AUBURNDALE, Fla. –  Santa Fe Saints Baseball won Game 1 of their double header on Saturday with a walk off, 6-5 win against Indian River State College in extra-innings, then cruised past South Florida State College 10-3 to improve to 3-0 in the early season.

GAME 1 – SF 6, IRSC 5 (8 Innings)

SF led 5-1 in this one before the Pioneers rallied to tie it and force an extra-inning, but the Saints ultimately pulled away with a walk-off sacrifice fly by sophomore JP Herrholz.

A GAME-CHANGING PLAY

In the bottom of the eighth with a runner placed on second base, Jahlani Rogers bunted and reached on an error, putting runners on the corners. JP Herrholz then walked it off for SF with a sacrifice fly to right field, with Josh Hogue scoring the winning run.

TEAM COMPARISON

SF had seven hits compared to the Pioneer's nine hits, and SF pitching staff had eight strikeouts to the Pioneers seven.

Indian River was hurt by three errors in the loss.

SF BATTING HIGHLIGHTS

JP Herrholz- 1-3, 2 RBI, 1R

Jahlani Rogers-  1-4, 1 HR, 1R, and 1 RBI

Drake Harman- 1-2, 2B, RBI, 1 R, and 1 BB

Hunter Keen- 1-3, 1 RBI

SF PITCHING HIGHLIGHTS

Jacob Phillips – 5.0 IP, 6 H, 4 ER, 4 K

Tobin Moran – 1.1 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 1K

Colby Rice (W, 1-0) - 1.2 IP 0 H, 0 BB, 3 K

GAME 2 – SF 10, SFSC 3

Santa Fe raced out to a 10-0 lead in this one after the game's first three innings, doing damage early to finish the game comfortably in Auburndale.

A GAME-CHANGING PLAY

In the second-inning, SF broke the game open with four runs, highlighted by a two-run homer from Rogers, his second long ball of the day, and a solo shot from Grant Gilooly.

TEAM COMPARISON

SF had 12 hits to just five for South Florida State College. The Saints had two errors to three for SFSC.

SF BATTING HIGHLIGHTS

10 of the 12 runs were batted in…

Josh Hogue – 4-4, 3 R, BB

Jahlani Rogers-  2-3, 1 HR, 2B, 2 R, 3 RBI, BB

JP Herrholz – 2-4, 1 HR, 4 RBI, 2 R

Drake Harman- 1-3, 2 RBI, 1R, and 1 BB

Grant Gilooly – 1-4, 1 HR, 1 R, RBI

SF PITCHING HIGHLIGHTS

Jacob Lauderdale (W, 1-0) – 4.0 IP, 4 H, 2 ER, 8 K

Bullpen appearances: Casey O'Dell, Chase Chappell, Gavin Book, Nick Davidson

UP NEXT

The Saints (3-0) will play at Lake-Sumter State College on Monday, Jan. 30 at 3:00 p.m.