FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - The Nova Southeastern Sharks Baseball team dropped the Sunshine State Conference series opener 6-5 to the Palm Beach Atlantic Sailfish on Friday night at the NSU Baseball Complex.
Keyler Gonzalez (ND, 8.1 IP, 8 Ks) was stellar on the mound for NSU, limiting Palm Beach Atlantic to just three hits and one earned run in a career-high in innings pitched.
Records: Nova Southeastern 12-12, 5-5 SSC | Palm Beach Atlantic 11-12, 4-6 SSC
Score: Nova Southeastern 5 | Palm Beach Atlantic 6
Location: NSU Baseball Complex | Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
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- Keyler Gonzalez began the game by setting down the first nine PBA hitters he faced.
- The Sailfish broke through on the scoreboard with an RBI single, taking a 1-0 lead in the fourth inning.
- Zeth Rodriguez tallied a single for NSU, sending Jack Cue to third base, but the Sharks were unable to score the tying run after two consecutive strikeouts.
- Gonzalez continued to pitch well, retiring his final 12 hitters, as he threw a career-high 8.1 innings.
- The Sharks tied the game in the bottom of the eighth inning on a sacrifice fly from Roylan Quevedo.
- In the top of the tenth inning, a defensive lapse by the Sharks allowed PBA to reclaim the lead.
- Quevedo added a second sacrifice fly, tying the game once again, in the bottom of the frame.
- The Sailfish scored four runs in the top of the 11th, taking a 6-2 lead over NSU.
- Justin Wachs came up clutch with a two-run triple in the bottom half of the frame, putting the score at 6-4.
- Wachs later scored on a wild pitch, but that was the final run the Sharks could muster, as NSU fell 6-5.
Nova Southeastern continues their SSC series against the Sailfish with a doubleheader beginning at 1 p.m. on Saturday, March 22nd. To stay up-to-date on Sharks Baseball, be sure to follow on Instagram & X at NSU_Baseball.
