Matchup: No. 8 Keiser vs. Columbia Int'l
Records: No. 8 Keiser (3-3), Columbia Int'l (0-5)
Silvester Field (
300; Left Center - 330; Center - 350; Right Center - 357; Right - 305)
West Palm Beach, Fla.
Season Series: 2-0, Keiser
- Friday marked the first meeting all-time between the two schools with Keiser sweeping the doubleheader.
- Keiser registered 12 extra-base hits in the two games on Friday.
- With two stolen bases on the day, Keiser is 9-of-9 in stolen base attempts this season.
- With the sweep, the Seahawks have pulled to .500 on the year (3-3).
Score: No. 8 Keiser 10, Columbia Int'l 1
Pitchers of Record: W: Reisz (1-0), L: Parish (0-1), S: None
Time of Game: 2:44
- Starter Garret Reisz registered his first win of the season, allowing just one run on seven hits in seven innings of action.
- The right-hander struck out a career-high nine batters as a member of the Keiser baseball team.
- Jonathan Amonica tossed two shutout innings of relief, allowing no runs on no hits while striking out two.
- Anthony Catalano went 2-for-5 with three RBI and two runs scored.
- The KU first baseman blasted two home runs in the game.
- Cyrus Grimes tallied his first homer as a Seahawk, going 2-for-4 with two RBI and two runs scored.
- Tim Bouchard recorded a team-high three hits while diving in a run.
- Bradley McLean had a 2-for-4 day from the plate.
- The Seahawks registered 14 hits in the game, including seven extra-base hits.
Keiser 2, Columbia Int'l 0
Keiser 3, Columbia Int'l 0
- Cyrus Grimes blasted a no-doubter down the right-field line for his first long ball as a Seahawk.
Keiser 4, Columbia Int'l 0
- After Xavier Acosta reached on an error, Jose Allende drew a base-on-balls, and Matt Schrick walked, the Seahawks had the bases loaded with two outs.
- Grimes singled to short, scoring Acosta from third.
Keiser 4, Columbia Int'l 1
- CIU's Robert Bell took a 1-2 pitch to left for the Ram's first run of the contest.
Keiser 5, Columbia Int'l 1
- Catalano took the first pitch he saw over the fence in left-center for his second homer of the game.
Keiser 10, Columbia Int'l 1
- Acosta reached second with a lead-off double.
- Pinch hitter Nathan Guidara hit a two-bagger to drive in Acosta, 6-1.
- The Rams loaded the bases after walking Grimes.
- On a full count, Tim Bouchard singled to center, scoring Guidara who was on third, 7-1.
- Mason Dinesen registered the Seahawks' third double of the inning, scoring Bouchard and Grimes, 9-1.
- Brodsky drove in the team's 10th run with a sacrifice fly to center.
Score: No. 8 Keiser 12, Columbia Int'l 4 (7 inn.)
Pitchers of Record: W: Galvan (2-0), L: Sellbach (0-2), S: None
Time of Game: 2:29
- Michael Cabeza threw five innings on Friday, allowing four runs (two earned) with six strikeouts.
- Danny Galvan picked up his second win of the season, allowing no runs on no hits in one full inning of relief.
- Brandon McCabe took the mound in the seventh striking out three.
- Tim Bouchard batted 2-for-3 with four RBI and two runs scored.
- Bouchard crushed a grand slam in the bottom of the sixth.
- Cyrus Grimes continued his hot day from the plate, going 1-for-2 with two RBI and a run scored.
- Anthony Catalano drove in two runs.
- Xavier Acosta hit a three-run homer in the bottom of the sixth.
- The Seahawks recorded five extra-base hits in the game.
Columbia Int'l 3, Keiser 0
- Kody Trujillo drew a walk and was followed by back-to-back singles by Carter Willis and Grant Bodison to load the bases with one out.
- Buddy Bleasdale grounded out to third, driving in Trujillo from third, 1-0.
- Ward Hacklen reached on an error by Bouchard, scoring Willis, 2-0.
- Robert Bell drove in the Ram's third run of the inning with a single to right.
Columbia Int'l 3, Keiser 1
- Tim Bouchard single to right to lead off the inning.
- Bouchard advanced to second on a sac bunt by Mason Dinesen.
- A walk by Matt Schrick and a single by Zach Mazur loaded the bases for the Seahawks.
- A throwing error by CIU's shortstop, on the Mazur single, allowed Schrick to score from third.
Keiser 4, Columbia Int'l 3
Keiser 4, Columbia Int'l 4
- The Rams tied the game with a solo shot by Buddy Bleasdale.
Keiser 12, Columbia Int'l 4
- The Seahawks again had the bases loaded.
- Grimes drew a walk, bringing in the go-ahead run (Xavier Acosta).
- The next batter, Bouchard, crushed a grand slam on a 3-1 pitch over the left-field fence to give KU a 9-4 lead.
- Dinesen singled to center and advanced to second on a groundout by Catalano.
- Dinesen moved 90 feet from home after stealing third.
- KU put runners on the corners after Zach Mazur walked.
- Acosta homered to left, driving in three more runs as the score moved to 12-4.
Keiser vs. Columbia International in a doubleheader to wrap up the weekend series tomorrow. Game One is set to begin at 10:00 a.m. in West Palm Beach , Fla.