{"id":247817,"date":"2026-04-27T02:23:12","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T02:23:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/247817\/"},"modified":"2026-04-27T02:23:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T02:23:12","slug":"b-cu-falls-15-13-after-late-florida-am-comeback","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/247817\/","title":{"rendered":"B-CU Falls 15-13 After Late Florida A&M Comeback"},"content":{"rendered":"\n


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\"Florida<\/p>\n

Next Game:<\/p>\n

at Florida International<\/p>\n

4\/28\/2026 | 6 p.m.<\/p>\n


\n Apr. 28 (Tue) \/ 6 p.m. \n <\/p>\n

\"Florida<\/p>\n


\n at\u00a0Florida International \n <\/p>\n

History <\/a><\/p>\n

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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. \u2014\u00a0Florida A&M\u00a0used a late offensive surge to outlast Bethune-Cookman\u00a015-13 in a high-scoring affair at Moore-Kittles Stadium<\/p>\n

\"Header<\/p>\n

Bethune-Cookman\u00a0(31-13, 17-4)\u00a0struck first in the opening inning. After a leadoff walk by Darryl Lee<\/a>, Andrey Martinez<\/a> launched a two-run home run to right field to give the Wildcats an early 2-0 lead.<\/p>\n

Florida A&M (21-19, 16-5) quickly answered in the bottom half of the first. The Rattlers strung together three hits, highlighted by a two-RBI double from Ethan Miller and a two-RBI single by Alex Monile, to take a 4-2 lead.<\/p>\n

The Rattlers added to their advantage in the second inning. Jay Campbell delivered an RBI triple before Jackson McKenzie followed with a two-run home run, extending the lead to 7-2.<\/p>\n

Bethune-Cookman chipped away in the third inning, capitalizing on defensive miscues to plate two runs and cut the deficit to 7-4. The Wildcats continued their comeback in the fourth, as RBI hits from Jorge Rodriguez<\/a> and Darryl Lee<\/a> helped B-CU score three runs and trim the lead to 8-7.<\/p>\n

Florida A&M pushed the lead back to three runs with a pair of runs in the sixth inning, taking a 10-7 advantage.<\/p>\n

The Wildcats responded with their biggest inning of the day in the seventh. Taking advantage of walks and hit batters, Bethune-Cookman scored six runs, highlighted by a two-RBI single from Jose Fernandez<\/a>, to take a 13-10 lead.<\/p>\n

Florida A&M answered once again in the eighth inning. The Rattlers rallied for five runs, fueled by a three-RBI double from William Brown and an RBI double by Jay Campbell, to reclaim a 15-13 lead.<\/p>\n

Bethune-Cookman was unable to mount another comeback in the ninth as Florida A&M closed out the win. Cody Williams earned the victory in relief, while Pablo Torres<\/a> was charged with the loss.<\/p>\n

\"Notes<\/p>\n

\"Up<\/p>\n

The Wildcats will make their second trip to Miami for a midweek matchup with the FIU Panthers. First pitch is slated for Tuesday at 6 p.m. EST.

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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.
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–#HailWildcats–<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Next Game: at Florida International 4\/28\/2026 | 6 p.m. Apr. 28 (Tue) \/ 6…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":247818,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28,30,29],"class_list":["post-247817","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247817","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=247817"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247817\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/247818"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=247817"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=247817"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=247817"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}