WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – Brewton-Parker baseball wrapped up the season-opening series in West Palm Beach, Florida with a single nine-inning contest on Saturday against No. 25-ranked Keiser.
The Barons (2-1) captured the weekend series taking two of the three games against the Seahawks (1-2) with a late, ninth-inning homer from Jacob Mantooth to win 6-5.
How It Happened
After a scoreless first inning to open the game, Brewton-Parker struck first early in the second with Anyelo Sanchez dropping a two-run bomb to left field, scoring Tate Worrell who notched a leadoff single.
With a two-run lead, BPC added three runs off three hits and a Seahawk miscue to take a 5-0 advantage in the top of the third inning. Kennard Dawson singled to center field before Eduardo Castillo homered to left field for two RBIs. After a double down the left-field line from Brandon Lawrence, he eventually made it around the bases by stealing third and crossing home plate on a throwing error.
The Seahawks did not give up, responding with four runs in the bottom half of the third inning to pull within one run. Keiser utilized an early error to land two runners on base before connecting on an RBI single to put their first run on the scoreboard. The hosts followed up with an RBI single, an RBI sacrifice fly, and an RBI double to add three runs, making the score 5-4.
After a scoreless top half of the fourth for BPC, Keiser converted a double into an RBI to equalize the game at five runs each. Castillo found a double in the fifth, but the Barons were held scoreless. Both teams struggled to get more than a hit each in the remainder of the game until Mantooth knocked out a leadoff solo shot over left center to give Brewton-Parker a 6-5 lead. Luckily for BPC, that was all that was needed to secure the win and the series.
Inside the Statistics
BPC held an 8-5 advantage in hits while both teams gave up two errors each.
Both Castillo and Sanchez led the way with two hits and two RBIs on four at-bats with six individuals producing runs.
The Barons notched three individuals with homers while Castillo and Lawrence both recorded doubles.
Four Barons notched appearances on the bump with Carlos Rodriguez making his debut for the orange and blue. Rodriguez tossed for 3.2 innings, giving up all five runs on four hits with four strikeouts.
Noah Gilbert came in to pitch for 3.1 innings, recording four strikeouts and a walk before Robin Haven pitched for 1.1 innings to earn the win while Ty Cook pitched 0.2 innings for the save.
Next Up
The Barons will return to Mount Vernon for the home opener next weekend against Ave Maria (Fla.). (Courtesy of BPC)
