LAKELAND, Fla. – The No. 2 Southeastern University baseball team split their doubleheader today against No. 19 Freed-Hardeman in what turned out to be two different games for the Fire.
After dropping the first game 8-4 to the Lions, the Fire turned it around offensively to win game two 11-4.
GAME ONE:
The Fire took a 1-0 lead into the top of the fourth inning after
Colton Onstott drove in
Thomas Broyles in the bottom of the first and starting pitcher
Drew Gillespie retired the first nine batters he faced. Gillespie ran into some trouble, however, in the middle innings as he finished the day with 7.1 innings pitched and gave up seven earned runs.
Southeastern put a comeback bid together in the eighth when
Nick Bottari doubled home
Thomas Broyles and
Pedro Castellano followed that up with a two-RBI single.
Bottari,
Anthony Carrera, and Onstott all recorded multi-hit games in the first of two today against FHU.
GAME TWO:
Southeastern took another early lead in game two as
Carter Bridge led off the bottom of the first with a home run and Onstott came around to score on a wild pitch from Freed-Hardeman.
With a 3-0 lead in the third inning, Bryce Mulchahy allowed a three-run home run that tied the game after previously working his way out of multiple bases-loaded jams.
He was backed by his offense that went on to score eight unanswered runs over the next four innings, including a five-run sixth inning that was highlighted by a grand slam from
Pedro Castellano.
Al Pesto relieved Mulcahy and tossed three scoreless innings, retiring every batter he faced while picking up four strikeouts.
SEU (28-3) completes their four-game series against Freed-Hardeman tomorrow at noon.
