LAKELAND, Fla.—Southeastern hit 11 home runs in 16 innings to sweep Friday's Sun Conference doubleheader with Keiser to improve to 38-2 on the year and 10-1 in conference play.
The Fire came back from a two-run fifth inning deficit to take the first game 10-5 and ended the second game in the seventh by the score of 13-3.
Gary Lora's solo homer to center field in the bottom of the second got the scoring started in the first game.
Josh Pigozzo followed with a sacrifice fly, and
Isaac Nunez added an RBI singles to put the Fire up 3-0 heading to the third.
Keiser responded with a solo homer in the fourth, a run on a bases-loaded double play and a wild pitch to tie the game in the fourth. The Seahawks took the lead on a fielding error and made it 5-3 after picking up an RBI single that was lined off starting pitcher
Darien Smith.
A three-run homer by Lora in the bottom of the inning put the Fire back on top and was immediately followed by
Chayce Bryant's solo homer to give SEU a two-run advantage.
A two-out triple by
David Castillo brought home two in the eighth and scored on an RBI single by Pigozzo.
Smith picked up his ninth win of the season, striking out eight over six innings, allowing three earned runs on five hits.
David Mata,
Reece Wissinger, and
Olvis Genao each worked a scoreless inning in relief.
Jose Marcano, Pigozzo, Nunez, and Lora had two hits each. Lora finished with four RBIs.
Nunez started Game 2 with a two-run homer to left and was followed by a two-run homer by
Stephen Cullen to make it 4-0 after an inning. Pigozzo hit a solo homer in the second and Bryant added a two-run homer in the third. Pigozzo's second homer of the game was a three-run bomb to center to make it 10-0.
Lora and Bryant went back-to-back for a second time in the fourth inning to push the lead to 12.
A three-run homer by Keiser in the fifth accounted for all of its runs.
Brandon Fields' pinch-hit homer to lead off the bottom of the seventh ended the game.
Juan Pimentel picked up his second win of the week and fifth of the season, going five strong innings with 10 strikeouts. Pimentel allowed two earned runs on two hits with three walks.
Lora was 3-for-4 in the second game. Pigozzo was 2-for-3 with four RBIs and three runs scored. Nunez added two hits, as did Castillo. Bryant finished with three runs scored and three RBIs.
The teams will wrap up the series Saturday at noon.
