SANFORD, Fla. – It took extra-innings and a walk off from Seminole State College to hand No. 6 Santa Fe College Baseball its first loss of the 2023 season, as the Raiders were able to salvage one game in the three-game set with the Saints, winning 3-2.

A GAME-CHANGING PLAY…

SF held a 2-1 lead headed into the bottom of the ninth, but the Raiders forced extra-innings with a sacrifice fly and then a walk-off single in the tenth.

A couple of wild pitches in the last two innings proved to be costly, helping Seminole advance runners on the basepaths.

TEAM COMPARISON

There were no errors in the game defensively.

Both starting pitchers performed well on the mound in a game that had small margins…

SF had seven hits, but all were singles. Seminole totaled six hits in the game, with one double.

SF BATTING HIGHLIGHTS

Josh Hogue – 3-4, RBI

Drake Harman – 2-4

Zeth Rodriguez – 1-3, BB

Hunter Keen – 1-5, R

SF PITCHING HIGHLIGHTS

Jacob Phillips was the starter and tossed the first seven innings, putting SF in position for the win before eventually receiving the no-decision.

Phillips – 7.0 IP, 4 H, 1 ER, 3 BB, 6 K

Colby Rice – 1.0 IP, 1 ER, 1 BB

Ryan Brown (L, 1-1) – 1.0 IP, 1 H, 1 ER

Chase Chappell – 0.1 IP, 1 H

UP NEXT

No. 6 Santa Fe (26-1, 2-1 MFC) now sets its sights on another Mid-Florida Conference series with the Daytona State College Falcons (13-10, 0-3 MFC). Game 1 is scheduled for 3:00 p.m. on Wednesday, Mar. 15 in Gainesville.