DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. - Bethune-Cookman closed out a three-game sweep of Alabama A&M with a 10-6 win, Saturday afternoon at Jackie Robinson Ballpark. 



AAMU (3-23, 1-8 SWAC), just as they had done in the prior two games on the weekend, opened the first inning with runs. This time, it was a four spot thanks ot an RBi single and three-run homer that made it 4-0 in a hurry. 

Wildcats (15-11, 7-1 SWAC) took one back in the bottom of the first as Sergio Rivera walked, stole second and third, and scored on a wild pitch. 

A wild bottom of the second put the Cats in front as a double and walk put two runners on for Colton Olasin. The senior second baseman dropped down a bunt back to the mound. A pair of Bulldog errors allowed Olasin to reach and come all the way around to score on a little league home run play that tied the game at 4-4. 

The rally continued for B-CU as a bunt single, hit-by-pitch, and walk allowed Jose Gonzalez to walk in a run to give B-CU a 5-4 lead.

The Bulldogs tied things at five in the fourth on a sacrifice fly.

The Cats jumped in front for good in the bottom of the fourth as Gonzalez singled in Rivera to make it 6-5. Two more Wildcat runs came across as Ramses Cordova plated Gonzalez with a sacrifice fly and Manny Souffrain scored on a Bulldog error.

The Wildcats added a pair an inning later on a Rivera ground rule double and a Gonzalez RBI triple to make it 10-5. 

Alabama A&M scratched one back with an RBI single in the eighth, but that was all as B-CU held on for the 10-6 win. 

Daniel Gaviria was awarded the win after five innings in which he allowed five runs, four earned, on five hits with two walks and three strikeouts. 

• B-CU stole seven bases in the game, six from Sergio Rivera - he finished the game just two behind the program record of eight. 
• Jose Gonzalez extended hit on-base streak to 25 straight games after a pair of hits and a walk. 
• Rivera and Gonzalez each recorded multi-hit games
• B-CU walked nine times to only five strikeouts 

The Wildcats will get set for a pair of midweek games beginning with UCF on Tuesday, April 2. First pitch is set for 6 p.m. 


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