Feb. 9, 2008
LAKELAND, Fla. - The West Florida offense is alive, but the Florida Southern power hitters outslugged the Argos. After losing 7-5 Friday night, when the Mocs rallied in the eighth inning for the win, the Argos slugged it out with Florida Southern in the first game of Saturday's double header. The game was tied 7-7 after four innings, and the Argos were down just 11-10 with the go-ahead runner on base in the top of the seventh, only to see Florida Southern put the game away with six runs in the bottom of the eighth, to win 17-11.
In the first two games of the series, West Florida scored 16 runs on 22 hits, but it still wasn't enough. Scott Beckwith and Jon Reed both homered for the Argos in the first game on Saturday; however, the Mocs blasted four homers themselves. Beckwith had two hits, two runs, and two RBI's, while Brandon Brewer scored three runs for West Florida. Craig Westcott added two runs batted in, while Greg Pron had two hits and two runs scored.
The Argos scored five runs in the second inning, and followed that up with a single run in the third and fourth innings, and led 7-6 going into the bottom of the fourth. Meanwhile, the Mocs scored at least one run in each of the first five innings, and broke a 7-7 tie with four runs in the bottom of the fifth inning. Scott Beckwith, Kevin Mierzwinski, Steven Bingert, and Jackson Woodard put together four consecutive singles, which in combination with three Florida Southern errors led to the five run inning.
Scott Beckwith homered in the third inning, and then after Florida Southern took the lead, Brandon Brewer started another UWF rally with a lead off double in the eighth, and scored on a Craig Westcott single. However, the Argos would only get one more run, with that coming on a Jon Reed HomeRun in the ninth inning, but that followed a six run eighth inning by the Mocs.
In the first game of a doubleheader, starter Kyle Ramsey took the loss and dropped to 1-1 on the season. Despite two strong offensive outputs, West Florida dropped to 2-3 on the season, while the highly ranked Mocs improved to 3-3 on the young season. The Argos try to avoid a sweep by Florida Southern in the second game of the scheduled doubleheader.