Box score
ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. −
Johnny Gaines (Jacksonville, Fla./Hillsborough CC) (4-2) tossed a complete game seven-hitter to help lead Flagler College to a 4-3 win over 18th-ranked (Collegiate Baseball Division II Top 30) UNC Pembroke in a Peach Belt Conference baseball game Sunday afternoon at Flagler Stadium.
Flagler improved to 13-9 overall and 4-2 in the Peach Belt while UNCP had its six-game winning streak snapped and fell to 16-4 overall and 6-3 in league play.
Gaines allowed three runs and struck out nine. He retired the last 17-of-19 batters he faced.
In the bottom of the eighth inning and the score tied at 3-all,
Cale Owen (Clearwater, Fla./home school) greeted UNCP reliever Brian Willis (1-1) with a leadoff double. After a sacrifice bunt moved Owen to third, the next batter.
Jose Rohena (Tampa, Fla./St. Petersburg College) drew an intentional walk to put runners on the corner. Willis then uncorked a wild pitch which allowed Owen to score the game winning run.
The Saints had erased a 2-0 deficit with a three-run fourth.
Zach Bove (Winter Haven, Fla./Central Florida CC),
Dagmar Pena (Jacksonville, Fla./U. of Tampa) and
John Sgromolo (Fleming Island, Fla./Clay HS) hit back-to-back-to-back RBI singles.
Bove went 3-for-4 with a run batted in. Owen, Rohena and
Payne Maddox (Jacksonville, Fla./Stanton College Prep) all had doubles for Flagler.
Aaron Parnell went 3-for-4 with a solo home run to pace the Braves. Seth Kivett and Tom Porricelli also hit solo home runs.
Willis allowed two hits and one run in his one inning of work.
Flagler hosts Lincoln Memorial University Mar. 16 at 7 p.m. at Flagler Stadium.
Flagler 4, UNC Pembroke 3 (03/14/10 at St. Augustine, FL)
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UNC Pembroke........ 110 000 100 - 3 7 2 (16-4, 6-3)
Flagler............. 000 300 01X - 4 8 1 (13-9, 4-2)
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Battery: UNC Pembroke - Tyler Wood; Brian Willis(8) and Alex Pearce; Max Gagnon. Flagler - Johnny Gaines and Payne Maddox.
Win-Johnny Gaines(4-2) Loss-Brian Willis(1-1) T-1:58 A-157
2B FCB – Cale Owen; Jose Rohena; Payne Maddox.
HR UNCP - Seth Kivett (3); Aaron Parnell (5); Tom Porricelli (2).
Weather: 59; sunny; W: out to lf 14 mph