Game Information
Game Scores: No. 17 Keiser 3, Trinity Christian 0|No. 17 Keiser 3, Trinity Christian 2
Records: No. 17 Keiser (17-8), Trinity Christian (6-8)
Location: Chains of Lakes Park Stadium, Winter Haven, Fla.
Game One
Score: No. 17 Keiser 4, Trinity Christian 7
Pitchers of Record: W: Howell (1-0), L: Voss (1-2)
Time of Game: 1:51
Weather: 70, Sunny
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Keiser Highlights
- Keiser managed just six hits in the opening game, led by Garrett Hall with two.
- Peter Crocitto had the lone extra-base hit for the Seahawks.
- Jake Voss suffered the loss after lasting just three innings. Jake Taraska was strong out of the pen, striking out three in 0.2 innings of work. Marcus Villar threw a scoreless seventh with a strikeout.
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Tough Stretch
Trinity scored seven unanswered runs after Keiser took the early 1-0 advantage.
How it Happened
- Voss put himself in trouble during the second with a pair of walks and a hit batsmen but rebounded to get an inning ending fly out to center.
- In the third, a pair of one-out errors on Trinity led to the first run of the game as Diaz ripped an RBI single through the left side to lead 1-0.
- The Trolls tied the game in the bottom half with a two-out RBI single to center and took their first advantage in the fourth with three runs, all coming with nobody-out.
- Trinity added three more runs fifth to lead 7-1 before Keiser attempted to rally in the sixth.
- Nick Diaz was hit by the first pitch of the inning and moved to second on Hall's single to right. Crocitto then brought in a run with a double to left-center.
- Back-to-back RBI ground-outs by Nate VanKan and Juan De La Cruz brought the Seahawks to within 7-4.
- However, Kieser couldn't muster another run as they fell in game one, 7-4.
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Game Two
Score: No. 17 Keiser 3, Trinity Christian 2
Pitchers of Record: W: Powers (1-0), L: Vanderlee (0-3), S: Byrd (1)
Time of Game: 1:50
Weather: 78, Mostly Sunny
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Keiser Highlights
- Hall went 3-for-3 in the second game while Jonathan Fernandez was 2-for-3 to account for five of the Seahawks nine hits.
- Ryan Powers earned his first win of the year, tossing four strong innings with five strikeouts. Fletcher Byrd picked up his first save of the season, tossing a perfect seventh.
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Extra-Run
A balk on the Trolls in the fifth allowed the Seahawks to score what would become the game-winning run.
How it Happened
- Trinity grabbed the early 1-0 lead in the first after Tholl ripped a one-out double to left.
- The Seahawks were held scoreless until the third when they plated two runs on three hits.
- Diaz started the inning with a double to left and scored on a double to left-center by Hall. Following the second-out of the frame, VanKan singled to center as KU took a 2-1 advantage.
- Keiser added an insurance run in the fifth as Fernandez was rewarded home on a balk.
- Trinity looked to make things interesting in the sixth as Wood led off with a homerun to left but the Trolls were held hitless during the remainder of the game as Keiser came out on top, 3-2.
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Up Next
Keiser will enjoy a day off before wrapping up the RussMatt on Monday against Aquinas in a doubleheahder. Game one is set for 9:45 a.m. at Lake Myrtle Park #4.
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