Chipola (41-8) defeated St. Johns River State 5-2 on Friday after taking the lead late in the game. 

Chipola Indians trailed 2-0 in the bottom of the seventh inning when Andrew Bechtold homered off of Andrew Vaccacio, driving in three runs.

St. Johns River State captured the lead in the first inning. Nick Koslowski doubled on a 1-2 count in the first inning with 2 outs, scoring one run.

Riley Cabral (10-0) earned the win. He tossed six innings in relief, allowing zero runs, four hits, striking out nine, and walking zero.

Bowden Francis started the game. He went three innings, giving up two runs, five hits, striking out six, and walking one.

Te'Kwaan Whyte, Andrew Bechtold, Edmond Americaan, Trey Dawson, and Jose Caballero each collected one hit to lead the way. 

Chipola will play next on Sunday at 7pm against the Winner of Miami Dade vs State College of Florida / Tallahassee.

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