SAINT LEO, Fla. – A bases loaded walk in the ninth gave Saint Leo University a 4-3 win in the opener and Evan Wolf was perfect through seven and two-thirds innings as the Lions completed the sweep with an 8-2 win over Flagler College at the Thomas B. Southard Stadium on Saturday.
Saint Leo improved to 4-3 while Flagler is now 0-6.
In the opener,
Mason Gray's RBI-double to left field in the second inning tied the game at 3-all and that score stood until the bottom of the ninth inning. A pair of singles and a walk loaded the bases with one out for pinch hitter Adrien Roa. He worked a 3-0 count, and just two pitches later, drew the game-ending walk.
Nick Jennings (1-0) earned the win by tossing a scoreless 3.1 innings. He allowed one hit, walked a batter and struck out four.
Buck Anderson, Bobby Sparling, Eddie Niemann and Mikey Scott each collected two singles for the Lions. Niemann drove in two runs.
Gabriel Partridge (0-1) took the loss on the hill for the Saints. He allowed one run on three hits in 1.1 innings pitched. Partridge walked three batters and fanned one. Drew Rosenburg and
Nathan Norwood combined to toss 6.2 scoreless innings in relief.
Trey Newland collected three singles while
Taylor Clapp went 2-for-4 with a triple, a run scored and one run batted in.
In game two, Wolf (1-0) retired the first 23 batters he faced.
Matthew Burke broke up the perfect game bid with a double down the left field line in the eighth. Wolf induced 13 fly outs and eight ground outs. He scattered three hits, allowed one earned run and fanned three.
The Lions scored seven runs on six hits in the third inning to take an early 8-0 lead.
Cooper Miles hit a two-run double in the third and Scott drove Miles home with a double of his own. Two batters later, Yazael Nunez hit a two-run single, his second single of the inning.
Nunez finished with four singles, two stolen bases, two RBI and he scored a run. Scott went 2-for-3 with a double, a run scored and he had one RBI.
Seth Wysocki (0-1) surrendered eight runs on seven hits in 2.1 innings pitched.
A.J. Prendergast,
Anthony Nofi and
Steven Reiss finished the game by tossing 5.2 scoreless innings.
Jonny Crowel hit a double and
Justin Haskins had a pinch hit single for the Saints.
Flagler visits Florida Tech on Tuesday at 6 p.m.
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