Box Score 1 | Box Score 2 LAKE WALES, Fla. (March 5, 2020) - No. 2 St. Thomas University (15-3) won both games of a doubleheader to open the Warner Tournament on Thursday afternoon. The Bobcats defeated No. 7 Bellevue (8-9) 6-3 and beat (RV) Madonna (14-9) 3-1 in seven-inning contests from Warner's Baseball field.

Game One
Bobcat Starters
Kobe Lopez (Second Base), Jack Khawly (First Base), Alejandro Rivero (Third Base), Andrew Fernandez (Designated Hitter), Daniel Mondejar (Catcher), Gus Guerra (Left Field), Onelio Perdomo (Right Field), Alejandro Vazquez (Shortstop), Daniel Lowry (Center Field), Ernesto Pino (Pitcher)

Game Notes

• No. 7 Bellevue jumped all over Pino from the beginning of the game, as the first four Bruins all reached base, as BU took a 1-0 lead.
• Pino induced a double play, forcing in another Bellevue run and BU added a third run with an RBI double before Pino escaped the inning and allowed three runs.
• The three runs ended Pino's scoreless inning streak at 19 and raised his ERA to 1.24.
• St. Thomas broke through with two runs in the bottom of the fourth inning, as Perdomo, with the bases-loaded, drove in Kafele Thomas and Fernandez to put the score at 3-2.
• Pino finished his outing with a strong fifth inning, keeping STU in the game.
• Lowry led off the bottom of the fifth inning with a single and advanced to third on a single by Lopez.
• Khalwy tied the contest the following at-bat, driving in Lowry on a double play, 3-3.
• Luis Gonzalez struck out two Bruins in his lone inning of work, entering the game in relief in the sixth inning.
• Vazquez drove a ball over the left-center field wall, his first home run of the season, giving St. Thomas a 5-3 advantage, in the bottom of the sixth.
• Lowry doubled down the left-field line and scored on a Lopez RBI single, as STU scored an insurance run and extended the lead to 6-3.
• Jason Grana entered the game in the top of the seventh inning, retiring the Bruins in order, to pick up his third save of the season.

MVBobcats
Alejandro Vazquez: 1-3, HR

Game Two
Bobcat Starters
Lopez (Second Base), Khawly (First Base), Rivero (Third Base), Fernandez (Catcher), Joey Thompson (Center Field), Mondejar (Designated Hitter), Joshua Martinez (Right Field), Vazquez (Shortstop), Guerra (Left Field), Justin Kenyon (Pitcher)

Game Notes

• STU began the game by going down in order in the first three innings
• Kenyon made his third career start and retired 6-of-7 hitters to open the game.
• Madonna plated their only run of the game in the third inning, as back-to-back hits, resulting in a 1-0 MU lead.
• Lopez led off the fourth inning with a double, setting himself in scoring position as the Bobcats looked to tie the game. 
• Two batters later, Rivero brought in Lopez on an RBI groundout, tying the game, 1-1.
• Kenyon sent the Crusaders down in order in the bottom of the fourth inning, preserving the STU momentum.
• Thompson blasted his second home run of the season, extending his hitting streak to eight games, and putting the Bobcats in front, 2-1.
• Later in the top of the fifth, Guerra drove in Mondejar on an RBI single to center, putting STU in front 3-1.
• Kenyon recorded his third 1-2-3 inning of the game in the fifth.
• Kenyon finished his day by setting the Crusaders down in order in the sixth inning and left in line for his first career win.
• Grana entered for the second time on the afternoon and picked up his fourth save of the season, as the Bobcats swept the doubleheader.

MVBobcats
Justin Kenyon: (1-0), first career win, 6 IP, four strikeouts
Joey Thompson: 1-3, HR
Jason Grana: second save of the day.

Upcoming
No. 2 St. Thomas continues play in the Warner Invitational with a doubleheader beginning at 9:30 a.m. against Michigan-Dearborn from Avon Park.