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JJ Schwarz may play baseball for the next 20 years of his life and never have a night that comes close to the night he had against the Hatters. Schwarz, a freshman catcher, hit a program-record four home runs and had 10 RBIs in the Gators' 22-2 victory. Schwarz, who also doubled in two runs in the eighth, victimized four different Stetson pitchers:
2nd inning - crushed a belt-high fast ball from losing pitcher Adam Schaly for a two-run shot that put Florida up for good at 3-2 (yes, at one point Stetson held a 2-1 lead).
3rd inning - high fast ball from Josh Thorne once again hit quite well over the left field wall for a two-run home run.
4th inning - line drive, three-run home run to left off Ben Rakus.
7th inning - solo shot to left-center field to break the school record. Four home runs in seven innings and five plate appearances.
How about the pitching performance from Ben Onyshko? Please disregard the four earned runs and seven hits the Stetson freshman allowed in two innings of work and focus more on the fact that he actually retired Schwarz on a fifth-inning fly out.
Some other Schwarz and non-Schwarz facts:
* He was hitting .143 in his previous 11 games before Tuesday.
* In his last game against Stetson on March 24, Schwarz went 0-for-5 and struck out three times.
* Lost in the brilliant performance by Schwarz was the fact that another freshman, Dalton Guthrie hit the first two home runs of his collegiate career.
* There was a 59-minute rain delay two pitches into the bottom of the third. College baseball means: player grounds crews!
* Miserable game for the Hatters, who had won four straight coming in. The DeLand school not only made Schwarz look like Hank Aaron standing on top of another Hank Aaron, but allowed runs in all eight Florida batting innings and were charged with six errors.
* Last thing comes from Schwarz, who told gatorzone.com:
“I’ve never hit two [home runs in a game] before. After my second one, I was really excited, and then after the third I was like, ‘Holy crap, what is going on?’”
Holy crap, what is going on. Well said.
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