks ahead, 4-2, Myott laced the single to plate Faneyte for the Seahawks' fifth run of the game. The final run proved to be enough as the Bobcats scored two in the bottom of the ninth but could not overcome the deficit.
 
How it Happened

• Both squads were held scoreless until the top of the second when Keiser struck for two runs on one swing of the bat as Mundo doubled to right field, bringing home Tyler Hitt and Jack Curtis.
• The score would remain the same until the bottom half of the fourth inning when St. Thomas scored one run on Oliva's RBI ground out, cutting the Keiser lead in half.
• The Seahawks had a chance to plate a run in the top of the fifth with the bases juiced and two outs but Curtis was set down swinging to end the threat.
• The Bobcats tied the game in the bottom of the fifth after recording three consecutive hits to open the inning.
• St. Thomas could not bring the go-ahead run across the plate in the bottom of the fifth, settling for just the game-tying score.
• Faneyte stepped up in a major way in the top of the seventh, breaking the 2-2 tie with a long ball to left field for the 3-2 advantage.
• The Seahawks scored another run in the top of the eighth inning when Reyni Olivero scored on a wild pitch to extend the Keiser lead to 4-2.
• Myott's ninth-inning RBI single added the insurance run for the Seahawks, stretching the lead to 5-2.
• St. Thomas stayed in the game in the bottom of the ninth when Gutierrez singled up the middle to score Centeno from third to cut the Keiser lead to 5-3 with one out.
• After hitting the next batter and allowing a single, Graf induced an RBI groundout to notch the second out with the 5-4 advantage.
• Graf settled down for the save, forcing Palenzuel into the game-ending groundout to preserve the 5-4 victory for the Seahawks.

 
Game Two
Keiser Highlights

• Carlos Pena, Mundo and Faneyte each recorded two hits in the second game of today's doubleheader, combining for six of the team's 10 hits.
• Myott and Faneyte each belted home runs in the final game of the series as Myott launched his in the top of the ninth and Faneyte recorded his in the top of the second.
• Miguel Castellanos surrendered just two hits in the win, both solo home runs, as the Faulkner transfer notched win number three after pitching seven innings and striking out nine batters.

 
Turning Point
Miguel Castellanos' performance on the mound proved to be the turning point in the rubber match. Castellanos notched win number three after pitching seven innings of work, yielding just two runs on two hits. Castellanos finished the game with nine strikeouts.
 
How it Happened

• After both squads were sent down 1-2-3 in the first, Faneyte broke the scoreless tie with his second dinger of the day.
• After Curtis reached on an error and advanced to third, Carlos Pena singled up the middle to bring home Curtis for the 2-0 lead.
• Centeno placed St. Thomas on the board with a solo shot to left field in the bottom of the second, cutting the Keiser lead in half.
• The Seahawks scored their third run of game three when Pena doubled to right center, plating Faneyte from second for his second RBI of the game in the top of the fourth inning.
• St. Thomas answered the Keiser run with one of its own in the bottom of the fourth when Palenzuel homered to right field to trim the deficit in half yet again.
• The next chance for Keiser to score came in the top half of the seventh after Fitzpatrick laced a one-out double to right field.
• However, Olivero was caught stealing third after pinch running for Fitzpatrick, thus ending the scoring threat.
• The Seahawks added two insurance runs in the top of the ninth inning when Myott belted a two-run shot, extending the Keiser lead to 5-2.
• Just like game one of the doubleheader, the Bobcats would not go away quietly.
• After Palenzuel led off the bottom of the ninth with a double, Diaz plated two runs with one swing of the bat on a two-run shot with no outs to cut the Keiser lead to 5-4.
• Still threatening to score with runners on first and second with one out, Keiser turned to freshman Francisco Arias who recorded the final two outs for the 5-4 save.

 
Up Next
The Seahawks will return home on Friday with a 2 p.m. showdown against Ave Maria to begin a three-game series with the Gyrenes. Keiser will then close out the conference series against Ave Maria with a doubleheader on Saturday at noon and 3 p.m.