Game Information
Game Scores: No. 17 Keiser 9, Ave Maria 5|No. 17 Keiser 2, Ave Maria 7
Records: No. 17 Keiser (20-10, 8-4), Ave Maria (12-16, 4-8)
Location: Silvester Field, West Palm Beach, Fla.
 
Game One
Score: No. 17 Keiser 9, Ave Maria 5
Pitchers of Record: W: Mercado (1-0), L: Krizen (2-3)
Time of Game: 3:10
Weather: 78, Overcast


Keiser Highlights

• Cristian Sanjurjo led all hitters in the game with four hits while Drew Reilly was close behind with three.
• Juan De La Cruz and Josh Aprea recorded multiple hits in the contest.
• Peter Crocitto and Reilly finished with two RBI's apiece.
• Todd Mercado earned his first win of the season for the Seahawks after throwing an inning of relief.
   

 
Clutch Cole
Fisher Cole came out of the pen with the bases loaded in the seventh and retired the next three outs as the Seahawks remained in front.

How it Happened

• The first three Seahawks reached in the bottom of the first before a wild pitch allowed a run to cross the plate. Crocitto drew a walk to reload the bases and a double-play upped the advantage to two-runs.
• A throwing error on De La Cruz trying to get the runner at third allowed the first Gyrenes run to score in the second.
• Hall led off the third with a double to center and scored on an RBI single through the right-side by Croictto as the margin stood at 3-1.
• Ave Maria grabbed a run in the fifth and two in the sixth to take a 4-3 advantage but Keiser answered with five in the bottom half as they batted through the lineup.
• The Seahawks loaded the bases with nobody-out when Sanjurjo tied the game with a single to center. Hall drew a four-pitch walk to retake the lead and a Crocitto sacrifice fly to right by made it 6-4. Reilly capped the scoring with a two-run double to right as the lead grew to 8-4.
• The Gyrenes scored just one run in the seventh despite loading the bases with nobody-out as Cole came out of the pen to retire the final three-outs including a pair of strikeouts.
• Aprea capped the scoring in the eighth with his first collegiate RBI as the Seahawks took game one of the doubleheader, 9-5.

 
 
Game Two
Score: No. 17 Keiser 0, Ave Maria 0
Pitchers of Record: W: Christopher (2-2), L: Powers (1-1)
Time of Game: 3:00
Weather: 78, Overcast

Keiser Highlights

• The Seahawks tallied 14 hits in the third game of the series as Diaz, Fernandez, De La Cruz, and Encarnacion had multiple hits.
• Hall led the squad with two runs batted in.

 
How it Happened

• The Seahawks scored the opening run of the contest in the second on an RBI single to right by Aprea, scoring Encarnacion, who reached on a double to left.
• Ave Maria quickly answered with a leadoff home run in the next inning and took a 2-1 advantage following a two-out single to left.
• The Gyrenes tacked on two more runs in fifth and sixth to lead 6-1. De La Cruz crushed the first pitch of the seventh to left-center to get within 6-2 but AMU got the run back with an error on the shortstop.
• AMU added a run in the eighth to extend their advantage to 7-2 as the game moved to the bottom of the ninth.
• The Seahawks wouldn't go down easily as they pushed across three run with two-outs but fell short in the end, 7-5. In the frame, Fernandez had an RBI double and Hall recorded a two-run to single to right.

 
Up Next
The Seahawks head to Warner on Tuesday for a non-conference game at Warner. First pitch is scheduled for 3:30 p.m.