Matchup: No. 8 Keiser vs. Thomas (Ga.)
Records: No. 8 Keiser (9-5, 2-0 SUN), Thomas (Ga.) (7-4, 0-2 SUN)
Silvester Field (
300; Left Center - 330; Center - 350; Right Center - 357; Right - 305)
West Palm Beach, Fla.
Season Series: 2-0, Keiser
- Keiser improves to 9-5 on the year - 2-0 in Sun Conference action.
- After Friday's doubleheader, KU's team batting average is now at .327.
- The Seahawks recorded 24 runs on 24 hits on the day.
- Nate Brodsky hit .600 (6-for-10) with five RBI in the two-game set.
- Brodsky finished the day with an OPS of 1.236.
- Cyrus Grimes went 3-for-8 with three walks and five RBI on Friday.
- Grimes drove in five and scored four runs with an OPS of 1.420.
- The Seahawks were 4-for-5 on stolen base attempts.
- Keiser hit a total of 11 extra-base hits with four home runs.
- KU pitchers struck out 17 Night Hawk batters and recorded a 4.24 ERA.
- With the two wins, Keiser improves to 17-11 all-time versus Thomas (Ga.).
Score: Keiser 12, Thomas (Ga.) 0 (8 inn.)
Pitchers of Record: W: Reisz (3-0), L: Fisher (2-1), S: None
Time of Game: 2:21
- Starter Garret Reisz earned his third win of the season, tossing seven shutout innings.
- The Seahawk starter struck out five while allowing just four hits.
- Parker Grahe came out of the pen, allowing no runs on one hit in one inning of relief.
- Tim Bouchard was a perfect 3-for-3 from the dish with four RBI and a run scored.
- Bouchard notched his fifth homer of the season in the contest.
- Cyrus Grimes scored a game-high four runs and drove in three more with a 2-for-3 performance.
- Mason Dinesen and Nate Brodsky each collected two hits in the game.
- The Seahawks totaled five extra-base hits.
Keiser 2, Thomas (Ga.) 0
Keiser 3, Thomas (Ga.) 0
- Matt Schrick stole second and scored on a failed pick-off attempt by Thomas pitcher Riley Fisher.
Keiser 4, Thomas (Ga.) 0
- After singles by Grimes and Mason Dinesen, Bouchard singled through the right side scoring both base runners.
Keiser 5, Thomas (Ga.) 0
- Xavier Acosta reached second on a double to center field.
- A single by Nate Brodsky put runners on the corners.
- A double steal by Acosta and Brodsky, scored the Keiser designated hitter from third.
Keiser 7, Thomas (Ga.) 0
- Grimes reached first with a lead-off walk.
- A double by Dinesen moved Grimes to third.
- Bouchard drove in Grimes with a sac fly to center field.
- Anthony Catalano singled through the left side of the infield, scoring Dinesen.
Keiser 12, Thomas (Ga.) 0
- Zach Mazur lead off the inning, reaching first after being hit by a pitch.
- Schrick drove a two-run shot to left center to give Keiser a 9-0 lead.
- The next batter (Acosta) reached base on a walk.
- A Brodsky single put runners on first and second.
- Grimes crushed a 2-0 pitch over the right-field fence, ending the game (mercy rule).
Score: No. 8 Keiser 12, Thomas (Ga.) 8
Pitchers of Record: W: DeFalle (2-1), L: Montanez (0-1), S: None.
Time of Game: 3:40
- Nick DeFalle came out of the pen to earn his second win of the season.
- The right-hander allowed no runs on no hits with two strikeouts in two innings of relief.
- Danny Galvan tossed two no-hit innings with two strikeouts.
- Brandon McCabe shut the door allowing no runs on one hit in the top of the ninth.
- Nate Brodsky drove in five runs, going 4-for-5 five for the dish.
- Mason Dinesen scored three runs while going 3-for-5, including a home run.
- Anthony Catalano went 2-for-3 with two doubles, an RBI, and two runs scored.
- The Seahawks tallied six extra-base hits in the game.
Thomas (Ga.) 7, Keiser 0
- With runners on first and second, a three-run blast by Turner Maddox gave the Night Hawks a 3-0 lead.
- The Night Hawks loaded the bases and a walk by Michael Sowers brought in the fourth run of the inning.
- TU catcher Chandler Skelly drove in three more runs with a double.
Thomas (Ga.) 7, Keiser 1
Thomas (Ga.) 8, Keiser 1
- With a runner on second, Matthew Delay Jr. singled up the middle to bring home the Night Hawk run.
Thomas (Ga.) 8, Keiser 7
- The Seahawks loaded the bases as the first three batters of the inning got on base.
- A walk drawn by Matt Schrick brought home Tim Bouchard from third.
- Dinesen, who was on third, scored on a balk by TU pitcher Brandon Steele.
- The Sehawks loaded the bases again.
- Nate Brodsky hit at first-pitch single to left-center, scoring Schrick and Anthony Catalano.
- A double by Cyrus Grimes drove in two more runs as Brodsky and Nathan Guidara crossed home plate.
Keiser 11, Thomas (Ga.) 8
- Following a single by Dinesen to lead off the inning, Catalano doubled to right-center, driving the KU second baseman.
- Catalano scored on a throwing error by TU's shortstop.
- With the bases loaded, Brodsky singled to center, scoring Luke O'Hara and Priamo Lozada.
Keiser 12, Thomas (Ga.) 8
- Back-to-back walks put Seahawks on first and second.
- Brodsky singled to left, brining home O'Hara for the team's 12th run of the game.
Keiser vs. Thomas (Ga.) in the final game of the weekend series on Saturday, February 19. First pitch is set for 12:00 p.m. in West Palm Beach , Fla.
