The South Florida Huskies (10-8) beat the Palm Beach Blazers (8-14) 8-2 on Thursday at Miller Park after a six-run explosion in the ninth inning.

The South Florida Huskies scored in the ninth on , a single by Nick Rodriquez, a fielder's choice, an RBI single by John Baiada, an RBI single by Baiada, and a groundout by Aaron Sheaks.

Ian Romano brought the heat against the Palm Beach Blazers during his outing. Romano held the Palm Beach Blazers hitless over 2 1/3 innings, allowed no earned runs, walked none and struck out four.

A bright spot for the Palm Beach Blazers in the defeat was Corey Martinez, who allowed only zero runs while striking out eight.

Kevin Torres improved to 1-1 on the year by picking up the win for the South Florida Huskies. He allowed one run over two-thirds of an inning. Torres struck out none, walked none and gave up two hits.

Dalton Thompson couldn't get it done on the rubber for the Palm Beach Blazers, taking a loss. He allowed eight runs in two innings, walked none and struck out three.