MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (April 24, 2021) - No. 18 St. Thomas University (STU) Bobcats Baseball finished regular-season Sun Conference play with a doubleheader against No. 2 Southeastern University on Saturday afternoon from Paul Demie Mainieri Field. STU won game one 6-2 and came back to complete the doubleheader sweep and win the series with a 10-8 victory in the finale.
Game One
Bobcat Starters
Game Notes
- Coipel opened the game with a strikeout, and following a one-out single, induced an inning-ending double-play.
- Khawly tallied his fourth home run of the season in the bottom of the second inning, giving St. Thomas a 2-0 lead over the Fire.
- Coipel rolled his second double-play of the game to end the top of the third inning.
- Lopez launched his first home run of the season in the bottom of the fourth, giving STU a 3-0 lead.
- After allowing two consecutive hits in the top of the fifth, Coipel rolled his third double-play of the game as he continued to hold the Fire off the scoreboard.
- Two doubles in the top of the sixth inning allowed SEU to get on the scoreboard for the first time and trailed 3-1.
- Mondejar extended the STU lead with an RBI single, scoring Rangel in the bottom of the sixth,
- SEU cut the deficit in half with an RBI single in the top of the seventh inning, as Jose Ledesma relieved Coipel.
- Khawly led off the bottom of the seventh inning with a single, and Erik Estevez added a pinch-hit single.
- Lopez was hit by a pitch, loading the bases for Rangel.
- Rangel drove in two with a single into the left-center field gap, bringing the lead to 6-2 in favor of STU.
- Ledesma closed out the ninth inning, striking out two, as the Bobcats tied the series 1-1 with the 6-2 victory.
Through the first two games of the series, STU and SEU matched each other on the scoreboard, as each of the Sun Conference rivals sc
MVBobcats
Jack Khawly 2-4, 2 RBI
Christopher Coipel: 6.2 IP, two earned runs, two strikeouts
Game Two
Bobcat Starters
Game Notes
- SEU took a 1-0 lead in the top of the first inning with a solo home run.
- The Fire added four runs in the top of the second inning with a pair of two-run singles, putting the score at 5-0.
- Montesino hit his third home run of the season, getting the Bobcats on the board with a two-run home run.
- Southeastern hit their second home run of the day, taking a 6-2 lead.
- Khawly singled through the right side of the infiled with the passes loaded to score two runs, putting the score at 6-4.
- STU added a third run on the inning, as the Bobcats trailed 6-5.
- Rivero tied the game in the bottom of the fifth inning with an RBI single, scoring Lopez.
- A two-run single with the bases loaded by the Fire gave SEU an 8-6 advantage in the top of the sixth inning.
- Christian Dearman entered in the top of the seventh inning for the Bobcats.
- Mondejar led off the bottom of the eighth with a single, and advanced to second on an error by the Southeastern left fielder.
- Montesino doubled to center field, scoring Mondejar, as STU trailed 8-7.
- SEU committed two errors on the same play, as Montesino scored from second, tying the game 8-8.
- Guerra and Lopez each added RBI hits, capping a four-run inning for STU as the Bobcats took a 10-8 lead into the ninth inning.
- Dearman sealed the series win with a strikeout, as the Bobcats rallied to take both games in the doubleheader over the No. 2 Fire.
MVBobcats
Emanuel Montesino: 2-3, HR, 2B, 3 RBI
Christian Dearman: (6-1), 3 IP, two strikeouts
Upcoming
No. 18 STU finishes the 2021 regular-season on Tuesday, May 4, against Florida National from Paul Demie Mainieri Field, beginning at 6 p.m. Before the game, STU will honor the 2021 Bobcats Baseball senior class in a pre-game ceremony.
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