The Patriots rallied from a 10-4 sixth inning deficit to defeat the Seminole State Raiders 11-10 on Wednesday afternoon in Sanford.

CF belted five home runs in the game, but none were bigger than the back to back home runs in the top of the eighth inning by John Marant and Edwin Toribio. Those two shots gave the Pats the lead for good to make a winner of relief pitcher Cam Schuelke (4-1). Schuelke entered the game with two on and two out in the seventh and struck out Jhoander Irigoyen to end the threat. Schuelke finished the game throwing 2.1 innings allowing only one hit, no runs, and striking out two batters. Isaac Sewell tossed 2.2 innings giving up four hits, one run, with two strikeouts.

Pats totaled 16 hits on the day: Marant 4-5, 3R, 2 HR, 2 RBI, Toribio 2-5, HR, Juan Correa 2-4, HR, Carson Bayne 2-5, 2B, 2 RBI, Kainen Jorge 2-5, 2B, Thad Ector 2-5, Cole Bullen 2-5, HR.

CF improves to 36-4 and 9-3 in Mid-Florida Conference play. The same two teams play again on Friday in Ocala, 1:00 PM for game 2 of their 3-game series.