ST. AUGUSTINE – No. 37 (Collegiate Baseball Newspaper Preseason Poll) Flagler College rolled to a 7-2 season-opening win over Eckerd College in a non-conference baseball game Friday night at the Turley Athletic Complex.

Flagler won its sixth consecutive lid lifter and it was its 10^th win in its last 11 season openers. Eckerd evened its record at 1-1.

The Saints wasted little time getting on the board. Frankie Sagarese and James Jean hit back-to-back RBI doubles in the second inning to stake Flagler to a 2-0 lead.

In the third, Lorenzo Butler hit an RBI-double to center field and the next batter, Igor Baez, hit a single through the left side of the infield scoring Butler from second.

Baez hit a two-run single in the fifth.

That would be more than enough for preseason All-Peach Belt Conference pitcher Mike O'Reilly (1-0). He tossed seven innings, scattered five hits and allowed one run. He struck out seven batters. O'Reilly retired the first 13 of 15 batters he faced. The Tritons did not get a runner into scoring position until the fifth inning. He retired 11 batters on fly outs.

Nick Martinez and Jeremy Graf finished the game.

Jean went 3-for-5 with a pair of double and a run batted in. Baez had his two single which knocked in three runs. Kolin McMillen had a single and walked three times which led him to score three runs. Dylan Jones singled twice and scored a run.

Lucas Luopa collected three singles for Eckerd. Rowdy Andrew belted a solo home run to lead off the sixth inning and break up the shutout.

Jack Silberman (0-1) tossed three innings and allowed six hits and three earned runs. He was the first of six pitchers used by the Tritons.

The same two teams meet in a doubleheader at noon tomorrow.