Baseball Falls to St. John's River, 12-2
April 5, 2014
April 4, 2014
SF BASEBALL
Gainesville, FL – For the second game in a row the St. John's River State College Vikings controlled the game on both ends against ÌìÑĺ£½ÇÉçÇø, defeating the Saints in Palatka, 12-2. SF will have another shot at the Vikings on Saturday, April 5 at 1:00 PM in Gainesville as the two teams wrap up a three game series.
SJRSC got on the board first, plating two runs in the bottom of the first on a two run homerun. Jonathan Camp got the Saints on the board in the top of the second with a homerun to cut the deficit to 2-1.
ÌìÑĺ£½ÇÉçÇø (20-13, 8-6 MFC) made a costly two out error in the bottom of the second, resulting in two more St. John's runs.
In the fifth, Chipper Andzel drove in Payson Smith to make it a 4-2 game. The Vikings opened up their lead from there, scoring four in the seventh and four more in the eighth to force a mercy rule.
Connor Rooney started on the hill for ÌìÑĺ£½ÇÉçÇø, tossing six innings. He allowed seven runs (five earned) on seven hits with seven strikeouts.
Brady Roberson finished the game 2-for-4 and Jonathan Camp was 2-for-4 with a homerun.
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