Game Information
Game Scores: Keiser 8, Ave Maria 4| Keiser 9, Ave Maria 4
Records: Keiser (25-14), Ave Maria (13-26)
Location: Bowie's Field, Ave Maria, Fla.

Game One
Score: Keiser 8, Ave Maria 4
Pitchers of Record: W: Powers (2-1), L: Halteman (0-6)
Time of Game: 2:10
Weather: Partly Cloudy
 
Keiser Highlights

• Nate VanKan paced the offense with a 3-for-3 performance including a game-best four runs batted in.
• Garrett Hall finished with multiple hits while Peter Crocitto and Ezequis Encarnacion drove in two runs apiece.
• Erick Vargas started the game, throwing three innings with three strikeouts, while earning the victory.

Near Cycle
VanKan was a single shy of hitting for the cycle as he finished with a home run, triple, and double.

How it Happened

• The first hit of the game by the Seahawks resulted in the opening two runs as VanKan connected on a triple to left-center as Keiser took a 2-0 lead.
• Ave Maria got a run back in the third with a one-out single but the Seahawks tacked on three more in the fifth.
• Crocitto plated the first run with a sacrifice fly to left and a two-run single to left by Ezequias Encarnacion raised the advantage to 6-1.
• The Gyrenes pushed across two runs in the bottom half before KU matched them in the top half of the sixth.
• VanKan blasted a solo bomb to left and Crocitto added a run with an RBI single to left as the lead stood at 7-3.
• AMU grabbed a run back in the bottom half but a two-out RBI double to right-center by VanKan capped the scoring as Keiser took game one, 8-4.

 
 
Game Two
Score: Keiser 9, Ave Maria 4
Pitchers of Record: W: Kenagy (3-0), L: Conway (2-2)
Time of Game: 2:10
Weather: Overcast
 
Keiser Highlights

• Crocitto led the offensive charge in the second game with a 3-for-4 performance including an RBI.
• Hall tallied multiple hits and RBI's while Juan De La Cruz also had two RBI's.
• Colton Kenagy earned the win after tossing three strong innings with two strikeouts.

How it Happened

• A Crocitto double down the left field line was followed by a first-pitch single to right by Hall as the Seahawks had runners on the corners with one-out in the first.
• Juan De La Cruz then connected on an RBI single to right-center and Encarnacion followed with an RBI double to center as Keiser claimed a 2-0 advantage.
• Ave Maria got on the board in the second with a run but Keiser answered with three in the third. Back-to-back sacrifice flies from De La Cruz and VanKan moved the lead to 4-1 and an error on the second basemen allowed the fifth run to cross the plate.
• Following a second run for AMU in the third, Hall picked up an RBI off a groundout as the lead stood at 6-2.
• The Gyrenes tallied a run in the bottom half of the fourth and fifth innings to climb within 6-4. Back-to-back two-out RBI singles by Crocitto and Hall extended the advantage to 8-4 through six innings.
• A Casanueva sacrifice fly in the seventh capped the scoring as the Seahawks swept the Gyrenes in the non-conference doubleheader, 9-4.