Fire Look to Top Seahawks in Sun Conference Showdown

LAKELAND, Fla. - The No. 1 Southeastern University Fire baseball team is heading down to West Palm Beach to face the Keiser University Seahawks in a three-game series this weekend to resume Sun Conference play. 

GAMES: 

No. 1 Southeastern University Fire (37-1, 14-0 SUN) vs. Keiser University Seahawks (25-15, 10-8 SUN).

Friday: 1:00 p.m. and 4:00 p.m.

Saturday: 12:00 p.m.

Fire Focus 

• The Fire will look to continue their winning streak, having won their last 11 regular season games. The Fire are currently undefeated in Sun Conference play and are coming off of a three-game series against St. Thomas where the Fire took all three games winning with the scores of 8-0, 3-1, and 10-3.

• The Fire are averaging 10.1 runs per game and 11.7 hits per game. 

• On the mound, the Fire pitching staff has posted a 2.26 ERA with 437 strikeouts in 315 innings. Opponents are batting .220 off Fire pitchers this season. 

• Abdel Guadalupe leads the NAIA in home runs with 14 on the season and is second in the NAIA in both runs (51) and total bases (116). 

All-Time Series

-Keiser leads the all-time series against the Fire 22-24. 

-The Fire have won nine of the last ten matchups dating back to 3/30/2018. 

The Seahawks 

-The Seahawks are coming off of a loss in their last weekend's series against No.15 Warner University losing two of the three games played. 

-The Seahawks currently hold a .319 batting average and are second in the nation in hits (429), doubles (82), and second in home runs (56). 

-Tim Bouchard is the top bat in the Seahawks lineup with a batting average of .444, slugging .847 with twelve doubles, 14 home runs, and 62 RBI's. 

-On the mound for the Seahawks, Garret Reisz has been the ace with a 2.78 ERA in 68 innings pitched, holding opponent bats to .218.