Box score (Game 1)

Box score (Game 2)

ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. − Flagler College swept a Peach Belt Conference baseball doubleheader from No. 10 (Collegiate Baseball Division II Top 30) USC Aiken, 9-1 and 9-3, Friday afternoon at Flagler Stadium.

Flagler improved to 20-14 overall and 8-6 in the Peach Belt. USC Aiken fell to 23-12 overall and 11-6 in conference play.

In the opener, Flagler starter Johnny Gaines (Jacksonville, Fla./Hillsborough CC) (6-3) tossed a complete game seven-hitter and allowed an unearned run. Late in the game he retired 11-of-13-batters.

The Saints used a three-run fifth inning to widen the gap to 4-0. Jose Rohena (Tampa, Fla./St. Petersburg College) and Zach Bove (Winter Haven, Fla./Central Florida CC) hit back-to-back RBI singles and the third run came off a wild pitch.

Flagler sent 10 men to the plate in the eighth inning which yielded four more runs. Pinch hitter Nate Fudala (Cincinnati, Ohio/Turpin HS) hit a two-run single in the frame.

Bove went 3-for-5 with a pair of RBI while Ollie Bertrand (Sainte-Adèle, Quebec/Monroe CC) singled, doubled and scored twice. Will Percy (Colorado Springs, Colo./St. Mary's HS) and John Sgromolo (Fleming Island, Fla./Clay HS) each singled twice for the Saints.

Steven Owens (5-2) took the loss after hurling seven-plus innings. He allowed 12 hits and seven earned runs, but did strike out five.

Stephen Carmon, Bill Rice and Nick Aranas each singled twice for the Pacers.


Flagler 9, USC Aiken 1 (04/02/10 at St. Augustine, FL) (Game 1)
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USC Aiken........... 000 000 001 - 1 7 3 (23-11, 11-5 PBC)
Flagler............. 100 031 04X - 9 14 1 (19-14, 7-6 PBC)
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Battery: USC Aiken - Steven Owens; Tyler Stephan(8) and Gary Asbill. Flagler - Johnny Gaines and Ollie Bertrand.
Win-Johnny Gaines(6-3) Loss-Steven Owens(5-2) T-2:20 A-219
2B USCA – Gary Asbill.
2B FCB – Ollie Bertrand.
Weather: 76; sunny; w: in from cf 13mph
Owens faced 3 batters in the 8th.

In the second game, Flagler got another great performance on the hill as Tim Lappin (Jacksonville, Fla./Paxon HS) (2-2) went seven innings, scattered eight hits and allowed one earned run.

Ahead 3-2 in the fifth, Dagmar Pena (Jacksonville, Fla./U. of Tampa) hit an infield single which scored a run and Fudala singled in another run which proved to be the game-winning hit.

The Saints added more cushion in the eighth when Pena belted a bases clearing triple to deep center. He finished the game 4-for-5 with four runs batted in.

Percy added a pair of singles.

Thomas McLeod (3-4) tossed six and two-thirds innings and surrendered nine hits, five earned runs and six walks. He also threw a wild pitch and hit a batter.

Camron, J.J. Loker and Josh Miller each singled twice for USCA.

The same two teams meet tomorrow (Apr. 3) at 2 p.m.


Flagler 9, USC Aiken 3 (04/02/10 at St. Augustine, FL) (Game 2)
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USC Aiken........... 001 100 010 - 3 12 1 (23-12, 11-6 PBC)
Flagler............. 120 021 03X - 9 11 2 (20-14, 8-6 PBC)
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Battery: USC Aiken - Thomas McLeod; Cory Dobbins(7) and Josh Miller. Flagler - Tim Lappin; Zach Gray(8); Tyler McKendree(9) and Payne Maddox.
Win-Tim Lappin(2-2) Loss-Thomas McLeod(3-4) T-2:36
3B FCB – Dagmar Pena.