Florida Southern Baseball Sweeps Opening Series Against PBA

Box Score 1 | Box Score 2 LAKELAND, Fla. – Competing in a nine and seven inning double header, the Florida Southern College baseball team would outscore Palm Beach Atlantic 25-2 over the course of the two games en route to sweeping their opening series of the 2021 season. The Mocs won Game One, 15-1, before completing the sweep with a 10-1 victory in Game Two.

HOW IT HAPPENED
 
GAME ONE

• PBA opened the scoring when Landen Morrision hit an RBI single in the second inning, driving in Sean Houck to score the only Sailfish run of the game
• FSC answered back by scoring three runs in the bottom of the second, with two of them coming on a Tor Sehnert home run. Catcher Santino Miozzi added an RBI single as freshman Cade Shissler came around to score and FSC would never trail again, taking the 3-1 lead.
• Miozzi would add another RBI in the fourth as he drove in Shissler again on a sacrifice fly to center making it a 4-1 game.
• The Mocs would add another five runs in the fifth, highlighted by an Alan Burnsed three-run home run to center. By the end of five, the Mocs were up 9-1.
• In the sixth, Sehnert unloaded for his second long ball of the day as he went the other way for a 2-run blast, making it an 11-1 game.
• The Mocs would add another two runs in the seventh and eighth innings.
• On the mound, junior lefthander Nathan Madej pitched five innings of one run ball in his Moc debut, while junior Brant Brown and senior J.J. Niekro combined for four scoreless innings from the bullpen.

GAME TWO

• The Mocs struck first, scoring six runs in the bottom of the first inning on two hits and four walks.
• The team would score again in the third as Sehnert drove in senior Zach Scott, who had led off the inning with a double, to make it a 7-0 ballgame.
• PBA threatened in the sixth, scoring one run, but junior right hander Ryan Langford was able to work out of a bases loaded jam and keep the score 7-1.
• In the seventh, senior Vaun Brown launched a two-run shot down the left field line to make it a 9-1 game. Sophomore Dylan Costa would come around to score on a wild pitch, giving the Mocs double digit scoring in all three games of the series.
• Starting pitcher Andrew Williamson pitched five shutout innings while allowing one hit and striking out seven Sailfish.

 
INSIDE THE NUMBERS

• With the Game One win, the Mocs improved to 48-16 in home openers and have now won their last four straight games at Henley Field to begin a season.
• The Mocs now have a 29-9 series advantage against PBA with an 18-5 record against the Sailfish at Henley.
• With his HBP in game two, Brown now has 34 HBP in his career, moving him closer to tying former teammate Pablo Cabrera (37) for fourth in FSC history.
• After hitting four home runs on Thursday, the Mocs added another four on Sunday, giving them eight through three games.
• In game one the Mocs scored 15 runs on 16 hits, while scoring 10 runs on just six hits in game two.
• Moc pitchers held the PBA offense to just four runs over the three-game series.

 
UP NEXT
The team is back in action on Wednesday at 6:00 as they take on the Saint Leo Lions in a non-conference game at Henley Field in Lakeland.