Rodriguez Knocks in Five to Lead Saints Past Seminole, 14-6
March 28, 2017
March 27, 2017 - Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» BASEBALL
Gainesville, FL – Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» first baseman Leo Rodriguez had a monster day at the plate Monday afternoon in Sanford for the NJCAA #15/FCSAA #3 Santa Fe Saints, blasting a home run along with two other hits in a five RBI effort. In all, the Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» Saints (26-9, 9-3 MFC) pounded out 15 hits, five homeruns, and scored 14 runs to clinch the three-game series against Seminole State College.
Big innings were the name of the game for Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» as they plated three in the second and four in the third to jump ahead 7-1 early on. Stephen Smith hit the first of five Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» homeruns in the second to open the scoring. Seminole tried to get back in it with two in the fourth and a run in the fifth to make it a 7-4 game, but another four spot in the sixth courtesy of two run homers from Wyatt Meisterhans and Brandon Hernandez made it an 11-4 contest. A two-run Rodriguez homer in the eighth and a solo shot by Kyle Phillips rounded out the scoring.
Ricky Miranda picked up the win on the hill with three scoreless innings in relief of Sean Gabel to move to 4-0 on the season. Gabel tossed 4.2 innings, Chris Budden finished off the final out of the eighth, and Chris Hopkins pitched a perfect ninth.
Rodriguez finished 3-for-5 with a homer, a double and five RBI, Brandon Hernandez was 2-for-6 with a homerun, three runs scored and three RBI, Stephen Smith finished 3-for-5 with four runs scored and a homerun, Meisterhans was 2-for-5 with a homerun and two RBI, and Dillon Reed was 2-for-5.
Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» will open a three-game series with Lake Sumter State College Wednesday, March 29, in Gainesville at 3 p.m. The game can be seen live at www.santafesaints.com/saintssportsnetwork.
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