Senior Day 2019
Kathy Hitchcock
2
Florida National Uni FNUBB19 10-33
12
Winner St. Thomas Baseball STUBS19 40-11
Florida National Uni FNUBB19
10-33
2
Final
12
St. Thomas Baseball STUBS19
40-11
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Florida National Uni FNUBB19 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 6 0
St. Thomas Baseball STUBS19 0 1 3 0 2 3 3 12 14 1

W: Rodriguez, Orlando (8-1) L: Zamora, J (0-1)

Game Recap: Baseball | | Jon Leatherman

#6 BOBCATS WIN IN RUN-RULE FASHION ON SENIOR DAY

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (April 26th, 2019) – No. 6 St. Thomas University (40-11) defeated Florida National (10-33) 12-2 on Friday night from Paul Demie Mainieri Field.

Prior to the game, St. Thomas University Athletics honored eight seniors: Jackie Urbaez, Erick Delgado, Orlando Rodriguez, Ian Exposito, Chris Garabedian, Sergio Lopez, Jack Diaz and Alex Sarmiento.

STU has now won 40-games in a season in two consecutive years and three times in the last five seasons.

Bobcat Starters: Urbaez (2B), Delgado (SS), Lopez (RF), Diaz (C), Garabedian (1B), Alejandro Rivero (3B), Joey Thompson (LF), Chris Allende (DH), Daniel Lowry (CF), Rodriguez (SP)

Game Notes
  • Rodriguez (8-1) earned his eighth win of the season, 24th of his career, pitching six innings and striking out a career-high, 12 batters in the win. Rodriguez is 24-2 (tying Chris Rodriguez for most all-time).
  • STU opened the scoring as Daniel Lowry walked with the bases loaded to bring in Guerra in the bottom of the second inning.
  • FNU tied the game at 1-1 with a Solo Home Run in the top of the third inning.
  • Garabedian responded with a RBI double, bringing in Lopez in the bottom of the third inning, giving the Bobcats a 2-1 lead.
  • Rivero followed with a two-run blast, his tenth of the season, to give St. Thomas a 4-1 advantage.
  • In the bottom of the fifth inning, Garabedian hit his fifth home run of the season, his second in as many days, giving him three RBIs and extending the lead to 6-1.
  • Lopez launched, his team-leading 12th home run of the season, off of the batters' eye in center field and gave STU a 9-1 lead. Lopez now has 27 home runs as a Bobcat, second most all-time; (Michael Centeno: 35, 2014-2017)
  • Rivero added two more RBIs with an infield single, making the lead 9-1, in the sixth inning.
  • Jason Graña entered the game in the seventh inning, allowing one run on a RBI single.
  • Lopez walked with the bases loaded in the bottom of the seventh to bring in Lowry, extending the lead to 10-2.
  • With the bases loaded, Jack Diaz walked to the plate, chopping a single to left and bringing in two runs as the Bobcats defeated the Conquistadors in run-rule fashion, 12-2.
    • The two RBIs gives Diaz 100 for his career!
MVBobcats
Chris Garabedian: 4-4, Solo HR, three RBIs, three runs
Sergio Lopez: 2-3, Solo HR, three runs, two RBIs
Jack Diaz: 100th RBI of STU career
Orlando Rodriguez: 8-1, 6 IP, 12 strikeouts (career-high)

Upcoming
No. 6 St. Thomas concludes the regular season with a doubleheader against Florida National from Paul Demie Mainieri Field, with first pitch scheduled for 12:00 p.m.

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