Central Florida 15, Seminole 5 (BASE)

Central Florida recovered nicely from its first Mid-Florida Conference loss, hammering Seminole 15-5 in 7 innings Monday at Goodlett Field and improving to 5-1 in the MFC.

The game was tight early as the Raiders scored a pair of runs in the top of the fourth to knot the game at 2. That's when the combustible CF offense unleashed one of its trademark huge innings.

Kenneth Stalls and Tito Mendoza walked to open the home half of the fourth, and leftfielder Shae Cothran ushered them home with a mammoth 3-run shot to right-center (click here for video of Cothran's home run). The Patroits tacked on 4 additional runs to blow the game open, scored 5 more in the following inning and Paul Karmeris scored the decisive run on an error after opening the seventh with a double.

Karmeris had a 3-run home run among his 3 hits and 4 RBIs, Bradley Goodson notched 2 hits and scored 3 runs and Dru Jones filled up the stat line with 2 hits, 2 runs and 2 RBIs. Michael Paulk pitched 6 innings for the win, yielding 5 runs on 6 hits with 5 strikeouts.

CF (20-9, 5-1 MFC) now enters a home-and-home with fellow conference frontrunner Daytona State. The Patriots travel on Wednesday and host the Falcons on Friday at 3 p.m.