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Brenden Heiss
6
Winner Southeastern SEU2020M 21-1
2
Robert Morris RMUBB 7-7
Winner
Southeastern SEU2020M
21-1
6
Final
2
Robert Morris RMUBB
7-7
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 R H E
Southeastern SEU2020M 1 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 6 12 1
Robert Morris RMUBB 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 X 2 2 2

W: Heiss, Brenden (4-1) L: Fuentes, Mike (1-1) S: Soto, Marc (2)

Game Recap: Baseball | | Andrew Tew

Heiss Soars on the Mound as Fire Down Eagles

No. 4 Southeastern Defeats Robert Morris Behind Solid Pitching Effort

LAKELAND, Fla.- Fueled by a dynamic performance on the mound by senior right-handed pitcher Brenden Heiss, the No. 4 Southeastern University baseball team defeated the Robert Morris University Eagles 6-2 to win their 20th-straight contest. Despite playing the contest at Ted A. Broer Stadium, the Fire elected to play as the visiting team on the scoreboard.
 
Heiss tossed six innings of shutout baseball, conceding just two singles, walking one, and striking out 13. The Chicago, Illinois native retired nine of the last 10 Eagles he faced.
 
"This was big for my confidence," commented Heiss. "We worked a lot in the bullpen on Wednesday and it was nice to be able to take what I had worked on there and bring it onto the mound today."
 
As a collective unit, the SEU pitching staff struck out RMU hitters 19 times in 37 at-bats.
 
The Fire struck first in the top of the first, as an RBI-single by senior infielder Colton Onstott to right field scored Pedro Castellano and gave SEU a 1-0 advantage.
 
The Fire doubled their lead to 2-0 in the top of the fifth when Cristian Martin crossed home on a wild pitch.
 
SEU opened up the contest in the top of the sixth with four runs on five hits and two errors. First, junior shortstop Sam Faith notched a two-RBI single to center field to put the Fire ahead 4-0. Later in the frame, senior catcher Benito Varela drove Faith home with a single through the left side. The Fire capped off the inning with Nolan Machibroda coming home on a RMU miscue to pull ahead 6-0.
 
The Eagles attempted to mount a rally in the bottom of the ninth, scoring a pair of runs on two bases-loaded walks. However, senior right-handed reliever Marc Soto closed the door on Robert Morris, picking up a pair of punch outs to cement the 6-2 win and earn his second save of the season in the process.
 
SEU rounds out the Spring Break slate with a doubleheader tomorrow versus the RV Saint Xavier University Cougars. Game times at Ted A. Broer Stadium are scheduled for 12:00 and 3:00 p.m.
 
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