Game Information
Score: Keiser 6, Northwestern Ohio 0 (Game One) | Keiser 10, Northwestern Ohio 5 (Game Two)
Records: #15 Keiser (6-3), #19 Northwestern Ohio (9-4)
Series: 3-1, Keiser
Location: Emerson, Ga.
Time of Game: 2:06 | 2:40
Weather: 38 and cloudy
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Game 1
Keiser Highlights
- Miguel Castellanos pitched a gem in game three of the four-game series, pitching a complete-game shutout and striking out 11 batters and yielding no walks to the Racers.
- Brad Myott led the offensive charge for the Seahawks, collecting two of the team's five hits and plating three of the team's six runs.
- Keiser shut out Northwestern Ohio for the second time in three games. The Seahawks accumulated just one shutout victory last season.
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Turning Point
The difference maker in game one of today's doubleheader proved to be the poise and pitching of
Miguel Castellanos. The transfer senior from Faulkner surrendered just six hits and struck out 11 batters in the process of shutting out the Racers.
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How it Happened
- Neither team was able to crack the scoreboard in the first three innings as UNOH was held to just one hit and the Seahawks were held hitless.
- The Racers first real threat came in the top of the fourth inning when Gonzalez singled and later stole second with nobody out.
- Castellanos continued his work, striking out the next two batters before inducing an inning-ending pop out.
- Keiser seized its first scoring advantage of the game in the bottom of the fourth inning after Dylan Dore singled and later advanced to second after Carlos Lopez's ground out to third.
- With two outs, Myott recorded his first of three RBIs with a single through the right side, plating Dore from second.
- Tyler Hitt, coming in to courtesy run for Myott, scored from second on a throwing error by the UNOH pitcher to give the Seahawks the 2-0 advantage.
- The wheels came off of the Racers in the bottom of the fifth inning as Keiser plated four runs, beginning with Dore's bases-loaded walk with one out.
- Lopez registered the next run of the inning for the Seahawks, drawing a bases-loaded walk of his own with two outs.
- Myott plated two more runs in the inning with a single up the middle to stretch the Keiser lead to 6-0.
- UNOH threatened to score in the top of the seventh inning when the Racers corralled back-to-back-to-back singles with one out.
- Castellanos was not phased, punching out Correa and Paulino to escape the jam and walk away with the complete-game shutout.
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Game 2
Keiser Highlights
- Three Seahawks recorded multiple hits in game two, collecting six of the team's 11 combined hits.
- Tom Prospero finished the game batting 2-2 with two RBIs and drawing two walks, while CJ Fitzpatrick recorded three RBIs of his own.
- Connor Morrison notched his first win of the season as he came in for relief of Keivan Berges, pitching three innings and giving up two earned runs in the process.
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Turning Point
The turning point in today's contest came in the top of the fourth inning when the Seahawks plated five runs on six hits. Keiser entered the fourth inning trailing 3-0, but successfully drove five runners across the diamond to take the 5-3 lead that would never be relinquished.
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How it Happened
- The Racers struck first and struck fast in the bottom of the first inning when Fisher laced a leadoff home run to left field off Keivan Berges.
- Gonzalez then singled to right center and later scored on a throwing error by Pena with one out as UNOH claimed the 2-0 advantage.
- Berges then struck out Cardona and incuded a Gomez fly out to center field to end the inning.
- The Seahawks picked up their first hit in the top of the third when Dore singled to right center with one out.
- Keiser had the bases loaded after Fitzpatrick reached on a fielding error, but were unable to convert as Berges grounded into a double play.
- UNOH stretched its lead to 3-0 in the bottom of the third inning when Cardenas singled to center field, bringing Fisher in to score from second.
- The Keiser offense came alive in the top of the fourth as Lopez doubled to right center, plating Faneyte from first as the first Seahawk run of game two.
- The Seahawks pulled to within one when Carlos Pena singled through the left side of the infield with runners on the corners, bringing Lopez in to score.
- With runners on first and second and one out, Prospero registered one of his two hits in the contest with a double down the right field line, bringing Casanueva around to score, tying the game at 3-3.
- After Dore walked to load the bases, Fitzpatrick lifted the go-ahead sacrifice fly to center field to bring Hitt across the plate for the 4-3 lead.
- Keiser's final run of the inning came when Berges singled up the middle, bringing Prospero in from third to extend the Keiser lead to 5-3.
- The Seahawks struck for three more runs in the top of the sixth, beginning with Prospero's single up the middle to bring Hitt home from second, extending the lead to 6-3.
- With runners on the corner and no outs, Fitzpatrick dropped down the sacrifice bunt to bring Prospero in from third, advancing Dore to second base.
- The final Keiser run of the sixth came when Dore scored from third following a fielding error by the UNOH first baseman, giving the Seahawks the 8-3 advantage.
- The Racers closed the gap to three when Gomez lifted a two-run shot off Morrison with zero outs in the inning.
- Morrison dug in and struck out two of the next three batters he faced to preserve the 8-5 advantage heading into the final inning.
- Keiser added insurance runs in the top of the seventh inning when Gabby Mundo scored on a wild pitch and Curtis scored off a Fitzpatrick single, stretching the Keiser lead to 10-5.
- Jeremy Graf entered the game in the bottom of the seventh, recording a 1-2-3 inning to end the game and solidify the 10-5 victory for Keiser.
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Up Next
The Seahawks return to action on Tuesday when they travel to Lake Wales, Fla., to take on Warner in a nonconference contest at 3 p.m.
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