Baseball Wins 1st Game of 2022

Palm Beach State Baseball won their 1st game on the season with an impressive 11-2 over Pensacola State College.

The Panthers' offense was scorching in this one as they had 14 hits in 35 at-bats and drew 8 walks. The offense scored in 5 of the 7 total innings.

PBSC took a 2-0 into the 5th before breaking the game open. The Panthers scored on 4 consecutive at-bats. Tristan Moore led off the inning with a single, advanced to 2nd on a wild pitch, and advanced to third on a dropped 3rd strike. Justin Tew singled home Moore to increase the lead to 3-0. Gavin Bogdanchik doubled home Tew. John Rodriguez immediately singled on the very next pitch to score Bogdanchik. Rodriguez promptly stole 3rd and then scored on a passed ball to push the Panther lead to 6-0. Palm Beach would not look back after that as that was all of the scoring they needed to "ice" the game.

The Panthers had a number of sterling performances on Saturday. On offense, Gavin Bogdanchik and Tristan Moore paved the way with 3 hits and 3 runs scored each. Bogdanchik and John Rodriguez both drove in 2 runs, which tied for the team lead.

Mark Link earned the start and fired 4 innings of shutout baseball to earn the win. Danny Diaz finished the game with 3 shutout innings in relief.