Baseballl - Peña Slugs Sharks to win over Washburn

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – Led by a pair of home runs – a grand slam and three-run home run – by Boris Peña (3-6, 2 HR, 7 RBI), the Nova Southeastern Sharks Baseball team defeated the Washburn Ichabods 17-2 on Sunday evening from the NSU Baseball Complex. Alongside Peña, three Sharks – Bryan Loriga (2-5), Henry Wallen (4-5, 3 R) and Justin Wachs (2-4, 4 RBI) – contributed multiple hits in the effort, while Kader Rabagh pitched a strong five innings on the mound, earning the win.

Score: Nova Southeastern 17 | Washburn 2
Records:Nova Southeastern 3-1 | Washburn 2-2
Location: NSU Baseball Complex | Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
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Nova Southeastern wasted no time getting on the scoreboard, as Justin Wachs got the Sharks on the board first, working a walk with the bases loaded and bringing in Zeth Rodriguez.
In the second inning, Landon Lowe came into score following an error by the Ichabods, extending the Nova Southeastern lead to 2-0.
NSU plated a pair of runs in the bottom of the third, first on a RBI double by Wachs, which was followed by a RBI groundout by Tyson Cooper, putting the Sharks ahead 4-0.
Washburn scored a run in both the fourth and fifth innings, cutting NSU’s lead to 4-2.
Henry Wallen extended the Sharks lead to 5-2, bringing in Lowe with an RBI single, in the bottom of the sixth inning.
Nova Southeastern rallied to score seven runs in the bottom of the seventh inning. Cooper started the scoring by coming in on a wild pitch, before Peña launched a grand slam, his first home run of the season, and Wachs tacked on another pair of runs with a two-run single. As the Sharks led 12-2 following the frame.
Peña added another home run in the eighth inning, bringing his RBI total to seven in the contest, and put NSU ahead 15-2.
Nova Southeastern plated two more runs in the inning, taking a 17-2 victory over Washburn.
Pedro Acosta, Oscar Hernandez, and Tyler Venegas combined to throw four innings of shutout baseball out of the bullpen, in relief of winning pitcher, Kadar Rabagh.