Mike Small came off the bench and never even had to swing his bat as Small reached on a in the nine to lead the DeLand Suns (23-17) to a 7-4 win over the Sanford River Rats (17-23) on Thursday at Historic Sanford Memorial Stadi.

With the DeLand Suns leading by one in the ninth inning,.

Thomas Kelly boosted his batting average thanks to a perfect 4-4 day at the plate to pace the DeLand Suns. He singled in the fourth, sixth, eighth, and ninth innings.

The Sanford River Rats had no answer for Chad Rood, who kept runners off the basepaths in his appearance. Rood held the Sanford River Rats hitless over two innings, allowed no earned runs, walked one and struck out one.

Keith Curcio racked up two RBIs on three hits for the Sanford River Rats. He singled in the fourth, eighth, and ninth innings.

Randy Boza improved to 2-0 on the year by picking up the win for the DeLand Suns. He struck out one, walked none and surrendered no hits.

Harrison Hukari ended up on the wrong side of the pitching decision, charged with his third loss of the year. He lasted just five innings, walked two, struck out five, and allowed two runs.