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Ethan Crout crosses home plate and is greeted by a teammate.
Kristen Overton
Ethan Crout (#9) hit for the cycle today for the Saints in a 13-8 win.
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Augusta AUGBB18 8-18, 6-12 PBC
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Winner Flagler FLG 22-4, 14-1 PBC
Augusta AUGBB18
8-18, 6-12 PBC
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Final
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Flagler FLG
22-4, 14-1 PBC
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Augusta AUGBB18 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 5 0 8 14 1
Flagler FLG 2 1 2 2 3 0 1 2 X 13 18 1

W: Martinez, Nick (3-0) L: Charlie Cochran (0-2)

Game Recap: Baseball |

No. 6 Flagler holds off Augusta, 13-8

Crout hits for the cycle

ST. AUGUSTINE – No. 6 (Collegiate Baseball Newspaper Division II Top 30) Flagler College raced out to a 7-0 lead early, but had to hold on for a 13-8 victory of Augusta University in a Peach Belt Conference baseball game Sunday afternoon at Drysdale Field.

Flagler improved to 22-4 overall and 14-1 in the Peach Belt. Augusta leaves with an 8-18 overall mark and a 6-12 record in league play.

Ethan Crout paced Flagler's 18-hit attack as he hit for the cycle going 5-for-6 with two runs scored and four runs batted in. He hit a double in the first, a single in the fourth, a home run in the fifth and a triple in the eighth. The last Flagler player to hit for the cycle was Tyler Vanover on April 27, 2013 against Florida Memorial University.  

Dillon Reed belted a two-run home run in the first inning to get the Saints on the board.

Aaron Anderson hit an RBI double in the second and Sean Lawlor smacked a two-run homer to left-center in the third to increase the lead to 5-0.

After the Jaguars scored a run in the top of the sixth, the Saints took advantage of an Augusta miscue and Crout blasted a three-run home run.

Flagler held an 11-3 lead going into the top of the eighth. Reliever Kyle Hansen came in to pitch and was greeted by four straight singles and then Zach Goble hit a grand slam to tighten the score to 11-8.

The Saints scored two insurance runs in the home-half of the eighth, thanks to an RBI single by Nikolas Dague followed by a triple down the left field line by Crout.

Nick Martinez (3-0) was awarded the win in relief. He tossed 2 2/3 innings, allowed two hits and two runs. He struck out two batters. Louis Pugliese started and last 4 1/3 innings. He scatters six hits, allowed one run, walked three and fanned four. Hansen and Jett Walsh each worked an inning in relief.

Anderson finished the game 3-for-5 with two doubles, two runs scored and on RBI. Lawlor went 2-for-5 with a double, a home run and two RBI. Reed drove in three runs and scored two more. Dague scored three runs.

Charlie Cochran (0-2) took the loss after working one-plus innings. He surrendered five hits and allowed three runs. Casey Lenoch, Aron Chick and Cody Pugh worked in relief.

Goble went 3-for-4 with a double and two home runs as well as collecting five RBI. Devin Bilardello collected three singles, scored a run and drove in another. Tent Maddox singled three rimes and scored a run.

Flagler will rest for one day before hosting Palm Beach Atlantic University on Tuesday (March 20) at 6 p.m. at Drysdale Field.

 


 
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