Gainesville, FL- On Saturday, Santa Fe baseball took on Eastern Florida to wrap up a three-game series. The Saints won last Thursday with a final score of 8-6. Today, the Saints would fail to score in Game 1 as they would lose 1-0. In Game 2 they played with a sense of urgency, winning 16-6.

How It Happened

Game 1

Justin Jackson was the starting pitcher on the mound for the Saints. He pitched seven full innings with only six hits, one earned run, and seven strikeouts. He led the defense, shutting out the Titans in six of seven innings. The Titans utilized the duo of Anthony Cordero and Kenneth Robinson, who pitched six innings and recorded seven strikeouts of his own. 

Drake Harman, Javier Soto, and Cory Filley each recorded one hit on the day for the Saints. Adrian Dominguez led all Titan batters going 2-for-3 at the plate. Hector Mangual, Leheim Bell, Jake Cooper, and Kevin Smith also recorded a hit.  

The Titans put their first and only run of the game on the board in the second inning when Luke Lambert hit a sacrifice fly to center field to score Adrian Dominguez and give the Titans a 1-0 lead. Defense would be the main ingredient to sum up the remainder of the game as that would be the final score. The Titans shut out the Saints to take Game 1 1-0.

Game 2

The Saints showed up with their bats in Game 2. They would record a total 12 hits in the game. The Titans recorded eight hits.  

Javier Soto was the big story for the Saints at the plate. He went 4-for-5 with two home runs and seven RBIs. Grant Gallagher also hit a home run. Trey Freeman was perfect at the plate, going 2-for-2 to help lead the Saints.  

Leheim Lambert was 3-for-4 at the plate and Hector Mangual went 2-for-2 at the plate to lead all Titan batters.  

A trio of pitchers: Colby Rice, Matthew Jenkins, and Nick Davidson all saw time on the mound for the Saints.

Santa Fe Saints scored a whopping six runs in the bottom of the first inning.  Drake Harman starting things off with a double, Javier Soto doubled, Cory Filley singled, Anthony Fimiano singled, Connor Fosnow doubled, and Trey Freeman tripled all in the first inning. Eastern Florida would counter the Saints efforts by scoring five runs in the top of the fourth inning and cut the Saints lead to 6-5.  

The Saints would have their next big inning in the fourth. Thanks to home runs from Javier Soto and Grant Gallagher, they would go on to score an additional four runs.  

In the seventh inning, the Saints lit up the scoreboard again by scoring an additional five runs. The final score was 16-6 with Santa Fe taking the game and the series.