{"id":246782,"date":"2026-04-26T00:03:15","date_gmt":"2026-04-26T00:03:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/246782\/"},"modified":"2026-04-26T00:03:15","modified_gmt":"2026-04-26T00:03:15","slug":"fernandez-propels-b-cu-over-florida-am-to-take-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/246782\/","title":{"rendered":"Fernandez Propels B-CU Over Florida A&#038;M to Take Series"},"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\/12\/Florida_AM_200x200_Logo.png\" alt=\"Florida A&amp;M\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                Next Game:<\/p>\n<p>at Florida A&amp;M<\/p>\n<p>4\/26\/2026 | 1 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                        SWAC TV  &#13;\n                    <\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                    Apr. 26 (Sun) \/ 1 p.m.&#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\/12\/Florida_AM_200x200_Logo.png\" alt=\"Florida A&amp;M\"\/><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                        at\u00a0Florida A&amp;M&#13;\n                    <\/p>\n<p>                    <a class=\"sidearm-story-template-next-game-details-history\" href=\"https:\/\/bcuathletics.com\/sports\/baseball\/opponent-history\/florida-am\/80\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">History <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                             &#13;<\/p>\n<p data-end=\"192\" data-start=\"0\">TALLAHASSEE, Fla. \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/bcuathletics.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/jose-fernandez\/11419\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"11419\" target=\"_blank\">Jose Fernandez&#8217;<\/a> first inning grand slam set the tone for an eventual 10-4 Wildcats victory over Florida A&amp;M at Moore-Kittles Field. Despite a nearly two-hour weather delay, the B-CU bats stayed hot, jumping out to a big lead and never looking back to earn an important series victory.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Header How it Happened\" data-airgap-id=\"47\" data-widget=\"image\" height=\"40\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/How_it_Happened.png\" style=\"display: inline-block;\" width=\"300\"\/><\/p>\n<p data-end=\"356\" data-start=\"110\">Bethune-Cookman (30-12, 16-3) began the first inning by loading the bases despite not recording a hit. <a href=\"https:\/\/bcuathletics.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/erick-almonte\/11454\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"11454\" target=\"_blank\">Erick Almonte<\/a> then took a walk to give the Cats a 1-0 advantage.<\/p>\n<p>After a lengthy weather delay, <a href=\"https:\/\/bcuathletics.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/jose-fernandez\/11419\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"11419\" target=\"_blank\">Jose Fernandez<\/a> came up with the biggest hit of the ballgame, crushing a grand-slam to centerfield to make it 5-0.<\/p>\n<p>In the second inning, <a href=\"https:\/\/bcuathletics.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/darryl-lee\/11424\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"11424\" target=\"_blank\">Darryl Lee<\/a> led off with a triple and scored on a sac fly by <a href=\"https:\/\/bcuathletics.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/andrey-martinez\/11426\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"11426\" target=\"_blank\">Andrey Martinez<\/a> to put B-CU up six.<\/p>\n<p>Florida A&amp;M (20-19, 15-5) finally respond in the bottom half. Jackson McKenzie led off the frame with a solo home run to cut the lead to 6-1.<\/p>\n<p>The Rattlers continued to chip away in the fourth. Matthew Perez reached on a single and later came around on an error to make it 6-2.<\/p>\n<p>The B-CU offense continued to produce throughout the rest of the game as FAMU would not get any closer. Fernandez came through again the fifth with an RBI double for the team&#8217;s seventh run.<\/p>\n<p>The Wildcats went up 8-2 in the seventh. <a href=\"https:\/\/bcuathletics.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/michael-rodriguez\/11432\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"11432\" target=\"_blank\">Michael Rodriguez<\/a> led off\u00a0with a base hit and would score on a <a href=\"https:\/\/bcuathletics.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/jeter-polledo\/11429\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"11429\" target=\"_blank\">Jeter Polledo<\/a> sac fly. In the eighth, Rodriguez would drive in two on a double with two outs to make it 10-2.<\/p>\n<p>The Rattlers went on to score one run in the eighth and ninth innings, but the damage had already been done. Harbertsting Abreu\u00a0recorded the win for B-CU, allowing two runs in five innings and collecting four strikeouts.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Notes &amp; Stats In-Story Header\" data-airgap-id=\"49\" data-widget=\"image\" height=\"40\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Notes_Stats.jpg\" style=\"display: inline-block;\" width=\"300\"\/><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/bcuathletics.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/jose-fernandez\/11419\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"11419\" target=\"_blank\">Jose Fernandez<\/a> recorded a season-high five RBI to lead the Wildcats.&#13;<br \/>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/bcuathletics.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/michael-rodriguez\/11432\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"11432\" target=\"_blank\">Michael Rodriguez<\/a> finished 3-for-4 with a double and two driven in.&#13;<br \/>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/bcuathletics.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/darryl-lee\/11424\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"11424\" target=\"_blank\">Darryl Lee<\/a> went 2-for-3 with a triple.&#13;<br \/>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/bcuathletics.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/harbersting-abreu\/11460\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"11460\" target=\"_blank\">Harbersting Abreu<\/a>\u00a0picked up his third win of the season after allowing two runs in five innings of work.&#13;<br \/>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/bcuathletics.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/anthony-anselmo\/11458\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"11458\" target=\"_blank\">Anthony Anselmo<\/a> pitched two shutout innings in relief with two strikeouts.&#13;<br \/>\n\tFlorida\u00a0A&amp;M out-hit the Wildcats 11-10.&#13;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Up Next In-Story Header\" data-widget=\"image\" height=\"40\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Up_Next.jpg\" style=\"display: inline-block;\" width=\"300\"\/><\/p>\n<p data-end=\"1981\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\" data-start=\"1925\">B-CU aims for the sweep Sunday afternoon as game three begins at 1 p.m. EST.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Follow Bethune-Cookman Baseball on Twitter\/X and Instagram (@BCUDiamondCats) and \u00a0for all of the latest news and updates. For all Bethune-Cookman Athletics news, follow us on Twitter (@BCUathletics), Instagram (@BCUathletics) and www.bcuathletics.com.<br \/>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;#HailWildcats&#8211;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; &#13; &#13; Next Game: at Florida A&amp;M 4\/26\/2026 | 1 p.m. &#13; SWAC TV &#13; &#13; Apr.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":246783,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28,30,29],"class_list":{"0":"post-246782","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-florida","8":"tag-florida","9":"tag-florida-headlines","10":"tag-florida-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246782","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=246782"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246782\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/246783"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=246782"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=246782"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=246782"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}