Mocs Sweep Sailfish After Doubleheader Wins

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla – The Florida Southern College baseball team ended its series against Palm Beach Atlantic University with a doubleheader sweep on Saturday afternoon at the J.M. "Jake" Rubin Park. The Mocs won the series 3-0 after last night's win.
 
The Mocs (11-20, 4-9 SSC) went into extras for the first game of the day to come out on top by a 6-5 score. The Sailfish (11-20, 7-10 SSC) could not answer a big final inning by the Mocs to again lose by a 6-5 score to FSC as the Mocs secured the first conference sweep of the season.
 
FLORIDA SOUTHERN 6, PALM BEACH ATLANTIC 5
The Mocs secured a series win after an extra-innings win over the Sailfish. Mitchell LeRoy pitched in relief of Marcos Herrand, and each did a great job at the mound to secure a win. LeRoy pitched the final three innings, allowing only one hit and no runs with six strikeouts to secure a win for himself and the team in the 10^th inning. Bryce Safferwich hit the winning RBI single, which gave FSC the 6-5 win.
 
After a scoreless first inning, Florida Southern was first to score with two runs in the second, off three hits and an error. Rohsean Riley led off the inning with a single and Grady Maguire hit a sacrifice bunt to advance R. Riley, though an error sent him to third. El'Rico Riley followed with an RBI single and a sacrifice fly by Brady Doorey tallied the second run of the inning.
 
The Sailfish were quick to respond with four runs in the home half to take a 4-2 lead. PBA had three hits and capitalized on two FSC errors to score. The Mocs tied the game in the top of the fourth with two runs and four hits as R. Riley, Jaiden Warde, E. Riley, and Doorey had singles. FSC left more at the table with bases loaded but settled for the 4-4 tie game.
 
Both mounds battled over the next few innings until FSC scored off an RBI single by Warde to take the lead with a 5-4 score, though PBA again tied the game in the home half, 5-5 through seven. LeRoy entered in the bottom of the eighth and opened with three straight strikeouts. Neither team scored in the eighth or ninth to send the game into extras. E. Riley had a leadoff single in the 10^th with another sacrifice by Doorey to advanced Riley, until Safferwich batted an RBI single with two outs to go up 6-5. LeRoy had two strikeouts and a final groundout to secure the 6-5 win in extras and a series win.
 
Mocs outhit the Sailfish 14-to-8 over the 10 innings of work. LeRoy was credited with his second win of the season as Beebe lost his fifth on PBA's side. E. Riley and Warde each had three hits on the day to lead the team as R. Riley led with two runs on the day. Over the lineup, five Moccasins had a multi-hit game, and all but one in the starting nine tallied a hit.
 
FLORIDA SOUTHERN 6, PALM BEACH ATLANTIC 5
Another close game until the end, FSC rallied in the top of the ninth to score two runs and win the game by a 6-5 score. Solid pitching in relief kept PBA at bay while late bats drove home the winning runs. Both teams had a solid day at the plate, though FSC continued to tack on runs while keeping PBA scoreless in the final five innings to win and complete the series sweep.
 
The final game of the series opened with a solo run by PBA in the first, until FSC took the lead in the second with three runs. The Mocs had five hits in the inning, four with two outs as back-to-back RBI doubles by Chris McKenna and Jevin Relaford scored the first two runs. Maguire followed with an RBI single to take the 3-1 lead.
 
The Florida Southern lead was short-lived as PBA tied the game in the second with a two-RBI single by Faranda and a 3-3 game. Neither team scored in the third as PBA took the lead in the fourth with two runs. FSC narrowed the deficit with a solo run on a wild pitch to make it a 5-4 PBA advantage.
 
Logan Adams had the start for FSC and went 5.2 innings before a jam in the sixth inning brought in Tanner Rollyson. Bases loaded and two outs, PBA flew out in the final out to leave three on for FSC to keep a close game into the seventh. The Sailfish kept the Mocs scoreless over the next couple innings, but FSC took the lead in the top of the ninth off great RBI hits by Warde and Maguire. Evan Mobley entered in the bottom of the ninth to save the game and three straight outs to secure the conference sweep.
 
Rollyson was credited with the win, his second, and Mobley earned his fourth save on the Moccasin side. The loss went to PBA's Ingram, his second of the season. The Mocs were led by four in the lineup with a multi-hit game. McKenna, E. Riley, R. Riley, and Maguire each had two hits as Relaford led the team with two runs. Mobley and Rollyson each held PBA scoreless in their outings, as FSC was outhit by one 13-to-12 against PBA. Each team had an error in the game.  
 
The Mocs return to Lakeland to host Rollins College with a midweek nonconference matchup on Tuesday, April 9, set for a 6 p.m. first pitch at Henley Field.
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