Ocala, FL- Santa Fe traveled down to face conference rival College of Central Florida to finish up a three-game series.  On Thursday the Saints won the first game 2-0 at home.  In game two the Saints pulled out a win after taking a late game lead (4-3).  The Saints lose 4-10 as they were outpaced by the Patriots.

How It Happened

Game One

Justin Jackson took the mound for the Saints pitching a full 7.0 innings with seven strikeouts and three earned runs.

After neither team was able to get anything going in the first inning, the Patriots opened up with scoring in the second inning as Michael Guilliams singled on a line drive to right fielder Drake Harmon.  Armando Guirola scored from second base.  

In the top of the fourth inning BJ Graham hit a homerun scoring Cory Filley (2-1, Saints).  

In the 5th inning Grant Gallagher advanced to third base on a wild pitch while Drake Harmon advanced to second base.  Javier Soto grounded out at first base but scored Grant Gallagher (3-1, Saints).  

In the bottom of the sixth inning Cole Bullen homered to left field scoring Logan Chapman (3-3, tie) as the Patriots gained momentum.

In the top of the seventh inning Drake Harmon hit a sacrifice fly to center fielder Kainen Jorge scoring Ma'Kai Johnson (4-3, Saints).  The Saints played stout defense to end the game as they were able to turn a double play to end the game on a grounder by Cooper Jones.

Game Two

Cortland Clarke, Jack Garvey, James Hill, and Karson Lindsey all saw time on mound for the Patriots.  They combined for a total of seven strikeouts, five walks and six hits.  

Colby Rice, Lucas Johns, Nick Davidson, and Nick Staszak had their time on the bump combining for a total of six strikeouts.  

Both teams committed two errors and the Patriots outhit the Saints twelve to six. 

The Patriots were on the board first after Kainen Jorge singled on a hard ground ball to left fielder Connor Fosnow in the 1st inning.  Kareh Valentin singled on a ground ball to right field scoring Copper Jones. 

Edwin Toribio stepped up to the plate and hit a three-run homerun (0-5, Patriots).

The Saints finally were able to get on the board in the 6th inning as Corey Filley would provide a spark by hitting a line drive single to score Drake Harmon (1-5, Patriots).  After Filley stole second and advanced to third base on an error by the catcher, BJ Graham grounded out to the shortstop but was able to bring home Cory Filley (2-5, Patriots).

Both teams went on to score more runs but ultimately the Patriots won out with a final score of (4-10, Patriots). 

Comments From Coach Wiggs

"It was a great to win another series especially against a real good team in Central Florida.  Jackson was good again for us throwing a complete game just making one mistake which was the two-run homerun."  

Up Next

Santa Fe will play the first of a three-game series against Seminole State College on Thursday March 28th (away).  The first pitch is scheduled to be thrown at 3PM.