March 20, 2010
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Rattlers vs. Wildcats - MEAC Series Opener at FAMU, B-CU Wins 11-1, 18-0
B-CU Winning Streak Up To Seven Straight With Sweep
Tallahassee, Fla. - Game One Box Score Game Two Box Score
Updated B-CU 20-game Stats/Scores (11-9, 2-0 MEAC)
"I thought our pitchers threw a lot of strikes today and only walked one batter (in the two games) and that showed our intensity on the mound," said B-CU Head Coach Mervyl Melendez. "We can score runs as a team and we did that today scoring 29 runs in 12 innings. We had good at bats and we need to continue to get better as a team, not only for this weekend, but for the rest of the season. Our pitchers must continue to throw strikes and take command on the mound for us."
B-CU opened the MEAC season with a 11-1 win in game one of the doubleheader over FAMU, winning for the sixth straight time in 2010.
The Wildcats jumped out to a 2-0 lead on a Ryan Durrence home run to center field scoring Juan Perez who doubled. It was Durrence's fifth HR of 2010..
B-CU went ahead 3-0 in the third inning with Juan Perez leading off with a single. Then on a hit and run single to right field by Matt Wright and two Rattlers throwing errors on the play, Perez scored from first base.
Cookman (10-9, 1-0 MEAC) scored two more runs in the fourth inning engineering a steal play with runners on first and second, then scoring a throwing error and a passed ball helped B-CU score two making the count 5-0..
Durrence and Davis Two Home Runs Each Leads Offense
Bethune-Cookman used the long ball to score three runs in the fifth inning with Durrence hitting a tape measure home run to deep left field for his second home run of the game. Two batters later, Jeremy Davis ripped a home run to left center for an 8-0 lead.
Davis hit his second home run of the game in the seventh inning to make the score 11-0. FAMU hit a solo home run in the sixth of reliever Justin Dahl to make the score 11-1.
In MEAC play, a 10-run lead after seven inning or five inning (in a seven-inning game) ends the game.
B-CU Starter LHP Ali Simpson (3-1) earned the win pitching five innings allowing 4 hits, striking out seven and walking none in a solid start for the Wildcats.
GAME TWO - B-CU 18, FAMU 0 - Five Homers - Ryan Gonzalez One-Hitter Lead Win
The Wildcats hit five home runs in game two including back-to-back-to-back home runs in the third inning by Ryan Durrence (third home run of the doubleheader), Peter O'Brien, and Emmanuel Castro. Durrence's blast was a three-run bomb. DJ Leonard and Byron White also hit home runs in the win with B-CU out-hitting FAMU 18-1.
Rayan Gonzalez (3-2) pitched four innings of one-hit ball for the win. Gabriel Hernendez pitched the fifth and final inning of the game shortened by the MEAC 10-run rule in a seven-inning game.
The two teams play one nine-inning game at 1 p.m. to wrap up the MEAC series.
See both games box scores (above) and updated B-CU 20-game stats/scores (now 11-9, 2-0 MEAC)
