Sports Lowdown

Nick Capra had two hits in Friday's loss - Photo credit: James Ragan Photography Reigning Sunshine State Conference Pitcher of the Week Logan Browning pitched six strong innings Friday night, striking out nine Florida Tech Panthers and leading the visiting Florida Southern Moccasins to a 3-0 win at Andy Seminck-Les Hall Field. Browning, the son of former Cincinnati Reds pitcher Tom Browning, allowed five hits and struck out 10. He got the key out he needed at key times, keeping the Panthers off the board. Florida Southern (12-6, 1-3 SSC) got on the board early, scoring a run in the first against Panthers starter Ty Cohen .  With one out, Cody Burgess singled and stole second. He later scored on a Jason Sierra single. The Mocs got a single from Austin Mauer to start the second, but Cohen got Kevin Fuller to line into a double play. That was key at the time, because Christian Maglich hit a long solo blast, putting the visitors up 2-0. The Panthers (13-6, 0-...

The Florida Tech baseball team took game one of a doubleheader on Saturday, beating Lincoln Memorial 6-4 behind the three hit, three RBI day of Reid Neal . Neal tied the game in the third with a 2-run single and gave the Panthers the lead in the fifth, with an RBI single. That gave the Panthers a lead they would never relinquish. Panthers starting pitcher Tyler Deel got off to a bit of a shaky start, giving up two runs in the top of the first, but he rebounded nicely to pick up his second win of the season. After dropping game one of the series on Friday 7-2, the Railsplitters were looking to get things started on the right foot Saturday and they did that, scoring twice in the top of the first. Nate Stinson led off with a single and after Tyler Adams walked, both runners moved up on a passed ball. Logan Augustine’s sac fly brought one home and Mason Ewers double, made it 2-0. Deel got the next two outs, avoiding further trouble. LMU starter Brandon Jean pitched w...