Spartans Stomp Sailfish To Sweep Doubleheader

WEST PALM BEACH, FLA. – The No. 1 ranked University of Tampa baseball team swept a doubleheader against Sunshine State Conference opponent Palm Beach Atlantic University.

INSIDE THE MATCHUP:

Game One Final: No. 1 Tampa 18, Palm Beach Atlantic 4

Game Two Final: No. 1 Tampa 11, Palm Beach Atlantic 2

Records: Tampa (4-1), Palm Beach Atlantic (0-6)

Location: J.M. "Jake" Rubin Park | West Palm Beach, Fla.

All-time Series: Tampa is 121-35 all-time against the Sailfish.

HOW IT HAPPENED — GAME ONE:

• E.J. Cumbo scored (unearned), Nicholas Winkelmeyer scored off a Drew Ehrhard single. | 2-0 Tampa
• Luke McDonald hit a double to score Nick Derr, John Malcom, Jamarcus Lyons that continued a first inning breakout. | 5-0 Tampa
• The Sailfish score on a first-inning sacrifice fly. | 5-1 Tampa
• Malcolm got things started in the second with a two RBI double that scored Lyons and Ehrhard. | Tampa 7-1
• Cumbo piled on, hitting a two RBI single. Winkelmeyer scored, unearned, J.D. Urso scored. | 9-1 Tampa
• The Sailfish scored the games only fourth inning run via sacrifice fly. | 9-2 Tampa
• Tampa scored eight runs in the fifth inning: Jose Cadenas on a Ehrhard walk (10-2); Winkelmeyer via a Sailfish wild pitch (11-2); Cumbo scored from the Malcom walk (12-2); Ehrhard scored after Derr was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded (13-2); McDonald walked and scored Lyons (14-2); Malcom made it home off the Urso single (15-2); Derr from the Winkelmeyer ground out (16-2); McDonald on another wild pitch (17-2). | Tampa 17-2
• The Sailfish scored an RBI single in the bottom of the fifth. | Tampa 17-3
• McDonald scored again for the Spartans from a Winkelmeyer double. | Tampa 18-3
• The Sailfish scored last to finish the game. | Tampa 18-4

HOW IT HAPPENED — GAME TWO:

• E.J. Cumbo got things started again for Tampa, this time hitting a double to score Nicholas Winkelmeyer. | 1-0 Tampa
• John Malcom singled to second base to score Cumbo. | 2-0 Tampa
• The sailfish answered right away in the bottom of the second, scoring two runs to tie the game. | 2-2 Tied
• The Spartans created some space, scoring three runs in the second: Jose Cadenas from a Winkelmeyer single (3-2); Winkelmeyer again scored from the Drew Ehrhard sac-fly (4-2); Cumbo scores once more via the Jamarcus Lyons double (5-2) | Tampa 5-2
• Mikey Navarrete had a bases loaded walk that scored Malcom in the top of the fifth inning. | Tampa 6-2
• Cadenas was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded that scored Dan Sullivan. | Tampa 7-2
• Sullivan doubled to right field, scoring Ehrhard in the sixth inning. | Tampa 8-2
• The Spartans scored two more runs in the sixth by a J.D. Urso sac-fly to score Carlos Salaverria (9-2); and Navarrete brought home Sullivan with a single to center field. | Tampa 10-2
• In the final frame, Ehrhard doubled to left field to score Winkelmeyer | Tampa 11-2

INSIDE THE STATS — GAME ONE:

• Luke McDonald had a monster game one, hitting a double with four RBI's and three walks.
• UT had five players register two or more RBI's: McDonald (4), John Malcom (3), E.J. Cumbo (2), Drew Ehrhard (2), and Nicholas Winkelmeyer (2).
• Nick Derr and J.D. Urso also registered an RBI, giving Tampa seven players to log RBI's in the game.
• Urso, Dan Sullivan, and Winkelmeyer were ever efficient at the plate, hitting 3-for-4, 2-for-2, and 2-for-3, respectively.
• UT batters walked more times (13) than they struck out (8).
• 16 of the Spartans 18 hits scored runs.
• UT had 12 players register hits in the game.
• Right-handed pitcher Braydon Nelson earned his first win of the season.

INSIDE THE STATS — GAME TWO:

• Nicholas Winkelmeyer was again strong in the second showing, hitting 2-for-4 with an RBI and walk and no strikeouts.
• Drew Ehrhard and Mikey Navarrete both recorded two RBI's apiece in the second game.
• UT scored 11 runs on 11 hits.
• Nine Spartans collected RBI's on the game: Ehrhard (2), Navarette (2), Winkelmeyer, E.J. Cumbo, Jamarcus Lyons, John Malcom, Dan Sullivan, J.D. Urso, Jose Cadenas each had one.
• UT hit five doubles in the game.
• Eric Linder struck out six Sailfish in six innings for his first win of the season.
• Jordan Leasure was perfect in relief, striking out one in the seventh with no hits, runs, or walks allowed.

UP NEXT: The Spartans travel to Melbourne, Fla. Friday for the first of a three-game series against the Florida Tech Panthers. Coverage begins at 5:00 p.m.

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