WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - To conclude the three-game road series, the USCB baseball team fell to No. 8 Keiser, 13-3, on Saturday at Silvester Field.
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
Alexander Humphrey - 1-for-3, solo home run
Leandy Castro - 1-for-3, double, run
TK Kennedy - 1-for-4, single, RBI
Nick Milhan and Tavaris Terrell - one single each
Blaize Minick - five innings, four hits, two earned runs, four strikeouts
HOW IT HAPPENED
KU opened the game with a solo run in the bottom of the first. The nationally-ranked team plated the run off a hit and two fielding errors.
The Sand Sharks had a chance to knot the game or take the lead in the top of the third when Terrell and Milhan connected with back-to-back, two-out singles. However, they were left on first and second base.
The Seahawks doubled their lead, 2-0, in the bottom of the fourth, as Tim Bouchard tallied a one-out solo homer.
The nationally-ranked team made it a five-run contest, 5-0, in the bottom of the fifth with a bases-loaded walk and a passed ball.
USCB eventually plated its first runs of the contest with a two-run sixth frame. Kennedy posted a bases-loaded single, and Kyran Russ touched home thanks to a bases-loaded balk. With the two-run inning, it made the game 5-2.
After adding a run in the sixth, Keiser added five runs in the bottom of the seventh to make the game 11-2.
USCB added a run in the top of the eight, as Humphrey clobbered a leadoff home run.
However, the Seahawks run-ruled USCB, 13-3, in the bottom of the eighth with a two-RBI double.
TEAM RECORD UPDATES
USCB - 12-12 overall, 2-7 The Sun Conference
No. 8 Keiser - 24-6 overall, 8-4 The Sun Conference
WHAT'S NEXT?
The Sand Sharks will open a six-game home stretch on Tuesday, March 23, as they host No. 11 Middle Georgia State at 3 p.m. at Richard Gray Stadium.