{"id":228373,"date":"2026-04-12T08:22:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-12T08:22:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/228373\/"},"modified":"2026-04-12T08:22:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-12T08:22:10","slug":"holland-leads-dolphins-to-series-clinching-win-at-fgcu-4-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/228373\/","title":{"rendered":"Holland leads Dolphins to Series-Clinching Win at FGCU, 4-1"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>                    &#13;<br \/>\n                        &#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Florida-Gulf-Coast.png\" alt=\"Florida Gulf Coast University\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                Next Game:<\/p>\n<p>at Florida Gulf Coast University<\/p>\n<p>4\/12\/2026 | 1:00 PM<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                    Apr. 12 (Sun) \/ 1:00 PM&#13;\n                <\/p>\n<p>                    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sidearm-story-template-next-game-opponent-logo\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Florida-Gulf-Coast.png\" alt=\"Florida Gulf Coast University\"\/><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                        at\u00a0Florida Gulf Coast University&#13;\n                    <\/p>\n<p>                             &#13;<\/p>\n<p>                    FORT MYERS, Fla. \u2013 Behind 7.0 shutout innings from <a href=\"https:\/\/judolphins.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/brendan-holland\/8600\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"8600\" target=\"_blank\">Brendan Holland<\/a>, Jacksonville clinched the weekend series with a 4-1 win over FGCU on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>How It Happened<\/p>\n<p>Holland set the tone immediately, striking out three of the four hitters he faced in the first while getting ahead in every count.<\/p>\n<p>Jacksonville showed early competitiveness at the plate, squaring up several balls through the first few innings, but had little to show for it as hard contact consistently found gloves.<\/p>\n<p>The Dolphins broke through in the second when <a href=\"https:\/\/judolphins.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/sam-grunberg\/8593\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"8593\" target=\"_blank\">Sam Grunberg<\/a> ripped a triple down the right field line and later scored on a sacrifice fly from <a href=\"https:\/\/judolphins.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/logan-baratta\/8589\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"8589\" target=\"_blank\">Logan Baratta<\/a> to make it 1-0.<br \/>\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p>Jacksonville added on in the fifth, taking advantage of an FGCU error. After moving into scoring position, <a href=\"https:\/\/judolphins.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/sammy-mummau\/7048\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"7048\" target=\"_blank\">Sammy Mummau<\/a> lined a single through the left side to extend the lead to 2-0.<br \/>\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p>FGCU threatened in the sixth, putting two runners in scoring position with two outs, but <a href=\"https:\/\/judolphins.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/roger-vergara\/8591\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"8591\" target=\"_blank\">Roger Vergara<\/a> came up with a gem up the middle, ranging to his right to snag a hard-hit grounder and end the inning, preserving the lead.<\/p>\n<p>The Dolphins broke it open in the eighth.<\/p>\n<p>A leadoff single and a walk put two on before both runners advanced on a wild pitch. <a href=\"https:\/\/judolphins.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/derek-bermudez\/8601\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"8601\" target=\"_blank\">Derek Bermudez<\/a> delivered the key hit, shooting a two-run single through the left side to push the lead to 4-0.<\/p>\n<p>FGCU plated one in the bottom half on a balk, but Jacksonville closed it out without further trouble.<\/p>\n<p>On the Mound<\/p>\n<p>Holland was in control throughout, allowing just four hits across his 7.0 shutout innings while striking out seven.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/judolphins.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/ayden-phillips\/8604\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"8604\" target=\"_blank\">Ayden Phillips<\/a> handled the final two innings to secure his second save of the season.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>At the Plate<\/p>\n<p>Bermudez: 1-for-4, 2 RBI<br \/>Mummau: 2-for-4, RBI<br \/>Grunberg: Triple, run scored<br \/>Baratta: RBI<\/p>\n<p>Jacksonville totaled eight hits and used timely offense late to secure the series on the road. To secure the sweep, the Dolphins need a win on Sunday, with first pitch scheduled for 1:00 p.m.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; &#13; &#13; Next Game: at Florida Gulf Coast University 4\/12\/2026 | 1:00 PM &#13; Apr. 12 (Sun)&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":228374,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[116,118,117],"class_list":["post-228373","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville-headlines","tag-jacksonville-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228373","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=228373"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228373\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/228374"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=228373"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=228373"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=228373"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}