Matchup: (rv) Keiser vs. No. 18 Ave Maria
Records: Keiser Seahawks
(25-19, 8-10 SUN) vs. Ave Maria Gyrenes (31-11, 13-5 SUN)
West Palm Beach, Fla. - Silvester Jr. Field
Dimensions: 300 - Left; 330 - Left Center; 350 - Center; 357 - Right Center; 305 - Right
Series record: 39-13
(rv) Baseball split the day against No. 18 Gyrenes of Ave Maria. A single by
Anthony Catalano in the tenth inning allowed shortstop
Alejandro Macario to score in game two of the series. Junior,
Drew Lang improved his overall record to 1-1 this season after the victory against the Gyrenes.
Garret Reisz recorded the last start of his career in Silvester Jr. Field on Saturday afternoon. Sophomore,
Danny Galvan was the other starter on the mound for the Seahawks today. The Seahawks close out the regular season on the road before heading into the Sun Conference Tournament.
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- Townsend Ellis, Alejandro Macario, Anthony Catalano, Zach Mazur, Garret Reisz, Cyrus Grimes, Parker Grahe, Bradley, McLean, Ryan Powers, and Jicaran Jackson were acknowledged before the first game for their contribution to the baseball program.
- Ellis, Macario, Catalano, Reisz, Grimes, Grahe, McLean, and Powers made the last appearance of their careers at Silvester Jr. Field.
- The Seahawks remain fifth in the Sun Conference standings after this weekend's series.
- Keiser is now 23-9 at home against Ave Maria in program history.
- As a pitching staff the Seahawks recorded 14 strikeouts in the first game of the day.
- The Seahawks totaled 16 runs in today's games.
- Alejandro Macario set a new season high in hits (4) and runs scored (5).
- Junior, Drew Lang picked up his first win of the season.
- Macario recorded his tenth home run of the season and is now tied with Kenny Di Clemente for the team lead.
Score: Keiser 9, Ave Maria 8
Pitchers of Record: W: D. Lang (1-1), L: C. Horner (0-1)
Time of Game: 3:55
- Danny Galvan recorded his eighth start of the season. Galvan recorded six strikeouts in 5.1 innings.
- In relief for Galvan was Chuck Fishbaugh, Fishbaugh went in to pitch in the top of the sixth with one out and runners on the corners.
- Left-handed pitcher Brandon Vasquez went into to pitch for the Seahawks with two outs and two men on in the bottom of the top of the seventh.
- Senior, Parker Grahe pitched an inning. Parker recorded two strikeouts in his outing after he faced five batters.
- In the top of the ninth, Jordan Destefano opened up the inning.
- To close the game was Drew Lang. Lang pitched the ninth and tenth inning.
Keiser 0, Ave Maria 2
- Caylor hits a double to deep left field and recorded an RBI.
- Caylor then stole third and scored on an error by the Seahawks to extend the lead for Ave.
Keiser 3, Ave Maria 2
- John Michael Riley hit a single to third base. On an error by the Gyrenes Keiser was able to score two runs to tie the game.
- Senior, Cyrus Grimes hit a sacrifice fly to right field and brought in Riley to take the lead early on.
Keiser 4, Ave Maria 2
Keiser 4, Ave Maria 3
- Shahidi hit a single to right field and Caylor scored from second to cut the deficit by one run.
Keiser 7, Ave Maria 3
- Riley doubled to center field and brought in Macario to add to the total runs for Keiser.
- Catalano recorded an RBI on the groundout to shortstop when Kenny Di Clemente scored from third.
- Catcher, Bradley McLean doubled to the corner of left field and brought in Riley to record three runs in the half inning.
Keiser 7, Ave Maria 6
- Caylor grounded out to third base with one out and Rasbury was able to score from third to bring in the fifth run.
- Designated hitter J. Gonzalez hit a single down the right field line and recorded an RBI.
Keiser 8, Ave Maria 6
- Catalano recorded his first hit of the game and an RBI that brought in Macario.
Keiser 8, Ave Maria 8
- Catcher for the Gyrenes singled to left field and recorded an RBI.
- To tie the game Kelly hit a single up the middle.
Keiser 9, Ave Maria 8
- Catalano picked up his fourth RBI of the day, he hit a single to third base to walk off the game.
Score: Ave Maria 8, Keiser 7
Pitchers of Record: W: R. Schroed (4-2), L: G. Reisz (5-5), S: M. Barragy (2)
Time of Game: 3:05
- Garret Reisz started the third game of the series, he pitched a total of four innings.
- In the top of the fifth, Parker Grahe went in to pitch in relief of Reisz.
- Senior, Ryan Powers pitched his last game at Silvester Jr. Field. Powers took the mound in the top of the sixth.
- Jonah Backensto made an appearance for the Seahawks. This was his third time this month facing a Sun Conference opponent.
- Fishbaugh pitched for the second time today, this time in relief for Backensto. He went in with two outs and a man on first base.
- Destefano also pitched in game one of the day, he came in again in the top of the ninth.

Keiser 0, Ave Maria 3
- Caylor hit a three-run homer to left field to take the lead early on.
Keiser 0, Ave Maria 5
- Back-to-back at-bats hits for Caylor resulted in another home run.
- The right fielder for the Gyrenes hit a home run to left field to extend their lead.
Keiser 2, Ave Maria 5
Keiser 2, Ave Maria 7
- J. Gonzalez singled to right field and Kelly scored from third after stealing back-to-back bases.
- Shahidi singled to left-center and J. Gonzalez scored from second.
Keiser 5, Ave Maria 7
- Macario hit a solo home run to left field to bring in another run for Keiser
- Riley doubled to right field and registered an RBI as Di Clemente scored from second base.
- After advancing to third on the ground out from Grimes, Riley scored on an error by the Ave Maria pitcher.
Keiser 5, Ave Maria 8
- With a single to second base by J. Gonzalez the Gyrenes scored.
Keiser 7, Ave Maria 8
- With an out on the board, Grimes hit a two-run homer to left field with a man on first base to record two RBIs.
The Seahawks will travel down south to Miami Gardens, Fla., to play the Bobcats of St. Thomas University in the last regular season Sun Conference matchup. The first game of the series will take place on Friday, April 28 at 6:00 pm.
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