SANFORD, Fla.- The Florida SouthWestern State Buccaneers couldn't hold a late lead Saturday afternoon in Sanford, dropping a 5-4 contest to Seminole State to fall to 11-8 on the year. 

 

Seminole got on the board first, pushing across a 1^st inning run before picking up a solo home run in the 3^rd to take a 2-0 lead at the end of three. 

 

The Bucs cut the Raiders lead in half in the 4^th when AJ Shaver led off the frame with a single, stole second, and scored on an RBI single from Derek WIlliams to make it 2-1. 

 

After Tyler Kennedy dealt a scoreless bottom of the 4^th for the Bucs, the offense was back at it again in the 5^th as Jonnie Lopez drove in a run to tie the score at 2 before Shaver singled to left to bring home another and put FSW up 3-2. 

 

The Bucs gave the run back in the bottom of the frame though as Seminole was able to score the equalizer without putting the ball in play as a walk, two stolen bases, and a wild pitch leveled things at 3.  

 

The back and forth continued in the 6^th as Williams cracked his seventh home run of the season on the first pitch of the frame to put the Bucs back up 4-3. 

 

The Bucs bullpen couldn't hold the lead though as Seminole answered back with two in the bottom of the 6^th to push back in front 5-4. 

 

That was all she wrote for the Bucs as FSW managed just one baserunner over the final three frames as the Raiders held them off for a 5-4 win. 

 

The Bucs outhit the Raiders 9-8 in the loss, getting multi-hit games from Shaver and Williams, who homered and drove in a pair. Jahir Perez took the loss on the mound to fall to 1-2 on the year, allowing two earned runs in just 1/3 of an inning out of the FSW bullpen. 

 

FSW falls to 11-8 on the year with the loss while Seminole improves to 12-7.  

 

The Bucs will look to get back on track on Tuesday when they travel to Clearwater to take on St. Petersburg in non-conference action.