AMERICUS, Ga. –
Jaiden Warde collected three singles, scored two runs, and drove in another but Flagler College allowed six late runs as Georgia Southwestern State University rallied for a 9-6 win in a Peach Belt Conference baseball game Saturday afternoon at Hurricane Stadium.
With the win, Georgia Southwestern has clinched at least a share of the PBC regular season title as it holds a 21-8 record. The Hurricanes are 28-17 overall. Flagler is now 18-29 overall and 12-17 in conference play. Due to Augusta University's 17-4 win over USC Beaufort today in the first game of a doubleheader, Augusta has clinched the No. 8 seed for the PBC Tournament.
The Saints trailed 3-0 going into the top of the fifth, but Warde's RBI-single and
Taylor Clapp's two-run single knotted the game at 3-all.
Donovan Garcia hit a two-run double to right field in the top of the sixth to put Flagler on top, 5-3.
In the home half of the sixth, Chris Patterson belted a two-run home run to tie the game.
Steven Reiss (2-1) came in to pitch for the Saints and he hit the first batter he faced. The next batter, Miles Hartsfield reached on a bunt single, but the throw from Warde at third base was wild and allowed Jake Blinstrub to score and give the Hurricanes the lead.
Georgia Southwestern added two more unearned runs in the seventh.
Joseph Rhoden (2-2) picked up the win in relief. He allowed two runs on four hits in three innings of work. Grant Adams retired the lone batter he faced in the ninth to earn his fourth save.
Patterson went 3-for-4 with a double, the home run, he scored two runs, and had two runs batted in. Paul Hegeman went 3-for-4 with a double and he scored three runs.
Reiss allowed two unearned runs on one hit in his one inning of work for the Saints.
Matthew Burke collected two singles and he knocked in a run.
Jaxson Wentworth also had two singles.
The same two teams will play in the regular season finale tomorrow at noon.
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