Game Information
Game One Score: No. 24 Keiser 6, Thomas 5|No. 24 Keiser 11, Thomas 8
Records: No. 24 Keiser (9-1, 5-0), Thomas (1-7, 1-4)
Series: 2-0, Keiser
Location: Varnedoe Stadium, Thomasville, GA
 
Game One
Score: No. 24 Keiser 6, Thomas 5
Pitchers of Record: W: Alfonso (1-0), L: Westbrook (0-1), S: Cole (1)
Time of Game: 2:41
Weather: 68 degrees, Mostly Cloudy
 
Keiser Highlights

• Cristian Sanjurjo went 3-for-5 with the game-winning single in the ninth. Nick Diaz also finished with multiple hits in game of the series.
• Mark Gottsacker drove in a pair of runs while Nate VanKan crossed the plate on a pair of occasions.
• Alex Alfonso earned his first win of the year and Fisher Cole recorded the save, his first of the campaign. Chad Tworek took a no decision despite going 5.2 innings with five strikeouts.

Key Scenario
The Seahawks overcame a season-high five errors as Sanjurjo scored the game-winning run with a two-out single in the ninth.
 
How it Happened

• The Seahawks had runners on the corners with one-away in the third when Gottsacker drilled a shot into the left-center gap, scoring both runners to take a 2-0 lead.  Peter Crocitto followed with a sacrifice fly to center, making it 3-0.
• Thomas threatened in the bottom half with the bases loaded and two-away but Tworek induced an inning ending groundout to first.
• The Night Hawks broke through in the sixth with four runs on two-outs to take a 4-3 advantage and remained in front until the eighth.
• Keiser's first three batters reached before a balk allowed a run to come across, tying the game at 4-4. Following a Gottsacker strikeout, Crocitto was intentionally walked to reload the bases.
• Drew Reilly then connected on a sacrifice fly to center, scoring VanKan, who had reached on a walk to retake a 5-4 lead.
• However, Thomas retied the game in the bottom half with a clutch two-out RBI single up the middle.
• The Seahawks jumped back ahead in the ninth when Sanjurjo connected on a two-out RBI single to left, making it 6-5.
• Cole earned his first save of the year after stranding a pair of runners on base as Bryan grounded into a game-ending fielder's choice.

 
Game Two
Score: No. 24 Keiser 11, Thomas 8
Pitchers of Record: W: Mercado (1-0), L: Haley (0-1)
Time of Game: 3:15
Weather: 77 degree, Mostly Cloudy

Keiser Highlights

• The Seahawks tallied 17 hits in the second game of the doubleheader, led by three-hit performances from Nick Diaz, Gottsacker, and Crocitto.
• For the second straight game, Gottsacker led the team in RBI's with three. Diaz contributed two as well.
• Todd Mercado picked up his first win of the season, throwing two strong innings in relief, striking out four batters.

 
How it Happened

• Keiser claimed a 1-0 lead in the first on an RBI single from Gottsacker but Thomas responded with two runs in the bottom half to lead 2-1.
• The Seahawks loaded the bases in the third with nobody out but Carter escaped the jam with a pair of strikeouts and fly-out.
• Diaz put Keiser back on top in the fourth with a two-run home run, his first of the season, making it 3-2.
• However, the Night Hawks struck back in the bottom half with four runs, including three with two-outs, taking back the lead at 6-3.
• A leadoff home run by Crocitto, his third of the year, brought the Seahawks to within two in the top half of the fifth. Jonathan Fernandez then used clutch two-out hitting to bring in Reilly from second to trail 6-5.
• In the seventh, three straight Seahawk singles loaded the bases before pinch hitter, Garrett Hall, drew a game-tying walk. Keiser tacked on four more runs in the inning, highlighted by a two-run single from Gottsacker to lead 10-6.
• TU got a run back in the bottom half before the Seahawks added an insurance run in the ninth on a two-out RBI double from Reilly to lead 11-7. 
• Thomas scratched across a run in the bottom half with two-outs but it was to little to late as KU came out on top, 11-8.

Up Next
The Seahawks will look for their second straight series sweep tomorrow with a noon first pitch.