MIAMI GARDENS, Fla.- The fifth ranked St. Thomas Bobcats (36-4, 15-1 TSC) came from behind to take down conference foe Warner (23-18, 5-11 TSC) by a final score of 11-6 late Friday night at Paul Demie Mainieri Field.

The Royals got off to an early start as they scored four runs in the first two innings to jump to a quick 4-0 lead on the Bobcats. With Warner leading 4-0 the first baseman hit a deep fly ball to left-center, Oscar Rodriguez made an incredible catch, robbing extra bases to hold the Royal lead and allow St Thomas to comeback in the bottom half with momentum.

STU responded in the bottom half with two runs to cut the Royal lead in half at 4-2, as Segio Lopez and Randy Oliva both scored . The very next inning, the Bobcats scored two more off the bat of Sergio Lopez as a hard hit, two-RBI double to left field brought in two to make the game even at 4-4.

Immediately following the two-RBI double from Lopez, Rodriguez (2-4, 2 RBI) drilled one to right center to bring home Lopez.

St. Thomas scored runs in each of the innings from the second to the seventh to collect their 11 runs in the game. The entire starting lineup for the Bobcats each notched at least one hit in the effort, to total 15 on the game. Lopez led the charge for St. Thomas as he went 3-for-5 with two doubles, two RBIs and three runs to earn Golden Rake honors.

Orlando Rodriguez (9-0) earned his ninth win in the outing, as his final line read seven innings pitched with only two earned runs and six K's on 26 batters faced. Danger Guevara came into the game in the eighth inning for the Bobcats and pitched the final two innings, striking out three while not allowing a hit.

The Bobcats have won 23 of their last 24 games, and 10 straight.

Up next for the #5 St. Thomas University Bobcats is a continuation of the Sun Conference series against the Warner Royals with a doubleheader starting at 12 p.m. from Paul Demie Mainieri Field on Saturday, April 7^th.

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