Bucs Finish Dominating Sweep of Eastern
The #6 Florida SouthWestern Buccaneers finished a dominating three game sweep of the Eastern Florida State Titans on the road in Melbourne on Saturday, shutting out the Titans 6-0 in game one of the doubleheader before pounding Eastern 15-2 in the final game of the series to finish the series outscoring the Titans 35-4 to remain in the top spot in the Citrus Conference standings at the midway point of the year.
MELBOURNE, Fla.- The #6 Florida SouthWestern Buccaneers finished a dominating three game sweep of the Eastern Florida State Titans on the road in Melbourne on Saturday, shutting out the Titans 6-0 in game one of the doubleheader before pounding Eastern 15-2 in the final game of the series to finish the series outscoring the Titans 35-4 to remain in the top spot in the Citrus Conference standings at the midway point of the year.
The teams mirrored each other through the first two innings of game one of the doubleheader as both had traffic in the 1st and couldn't score and each went down in order in the 2nd to send the game to the 3rd scoreless.
The Bucs were the first to crack the scoreboard in the 4th as they took advantage of some charity from the Eastern defense with two walks, a hit batter and an error by the Titans to score two runs to take a 2-0 lead after four.
A bases loaded walk for the Bucs in the 4th extended their lead to 3-0 and a wild pitch followed by an RBI groundout for FSW made it 5-0 FSW after 4 ½.
FSW starter Anthony Wilkie finished off his best start as a Buc by striking out the side in the 5th and the FSW offense continued to add on in the 6th as Jonah St. Antoine popped a solo shot with two outs to pad the lead to 6-0.
Nicholas Lorenz took the ball out of the FSW bullpen and nailed it down from there, working around a hit batter in the 6th and striking out the side in the 7th to complete the shutout for the Bucs as they clinched the series victory with a 6-0 win in game one of the doubleheader.
Wilkie and Lorenz were equally as electric in the win for the Bucs as Wilkie went five scoreless, allowing just one hit while striking out eight to earn the win to improve to 6-1 on the year while Lorenz threw two scoreless innings of his own, striking out five to finish the Bucs first shutout of 2026. The Bucs needed just five hits on the offensive end for the win. St. Antoine had two of them and had the only extra base hit of the game for FSW.
#6 FLORIDA SOUTHWESTERN/EASTERN FLORIDA GAME ONE BOX SCORE
Eastern got their first run of the day in the bottom of the 1st in game two, taking advantage of a leadoff walk to plate a run and take an early 1-0 lead.
The lead wouldn't last long though as Aiden Talarico cranked his team leading 12th home run of the year with one out in the 2nd to tie things up and later in the inning back to back run scoring hits from Keenan Jabeth and Greg Caban put the Bucs in front 3-1.
A Bucs error helped the Titans get a run in the 2nd to make it a one run game and both teams went down in order in the 3rd to send the game to the 4th with FSW leading 3-2.
The Bucs put up another crooked number in the 4th as Caban picked up his second RBI of the game with an RBI single back up the middle and Bishop Quarles tripled home a pair to make it 6-2 FSW. They weren't done yet as St. Antoine and Cris Walley picked up back to back two out RBI singles and after four it was all Bucs, leading 8-2.
FSW put the game out of reach in the 6th as St. Antoine singled home two with a single to center, Talarico brought in another with an RBI single to left and Caban capped his monster game with a two run double to right to blow it open to 15-2 FSW.
The Bucs closed things out from there, kicking in the run rule with a dominating 15-2 win in the series finale to complete the three game sweep of the Titans.
FSW banged out 17 hits in the win with right of nine Buccaneer starters recording multi-hit games. Caban finished 3-4 with four RBIs while St. Antoine was 2-5 with two runs scored and three RBIs. Sterling Bass earned the win for the Bucs on the mound out of the bullpen, throwing two scoreless innings to improve to 3-0 on the year.
#6 FLORIDA SOUTHWESTERN/EASTERN FLORIDA GAME TWO BOX SCORE
The Bucs win their fifth straight Citrus Conference series to begin league play, improving to 23-6 overall and 12-3 in Citrus action. Eastern falls to12-16 overall and 6-9 in league play.
Next up for the Bucs is a huge three game Citrus Conference series against #22 State College of Florida which will start Thursday in Bradenton before shifting to Fort Myers for a noon doubleheader start on Saturday.