WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – The Florida Southern College baseball sweep the Palm Beach Atlantic University Sailfish with doubleheader wins Saturday afternoon at J.M. "Jake" Rubin Park. The Mocs won the first game of the series on Friday for the series sweep.
The Mocs (21-15, 12-6 SSC) climbed to an early 10-0 lead in the first game, with only two runs allowed and 10-2 win for game one. The Sailfish (14-24, 5-16 SSC) were unable to stop home runs by the Mocs in game two of the doubleheader for another 10-2 Moccasin win and series sweep.
FLORIDA SOUTHERN 10, PBA 2
The Mocs started the first inning with a big RBI sacrifice fly by
Connor Berry to bring
Nathan Chevalier home.
Jared DeSantolo, fresh off his solo homer and winning shot last night, hit a big 2 RBI double to left field for
Duncan Hunter and
Jeff Liquori to score and 3-0 lead in the first.
Florida Southern continued the scoring with two more runs in the third, with an RBI double by Berry in the fourth for a 6-0 lead.
Nick Wells added in with an RBI single and 7-0 lead through four innings. Meanwhile on the mound,
Aric McAtee kept the Sailfish scoreless with five hits and six strikeouts through six innings.
Jack Gallo,
Austen Kessler, and
Jake Curry added time on the mound to keep the Sailfish to just two runs.
Through four innings, the Mocs were not done scoring as Hunter hit a three-run homer in the fifth for a 10-0 lead. The Sailfish managed two home runs by Casaleggi in the seventh and ninth inning, but just the two runs scored as the Mocs win 10-2 in game one.
FLORIDA SOUTHERN 10, PBA 2
Different game, but same results as the Mocs scored early and often for another productive first inning. A solo homer by Chevalier to leadoff game two was followed by a two-run homer by Liquori to bring
Ahmad Fitts home and 3-0 lead in the first.
Slight adjustment from last game, the Sailfish responded with a two-run homer in the bottom of the first by Houck to narrow the deficit to one, but the Mocs continued the pressure throughout the game. Continuing to rely on the deep ball,
Joe Raffaele sent one over the fence to bring
Ryan Jenkins home in the fourth with a run score on a balk in the same inning for a 6-2 lead.
In the top of the seventh, Florida Southern continued to score as Chevalier came home on a wild pitch, with a bases loaded situation brought Fitts in for a run after
Nick Wells was hit by a pitch. Keep the momentum, the Mocs score two insurance runs in the top of the ninth with an RBI double by DeSantolo and Wells for the 10-2 final score.
On the Mound for game two,
Dawson Lane got the win with five innings of work and four strikeouts.
Mitchell LeRoy came in to relieve and keep the Sailfish unable to score in his three innings of play, with
Andrew Williamson to close out the 10-2 Moccasin victory.
UP NEXT
The Mocs will take on Rollins College in a midweek contest in Winter Park this Tuesday, set for a 5 p.m. start.
