SCF Baseball Looks for Sweep Over Broward

The SCF baseball team (7-6) is looking to complete a sweep at the Broward College Baseball Field in Fort Lauderdale to take on Broward College (1-7) Tuesday night, February 18 at 5 pm.

Last Time Out:
The Manatees are coming off of a two-game series sweep against Tallahassee CC where they won by scores of 9-4 and 13-4. If SCF wins, then it will be the second sweep for them this season.

Leading the pact at the plate is sophomore John Malcom. Malcom is batting .354 with a team-leading four home runs and 15 RBI. In the series against TCC, Malcom finished 3-for-10 with two home runs and five RBI. In fact, his two home runs came from the second game of the series.

Meanwhile classmates Remi Patry (.289), AJ Fritz (.333) and Rook Ellington (.237) each have 10 RBI. In the series against TCC, Patry was 2-for-8 with two RBI and three walks while Fritz was 4-for-9 with two RBI and Ellington was 3-for-9 with three RBI.

On the mound, sophomore Cole Ayers and Jake Smith lead the way. Ayers is 1-1 with a 3.68 ERA and 21 strikeouts, while Smith is 2-1 with a 3.00 ERA and 18 strikeouts. Both players pitched in the series and got the wins. Ayers threw five innings and gave up two unearned runs with nine strikeouts, while Smith threw five innings and gave up three runs (one earned) with four strikeouts.

Scouting Broward:
The Seahawks were originally scheduled to face Lake Sumter, but unfortunately the game was cancelled. Their lone win so far out of all their games so far was in a split against HCC.

Santiago Garavito leads the Seahawks offense batting .320 with four RBI, while sophomore Ihosvanny Castaneda is batting a team-leading .391 with five stolen bases.

Sophomore Jean Toro has the Seahawks lone win so far where he has a 2.45 ERA and 14 strikeouts.

Series History (2012-present):
The Manatees are 17-7 against the Seahawks, which includes two wins earlier in the season on neutral grounds (2/1) and at SCF (2/13).

How to Keep Up:
Livestats will be provided via GameChanger and fans can catch up with both teams on Twitter

SCF: @SCFBaseball
Broward: @954Seahawks

Livestats Link: https://gc.com/t/spring-2020/state-college-of-florida-manatees-varsity-5e26db014cf88f41b4aaf1c1