Box score

VALDOSTA, Ga. − A bases loaded single in the bottom of the ninth inning by Jordan Yost won the game 6-5 for 16th-ranked (Collegiate Baseball Top 30 Poll) Valdosta State University against Flagler College in a non-conference baseball game Tuesday afternoon at Billy Grant Field.

Valdosta State extended its winning streak to three in a row and improved to 13-4 while Flagler had its three-game winning streak snapped and fell to 8-7.

Austin Smith led off the ninth for the Blazers by drawing a walk off Flagler reliever Josh Kempa (Baltimore, Md./Dundalik CC). Tim Lappin (Jacksonville, Fla./Paxon HS) came in to relieve Kempa, and issued a walk to Clayton Cain and Brandon Decker followed with an infield single to load the bases. Yost then hit a 1-0 pitch through the hole between shortstop and third base to win the game.

Flagler trailed 4-0 early, but tied the game in the fourth with the help of two errors by Valdosta State, a two-run single by Jarrod Simmons (Jacksonville, Fla./Central Florida CC) and an RBI single by Cale Owen (Clearwater, Fla./home school).

The Blazers re-took the lead, 5-4, in the home half of the fourth on an RBI single by Smith.

Charlie Stewart (Port St. Lucie, Fla./Lincoln Park Academy) singled home a run in the top of the eighth inning to tie the game, 5-5.

Yost went 2-for-4 with a home run and four RBI. He also picked up the win in relief, as he tossed one inning and struck out one. Smith had a pair of singles and drove in a run while Cain singled and doubled.

Owen singled twice and drove in a run for the Saints. John Sgromolo (Fleming Island, Fla./Clay HS) singled twice and scored a run while Simmons singled twice, scored a run and drove in two more. Jose Rohena (Tampa, Fla./St. Petersburg College) also singled twice.

Kempa (0-1) went an inning-plus and gave up a hit, a run and struck out two batters.

Flagler hosts the University of Puerto Rico-Bayamon on Thursday (Mar. 4) in a doubleheader at 4 p.m.


Valdosta State 6, Flagler 5 (03/02/10 at Valdosta, GA)
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Flagler............. 000 400 010 - 5 11 1 (8-7)
Valdosta State...... 202 100 001 - 6 9 2 (13-4)
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Pitchers: Flagler - Danny Vliet; Zach Gray(1); Chad Masters(4); Tyler McKendree(6); Josh Kempa(8); Tim Lappin(9) and Ollie Bertrand. Valdosta State - Brett Kennedy; Luke Connell(5); Kyle Rowe(8); Jordan Yost(9) and Josh Vining; Jordan Hollis.
Win-Jordan Yost(1-0) Loss-Josh Kempa(0-1) T-2:38 A-79
2B VSU – Clayton Cain.
HR VSU - Jordan Yost.
Kempa faced 1 batter in the 9th.
Lappin faced 3 batters in the 9th.