MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (April 22^nd, 2019) – Sixth-ranked St. Thomas University Bobcats Baseball (38-11, 19-5 TSC) completed Sun Conference play with a three-game sweep over cross-town rival, Florida Memorial (20-25, 8-16 TSC), winning a doubleheader 2-1 and 6-3.

Notables

• No. 6 St. Thomas University has clinched a top-two seed in the 2019 Sun Conference tournament with a 19-5 record in Sun Conference play.
• STU needs a loss by Southeastern University over the weekend against Thomas University to clinch back-to-back Regular Season Sun Conference titles.
• The Bobcats have now won 33-consecutive games, dating back to 2009, against the Lions. St. Thomas has won every Sun Conference series since 2009.

Game Two
Bobcat Starters: Jackie Urbaez (2B), Erick Delgado (SS), Sergio Lopez (RF), Jack Diaz (DH), Chris Garabedian (1B), Alejandro Rivero (3B), Joey Thompson (LF), Daniel Mondejar (C), Chris Allende (CF), Ian Exposito (SP)

Game Notes

• Ian Exposito (9-2) earned his team-leading ninth win of the season, pitching eight innings, striking out 10 and allowing one earned run.
• STU opened the scoring with a sacrifice fly in the top of the second inning, bringing in Lowry.
• Jack Diaz scored the second St. Thomas run of the game on a wild pitch in the top of the third inning, extending the lead to 2-0.
• Exposito retired thirteen consecutive Lion hitters to open the game, bringing a perfect game into the fifth inning, before allowing a single with one out.
• The Bobcat southpaw faced the minimum of fifteen batters through five innings, as Exposito picked off the runner at first base with Garabedian.
• Florida Memorial scored their lone run of the contest in the bottom of the eighth, off Exposito, following a RBI single.
• Jason Graña entered the game in the ninth inning, allowing one hit and picking up his sixth save of the season, closing out a 2-1 Bobcats victory.

MVBobcat
Ian Exposito: (9-2), 8 IP, 10 strikeouts

Game Three
Bobcat Starters: Urbaez (2B), Delgado (SS), Lopez (RF), Diaz (DH), Garabedian (1B), Rivero (3B), Mondejar (C), Daniel Lowry (CF), Gus Guerra (LF), Chris Coipel (SP)
Game Notes

• FMU opened the game with a run in the first inning, scoring on a RBI single and taking a 1-0 lead.
• STU tied the game in the top of the second as Mondejar doubled down the third base line to bring in Diaz.
• Florida Memorial added runs with RBI singles in the third and fifth innings to take a 3-1 lead over the Bobcats.
• Lowry lined a single to left field, plating Garabedian and cutting the Bobcat deficit in half, 3-2.
• Joel Rivero (3-0) relieved Coipel in the bottom of the sixth inning.
• A two-out single by Diaz, plated Graña and tied the game at 3-3, in the top of the seventh inning.
• Rivero set the Lions down in order in the bottom of seventh, providing a shutdown inning.
• The Bobcat offense came alive in the top of the eighth inning; Mondejar led off with a single and moved to second on a Lowry sacrifice bunt. Thompson tripled down the left field line to give STU a 4-3 advantage. Back-to-back RBI singles by Delgado and Lopez extended the St. Thomas lead to 6-3.
• Tyler Morales earned his third save of the season, recording the final five outs and sealing the series sweep over the cross-town rival, Lions.

MVBobcats
Joey Thompson: 1-1, go-ahead triple
Jason Graña/JJ Galvis: one run, each

Upcoming
No. 6 St. Thomas travels to West Palm Beach to take on (RV) Keiser University in non-conference action on Thursday, April 25^th with first pitch scheduled for 3:00 p.m.