The USCB Sand Sharks baseball team improve their record to 9-1, 3-0 in the Sun Conference, after another well-played day of games. The defense picked up where it left off and the team hit the ball well to help give Dexter Price the win in the first game. Price, an Auburn University transfer, pitched the complete game in a 13-1 defeat of the Ave Maria University Gyrenes. He went seven innings, recorded 9 strikeouts, and didn't give up an earned run or walk on the day. Price controlled all his pitches on the mound and was able to keep the opponents guessing at the plate.
At the plate the Sand Sharks impressed, once again,
Conald Mansfield added another homerun today, with a solo homerun to lead off the second inning. His homerun tied the game 1-1 and was the spark that fueled the USCB offense the rest of the day. Mansfield went 3-for-4 in the game and had two RBI's.
Deshontay Berry matched Mansfield at the plate in hitting a deep, two run homerun which put the Sand Sharks up 11-1 in the sixth inning. Berry took advantage of his second at-bat in the sixth with an RBI double that plated the 13
th, and final, run of the game for USCB. Berry finished 3-for-4 with four RBI's on the day.
In the second game of the day the Sand Sharks continued hitting the ball well in a 13-7 win to sweep the three game series from Ave Maria University.
Michael Heesch threw five innings and had four strikeouts, gave up six hits, and allowed five runs to earn the win.
Spencer Jackson and
David O'Neil scored four runs each for the Sand Sharks in the second game of the twin-bill. Jackson went 3-for-4 with an RBI for the game, while O'Neil went 4-for-5 with an RBI. USCB rattled off 19 hits by ten different batters to match the 13 runs from the first game.
USCB travels to Jacksonville, FL to take on Edward Waters at 1:00 pm on Tuesday, February 22nd. The Sand Sharks beat Edward Waters last week 6-5. USCB will be back home at Richard Gray Stadium, in Hardeeville, SC, on Wednesday at 3:00 pm to take on Voorhees College in a single game. The next Sun Conference contest will be at Webber International on Friday, February 25th, and Saturday, February 26th, in Babson Park, FL.
