Game Information a
Score: No. 13 Keiser 3, Saint Ambrose 1|No. 13 Keiser 19, Saint Ambrose 2
Records: No. 13 Keiser (18-5), Saint Ambrose (3-10)
Series: 4-0, KU
Location: Silvester Field, West Palm Beach, Fla.
Time of Game: 1:39|2:15
Pitchers of Record: W: Lamrouex (5-2), L: Kurtz (0-2), S: Ragins (1)|Alfonso (1-0), L: Kesselmayer (1-1)
Weather: 79, Partly Cloudy
Game One
Keiser Highlights
- Alec Lamrouex improved to 5-2 on the year after going 5.1 innings with five strikeouts. Lamrouex held the Bees to just four hits.
- Darrien Ragins earned his first save after throwing 1.2 perfect innings with four punch outs.
- Ryan Gronlier was the lone Seahawk to record multiple hits while driving in a pair of runs.
Turning Point
Ragins came out of the pen in the sixth inning with the tying run on the second and out-out. The senior buckled down and struck out the next two batters to escape the jam.
How it Happened
- The game remained scoreless until the third when the Seahawks pushed a run across.
- Gronlier led off with a double to center and pinch runner Tivon Faneyte moved to third on a sacrifice bunt by Justin Lara. Following a groundout, Miguel Casanueva singled through the left side to take the 1-0 advantage.
- Saint Ambrose quickly tied the game in the fourth after Gonzalez went yard on the first pitch he saw.
- However, Keiser went back in front during the bottom half on a sacrifice fly to center by Gronlier, scoring Lopez.
- The Bees threatened in the sixth with runners on second and third with one-out, but reliever, Ragins, struck out the next two hitters to keep the 3-1 lead.
Game Two
Keiser Highlights
- The Seahawks erupted with 19 hits including three-hit performances from, CJ Fitzpatrick, Marco Rivera, Carlos Lopez, and Zack Saldivar.
- Eight players drove in at least a run with Saldivar delivering a season-best four.
- Keiser hit four home runs in the contest and had six extra-base hits.
- Alex Perez earned the start and went three innings with four punch outs. Alex Alfonso received the win after striking out two in an inning of work.
Turning Point
Keiser's offensive power show was on full display during the second game as the Seahawks tallied 19 runs on 19 hits, including four home runs to easily defeat Saint Ambrose, 19-2.
How it Happened
- Saint Ambrose struck first for just the second time in the series with a run in the first before KU put up four in the bottom half.
- The Seahawks loaded the bases with two-outs and used RBI singles by Lara and Saldivar along with a walk to Casanueva to lead 4-1.
- For the second straight inning, Keiser loaded the bases with two-outs, when Karsten Sherman delivered a bases-clearing double to right center, making it 7-1.
- Casanueva extended the margin to eight in the third with a leadoff home run to left center.
- Keiser then erupted in the fourth with nine runs on seven hits, highlighted by a three-run shot from Rivera to lead 17-2.
- Following a scoreless fifth, Lopez and Pena connected on solo homers to cap off the 19-2 victory and sweep the four-game set.
Up Next
The Seahawks remain home on Tuesday to take on Florida National in a doubleheader, starting at noon.