Babson Park, FL — The Webber International Baseball team split Friday's doubleheader with Bellevue, powering its way to an 8-4 win in game one before dropping the second game 9-4. The Warriors piled up 14 hits in the opener and struck early with a six-run first inning, but Bellevue answered in game two with steady pressure and a decisive four-run seventh inning.
Webber wasted no time in the opener. Keegan Martin started the bottom of the first with a single, Austen Jaslove doubled, and Tugg Hollandsworth drove in the first run with an RBI single. Jalen Martinez followed with an RBI single of his own, Mike Cuello added another run-scoring hit, and Ty Mathews broke the inning open with a three-run homer to center as the Warriors surged in front 6-0 after one.
The Warriors kept adding on from there. Hollandsworth launched a solo homer in the fourth, and Mathews brought home Jalen Martinez with an RBI single in the sixth to finish Webber's scoring. Hollandsworth led the way at the plate in game one by going 4-for-4 with two RBI and two runs scored, while Mathews finished 2-for-4 with four RBI and a home run. Webber also got multi-hit games from Steven Nitch and Keegan Martin in the 8-4 victory.
On the mound, Mason Veronezi gave Webber a strong start in game one, allowing just two runs, one earned, over 5.0 innings with six strikeouts. Gregory Bori worked the final two innings as the Warriors held off Bellevue, which scored twice in the fourth and twice in the sixth.
In game two, Bellevue jumped ahead with two runs in the first and never fully let Webber settle in, eventually taking a 9-4 win. The Bruins scored again in the third, added two more in the sixth, and broke the game open with four runs in the seventh. Webber finished with nine hits, led by Keegan Martin's 2-for-4 day with two doubles and two runs scored, while Austen Jaslove went 3-for-3 with an RBI.
Webber's offense scratched across single runs in the second and fifth before making one last push in the ninth. David Zamora singled home Mike Cuello in the second, Jaslove brought in Martin in the fifth, and the Warriors plated two more in the ninth on an error and a Ty Mathews sacrifice fly. Bellevue, however, had enough cushion after its late surge to secure the split.
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