March 25, 2015
 
BOX SCORE
 
MEMPHIS, Tenn. – Behind the bat of Justin Ambrosino and the arm of JT Granat, the University of West Florida baseball team was able to win its fifth consecutive game and complete a three-game sweep of Christian Brothers after a 5-0 victory on Saturday afternoon. In the win, UWF records its sixth shutout of the season, which is the second most in NCAA Division II and the highest total in the Gulf South Conference.
 
West Florida (19-11, 13-5 GSC) and Christian Brothers (7-22, 1-17 GSC) would battle in a scoreless tie until the top half of the seventh, as Nic Strasser hit a sacrifice fly to centerfield to score Jimmy Redovian and create a 1-0 Argonaut lead.

UWF added four runs in the ninth to add some cushion in the late stages of the game. Kyle Hamner was able to record a sacrifice fly of his own, scoring John Price who led off the inning with a double. Justin Ambrosino scored Robert Lopez on an RBI double to right center and on the same play, Strasser was able to scrape across a run after a fielding error by the CBU centerfielder. Jean Figueroa concluded the scoring after being able to cross home on a wild pitch.
 
UWF starting pitcher JT Granat hurled six innings of shutout baseball, striking out three CBU hitters while allowing just six hits. Granat has not allowed a run in his last 15.1 innings pitched and has recorded a victory in each of his last three starts.
 
Jarrod Petree tossed two innings of hitless relief, setting up Steve McClellan who was able to strikeout the side in order in the ninth inning on just 14 pitches.
 
Ambrosino paced the lineup with a team season-high four hits in a 4-for-5 performance. Five other Argonauts were able to tally one hit apiece as the team tallied nine on the afternoon. Hamner extended his hitting streak to 16 games with a single through the left side in the sixth. Hamner's hitting streak is tied for the longest by a UWF player since the 2006 season, when Josh Loosier posted a 17-game streak.
 
West Florida now owns a GSC-best 2.72 team ERA after allowing just four runs in its three-game sweep of CBU.
 
UWF looks to extend its five-game winning streak in midweek action, as the Argonauts host Montevallo on Tuesday at 6:00 p.m. and Wednesday at 3:00 p.m. West Florida will travel back to Tennessee next weekend, as UWF is set to take on Union for a three-game conference series beginning Saturday at 1:00 p.m.