Boxscore (Game 1)

Boxscore (Game 2)

SAVANNAH, Ga. − Michael Price went 5-for-7 with four runs scored and three runs batted in to lead No. 24 (Collegiate Baseball Division II Top 30) Armstrong Atlantic State University to a doubleheader sweep over Flagler College in Peach Belt Conference action Saturday afternoon at Pirate Field. Armstrong won the opener 4-2 and took the second game 7-1.

Armstrong Atlantic improved to 32-12 overall and 14-7 in the Peach Belt. Armstrong swept all three games in the series. Flagler fell to 19-26 overall and concluded its conference season with a 9-15 record.

In the opener, back-to-back RBI singles by Alex Frederick and Michael Price in the fifth inning proved to be the difference in Armstrong's 4-2 win.

Mike Barnhill led off the fifth with a single up the middle and took second on sacrifice. The next batter struck out, but Chris Zittrouer was hit by a pitch to keep the inning alive. That's when Frederick singled down the right field line, which scored Barnhill and gave the Pirates a 2-0 lead. Then Price followed with a single through the hole between first and second base to plate Zittrouer from third.

Armstrong Atlantic starter Chris Base (7-1) ran into trouble in the sixth, giving up back-to-back doubles to Ollie Bertrand (Sainte-Adele, Quebec, Monroe CC) and John Sgromolo (Fleming Island, Fla., Clay HS). Sgromolo would later score on a sacrifice fly to bring Flagler back to 3-2.

But Base would strand the tying run at first base in the sixth, at second base in the seventh and eighth innings.

Clayton Miller executed a safety squeeze in the eighth to score an insurance run.

Base tossed eight innings, scattered 11 hits, allowed two runs, walked three and struck out six to earn the win. Chandler Hall closed the ninth to pick up his first save of the season.

Price singled three times, scored twice and drove in a run for the Pirates. Drew Walker singled twice and knocked in a run while Barnhill singled, doubled and scored a run.

Micah Kellogg (Lakewood, N.Y., Jamestown CC) (3-4) tossed seven innings, allowed six hits and three runs in picking up the hard-luck loss. He retired 12 batters on fly outs and seven more on ground outs. Kellogg retired 12-of-13 batters early in the game.

Nate Fudala (Cincinnati, Ohio, Turpin HS) had a perfect day at the plate with four singles. Cade Smith (Ocala, Fla., North Marion HS) also had a perfect day with two singles, a double and a walk. Bertrand and Sgromolo both singled and doubled for the Saints. Sgromolo scored a run and drove in one while Bertrand scored a run.


Armstrong Atlantic 4, Flagler 2 (Apr 23, 2011 at Savannah, GA) (Game 1)
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Flagler............. 000 002 000 - 2 12 0 (19-25, 9-14 PBC)
Armstrong Atlantic.. 100 020 01X - 4 8 0 (31-12, 13-7 PBC)
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Battery: Flagler - Micah Kellogg; Tyler McKendree(8) and Kyle Foti. Armstrong Atlantic - Chris Base; Chandler Hall(9) and John Roberts.
Win-Chris Base(7-1) Save-Chandler Hall(1) Loss-Micah Kellogg(3-4) T-2:30 A-201
2B FC – Ollie Bertrand; John Sgromolo; Cade Smith.
2B AA – Mike Barnhill.
Weather: mostly sunny, 88 degrees


In the second game, the Pirates erupted for four runs in the second inning en route to a 7-1 victory.

After two quick outs were recorded, Lawrence Jackson and Zittrouer hit consecutive singles and then a walk to Frederick loaded the bases. Price hit a two-run single, through the left side of the infield, to give AASU a 2-0 lead. Frederick advanced all the way to third and Price scampered to second on the throw. John Roberts hit an infield single the scored the other two runs.

The Saints scored an unearned run in the fourth inning on a sacrifice fly by Smith.

Scott Strickland (7-2) tossed eight innings, scattered four hits, allowed an unearned run and struck out three to pick up the win for the Pirates. He induced 16 ground outs.

Jackson went 3-for-4 with a double and three runs scored for Armstrong. Price singled twice, scored twice and drove in two runs. Zittrouer singled twice and scored a run.

Jake Brandenberger (North Port, Fla., North Port HS) (1-4) hurled four innings, allowed six hits and five runs and took the loss on the hill.

Fudala, Smith, Evan Grandizio (Bloomsburg, Pa., Monmouth University) and Will Percy (Colorado Springs, Colo., St. Mary's HS) all singled for Flagler.

Flagler will wrap up the home portion of its schedule on Tuesday (Apr. 26) against No. 2 (NAIA) Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University at Drysdale Field at 7 p.m. Prior to the start of the game, Flagler will honor its five seniors.


Armstrong Atlantic 7, Flagler 1 (Apr 23, 2011 at Savannah, GA) (Game 2)
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Flagler............. 000 100 000 - 1 4 1 (19-26, 9-15 PBC)
Armstrong Atlantic.. 040 101 10X - 7 10 1 (32-12, 14-7 PBC)
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Battery: Flagler - Jake Brandenberger; Max Rusch(5); Heath Storey(8) and Ollie Bertrand. Armstrong Atlantic - Scott Strickland; Travis Morris(9) and Clayton Miller.
Win-Scott Strickland(7-2) Loss-Jake Brandenberger(1-4) T-2:05
2B AA – Lawrence Jackson.
Weather: mostly sunny, 85 degrees