Game Information
Score: No. 13 Keiser 7, No. 3 Southeastern 18 | No. 13 Keiser 7, No. 3 Southeastern 18
Records: No. 13 Keiser (25-10, 7-8), No. 3 Southeastern (39-2, 14-0)
Series: 2-0, SEU
Location: Silvester Field, West Palm Beach, Fla.
Time of Game: 3:02 | 3:20
Pitchers of Record: W: Bermudez (10-0) L: Blatch (5-3) | W: Scott (8-1) L: Hughes (3-2)
Weather: 83, Mostly Sunny

Game One
Keiser Highlights

• Carlos Pena and CJ Fitzpatrick combined for six of the nine Keiser hits in the game, each picking up three hits.
• Taylor Blatch suffered his third loss of the season, pitching 2.2 innings and striking out three.

Turning Point
After the Seahawks closed within three runs in the second, Dan Valerio's leadoff home run sparked a six-run third, extending the Southeastern advantage to 11-2.

How it Happened

• The Fire plated a pair of runs in the opening frame and tacked on three more in the second when the Seahawks answered with two runs in the bottom half to climb within 5-2.
• Pena reached on a one-out double and came in to score on a two-run home run to left off the bat of Carlos Lopez, his ninth homer of the year.
• However, Southeastern extended their lead in the third with six runs on four hits, including a pair of homers to push ahead 11-2.
• The Fire continued to add to their advantage, tacking on a run in the fourth, four in the fifth, and two more in the sixth, ballooning the margin to 18-2.
• The Seahawks scored the final five runs of the game, tallying a run in the sixth on a one-out RBI single to center by Jonathan Fernandez, and four runs in the seventh on a grand slam from Fitzpatrick, but the Fire came away with the game one victory in seven innings, 18-7.

Game Two
Keiser Highlights

• Eight different Seahawks combined for 11 hits on the contest, including five for extra bases.
• Pena, Lopez, and Fernandez picked up two hits apiece in the game.
• Despite receiving the loss, Victor Hughes pitched a stellar game as he allowed just one earned run while striking out eight in six innings of work.

Turning Point
With the game tied at 4-4 in the seventh, Valerio homered again, crushing a grand slam to left to highlight a seven-run inning, pushing SEU ahead 10-4.

How it Happened

• Southeastern jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the top of the second when Karsten Sherman tied the game in the bottom half with a solo home run to left center.
• An inning later, the Fire reclaimed a 3-1 lead and held the advantage until the bottom of the fifth as the Seahawks scored three runs on three hits to jump ahead 4-3.
• After reaching on a leadoff double to right center, Lopez moved over to third on Fitzpatrick's groundout to second and scored the first run of the inning on Tivon Faneyte's sacrifice fly to right.
• Fernandez kept the inning alive with a double to left center and came in to score the tying run as Miguel Casanueva reached on a throwing error by the third baseman. Casanueva was awarded second on the throw as it soared out of play.
• Pena then reached as he lined a singled off of the pitcher, ricocheting out of reach of the SEU defense. Noticing that the ball got away, Pena took off for second, drawing a throw from the catcher. A bad throw allowed Casanueva to come in a score, breaking the deadlock, giving the Seahawks the 4-3 lead.
• However, Southeastern broke the game open in the seventh inning, scoring seven runs, highlighted by Valerio's grand slam to retake a 10-4 advantage.
• The Seahawks then got three runs back as Marco Rivera crushed a three-run homer to left center to climb within 10-7, but the Fire added four runs in the eighth, and four in the ninth to take game two, 18-7.

 
Up Next
The same two teams meet again tomorrow to conclude the three-game set, beginning at noon.