Matchup: Keiser Seahawks vs Columbia Int'l Rams
Records: Keiser Seahawks
(9-1), Columbia Int'l
(0-6)
Silvester Field (
Left - 300; Left Center - 330; Center - 350; Right Center - 357; Right - 305)
West Palm Beach, Fla.
Season Series: KU, 3-0
The Keiser baseball team won their fourth straight with a doubleheader sweep of the Columbia Int'l Rams on Friday. Off to their best start though 10 games since the 2021 season (10-0), the Seahawks hit .333 on the day with five extra-base hits and 21 RBI. The KU pitching staff registered 24 strikeouts in 16.0 innings of action.
- With the doubleheader win, Keiser moves to 9-1 on the year.
- The Seahawks improve to 9-2 all-time versus the Rams.
- Keiser has now won four straight over the Rams.
- For the series, Keiser is batting .343 with five home runs and 31 RBI.
- The Keiser pitching staff has recorded 34 strikeouts.
Score: Keiser 14, Columbia Int'l 7 (7 inn.)
Pitchers of Record: W: Wise (1-0), L: Dunlap (0-1), S: None
Time of Game: 2:19
- The Keiser pitching staff allowed seven runs (all earned) on seven hits but struck out 13 Ram hitters.
- Starter Kaden Wise allowed five runs on five hits with three Ks.
- Mike Acierno came out of the pen, tossing 4.1 innings with two hits and one earned run, striking out eight.
- Keiser produced 12 hits in the game, led by Seth Lucero with three.
- The Seahawk shortstop drove in three runs while scoring one (3-for-4).
- Simon Grinberg had a 2-for-3 game with three RBI and three runs scored.
- Grinberg blasted his fourth home run of the season with a two-run blast in the bottom of the fifth.
- Jhamante Woods went 2-for-3 from the dish, scoring two and driving in another.
Columbia Int'l 2, Keiser 0
- The Rams scored two in the first, followed by a two-RBI single up the middle by Collin Greer.
Keiser 6, Columbia Int'l 2
- The Seahawks responded with six runs in their half of the inning.
- After a bases-loaded walk (four straight balls) of Palmer Hutchison brought home Keiser's first run of the game, Edbarry Guzman gave the Seahawks the lead with a 2-RBI single through the right side of the infield.
- Jhamante Woods singled in Hutchison to make it a 4-2 game.
- Seth Lucero notched his first triple of the season, bringing home Woods and Guzman to give the Seahawks a four-run lead.
Keiser 6, Columbia Int'l 5
- A bases-loaded double by the Rams drove in three to cut the Keiser lead to one run.
Keiser 12, Columbia Int'l 5
- The Seahawks offense exploded for six runs on four hits and two CIU errors to take a seven-run lead.
- RBIs by Pablo Ruiz, Grinberg, and Hutchison, coupled with a run scored on a wild pitch, gave Keiser the 10-5 lead.
- Another wild pitch and an RBI by Lucero rounded out the scoring for the Seahawks in the inning.
Keiser 14, Columbia Int'l 5
- Grinberg drove in two more with his fourth home run of the season, sending a shot over the left-field fence.
Keiser 14, Columbia Int'l 6
- The Rams added a run with a lead-off homer.
Keiser 14, Columbia Int'l 7
- With the bases loaded and two outs, a hit-by-pitch brought in CIU's seventh run of the game.
- Chuck Fishbaugh came in to record the final out (an infield groundout) and end the contest.
Score: Keiser 11, Columbia Int'l 3
Pitchers of Record: W: Cord (1-0), L: Garris (0-2), S: None
Time of Game: 2:40
- Cord Babcock picked up his first win of the season, tossing 3.0 innings of relief.
- Babcock allowed one run on three hits while striking out three.
- Starter Cole Glassburn struck out five in 4.0 innings of work.
- Reese Collins recorded a career-high four RBI, going 2-for-4 from the dish.
- Jhamante Woods drove in three and scored two in the contest.
- Seth Lucero had a 2-for-4 game with an RBI and a run scored.
Columbia Int'l 1, Keiser 0
- The Rams struck first in the top of the first, scoring on an RBI-single by Britton Morris.
Keiser 4, Columbia Int'l 1
- With the bases loaded, Jhanante Woods hit a double to right field, driving in three runs as Keiser led 3-1.
- Reese Collins drove in the team's fourth run with an RBI-single, scoring Woods.
Keiser 4, Columbia Int'l 2
- A solo shot by CIU's Emmanuel Maldonado on the first pitch of the inning cut Keiser's lead to two, 4-2.
Keiser 9, Columbia Int'l 2
- The Seahawks blew the game wide open with a five-run fifth.
- After two walks and a hit-by-pitch, Keiser had the bases loaded and just one out.
- Collins brought home another run, drawing the bases-loaded walk.
- Cam Verrier made it 6-2 with an RBI-single through the left side of the infield.
- A wild pitch and a throwing error by the catcher plated two more runs for the Seahawks.
- Seth Lucero brought home the team's fifth run of the inning with a double down the left-field line.
Keiser 9, Columbia Int'l 3
- Jordan Murphy took a 1-2 pitch over the fence in left-center.
Keiser 11, Columbia Int'l 3
- Collins registered two more RBI (four for the game) with a single through the left side of the infield.
Keiser will close out the series with CIU on Saturday, February 10. First pitch of the fourth and final game is set for 11:00 AM from Silvester Jr. Field.
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