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North Georgia UNGB2024 26-13, 13-6 PBC
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Winner Flagler FLG 18-20, 10-9 PBC
North Georgia UNGB2024
26-13, 13-6 PBC
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Final
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Flagler FLG
18-20, 10-9 PBC
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 R H E
North Georgia UNGB2024 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 5 8 3
Flagler FLG 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 6 12 0

W: Vondruska, Brad (2-1) L: Nathan Alexander (0-2)

Matthew Burke raises his arms emphatically towards the Flagler bench while standing on second base
Becca Rios

Game Recap: Baseball |

Burke hits game-ending RBI single in the 11th to give Saints a series-opening win

ST. AUGUSTINE – Matthew Burke's single to left field in the 11th inning scored Taylor Clapp from second base to end the game in a 6-5 win over the University of North Georgia in a Peach Belt Conference baseball game Friday evening at Drysdale Field.

Flagler improved to 18-20 overall and 10-9 in the Peach Belt. This was the fifth time this season the Saints have had a walk off win. North Georgia fell to 26-13 overall and 13-6 in conference play. The two teams meet tomorrow at 2 p.m.

Clapp led off the top of the 11th by drawing a walk. Two batters later, Riley Fitzgerald hit a single to left and Clapp advanced to second base. After a strikeout for the second out, Burke hit the first pitch to left field and Clapp raced around third base. The throw to the plate was off the mark and he scored easily.

Flagler took an early 2-0 lead, but Brady Skipper and Josh Sosa hit solo home runs in the top of the fifth to tie the game.

Jesse Sullivan belted a two-run home run in the home-half of that inning to put Flagler back on top by two.

The Nighthawks scored three times in the ninth to take a 5-4 lead. Skipper hit a run-scoring single and Edwin Bowman followed with a two-run single.

Payton Palladino's single in the bottom of the ninth scored Clapp to tie the game.

Brad Vondruska (2-1) earned the win in relief. He tossed a scoreless 11th inning as he retired all three batters, one by strikeout. Daniel Fischer started and he scattered five hits and allowed two runs over eight innings with five strikeouts. Blake Pesante and Drew Rosenberg also pitched in relief.

Burke collected three singles and drove in the final run. Trey Newland went 2-for-5 with a double.

Nathan Alexander (0-2) surrendered one run on two hits with a walk and two strikeouts in 1.1 innings to get the loss.

Skipper went 3-for-4 as he was a triple shy of the cycle. He scored two runs and had two runs batted in. Sosa went 2-for-4 with the solo home run and Noah Darden went 2-for-5 with a double and a run scored.   

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Scoring Summary

Score By Innings
Play UNGB2024 FLG
FLG BOT 2nd Fitzgerald reached on a fielder's choice, RBI (0-1 K); Welborn out at second ss to 2b; Palladino scored. 0 1
FLG BOT 4th Kresak reached on a fielding error by ss (0-2 FK); Welborn scored, unearned. 0 2
UNGB2024 TOP 5th B. Skipper homered to left field, RBI (2-2 KBBFF). 1 2
UNGB2024 TOP 5th J. Sosa homered to left field, RBI (1-1 BK). 2 2
FLG BOT 5th Sullivan homered to left center, 2 RBI (2-1 BKB); M. Gray scored. 2 4
UNGB2024 TOP 9th B. Skipper singled up the middle, RBI (0-1 K); R. Frost advanced to third; N. Darden scored. 3 4
UNGB2024 TOP 9th E. Bowman singled to left center, 2 RBI (1-2 KKB); B. Skipper scored; R. Frost scored. 5 4
FLG BOT 9th Palladino singled to right center, RBI (0-0); Clapp scored. 5 5
FLG BOT 11th Burke singled to left field, RBI (0-0); R Fitzgerald advanced to second; Clapp scored. 5 6

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