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Box Score 2 FLORENCE, SC – Junior infielder Tyler Cappelmann
registered six hits, scored three times, and drove in three runs to
help 13th-ranked Francis Marion University gain a split of
Saturday's (March 20) Peach Belt Conference baseball
doubleheader with visiting Flagler College.
FMU won the opener 7-6 when Tyler Boyd scored on a throwing
error in the bottom of the 11th inning. Flagler won game two
10-7 as the Saints took advantage of three Patriot miscues and
Saints' catcher Ollie Bertrand had four hits and drove in
five runs.
FMU is now 20-6 overall and 4-4 in the PBC, while Flagler is
16-10 and 5-3. The teams will conclude their weekend series
with a single game on Sunday at 1 p.m.
In game one, Boyd led off the bottom of the 11th with a single
and moved to second on an infield single by Josh Smith.
Brooks Arnette then attempted to sacrifice the runners over, but
reached first instead on a bunt single. On the play, Flagler
pitcher Tyler McKendree (1-1) threw wildly to first allowing Boyd
to score.
Cappelmann was 3-for-3 with two RBIs in the opener, while Josh
Biggers and Graham Couch each had two hits. Senior shortstop
Barrett Kleinknecht hit a two-run homer in the first inning to
extend his hitting streak to 11 games. Biggers (2-0) moved to
the mound from second base in the 10th frame and picked up the win.
First baseman Zach Bove led the Saints in game one with a
4-for-4 day that included two RBIs and two runs scored.
In game two, Flagler broke a 1-1 tied with four unanswered
runs. After Francis Marion pulled to within 6-5 after seven
innings, the Saints plated four unearned runs in the top of the
eighth inning. FMU closed to with 10-7 in the bottom of the
ninth and got the potential tying run to the plate with one out,
but were unable to pull out the come-from-behind win.
FMU senior southpaw Jeremiah Meiners (4-1) allowed four runs
(three earned) in 2.1 innings and was tagged with the loss. Flagler
starter Adam Jaudon (4-1) allowed only one earned run in six frames
to earn the victory.
Cappelmann was 3-for-5 with three runs scored in the second
contest. Sophomore Austin Smetana continued his hot hitting
off the Patriot bench with a pinch-hit two-run homer and a two-run
double. Chris Honeycutt and Alex Lee also had two hits each,
while Trent Knight added a pinch-hit solo homer.
Bertrand was helped by designated hitter John Sgromolo, who was
3-for-4 with an RBI in game two. Shortstop Cale Owen was
2-for-6 with an RBI, while right fielder Dagmar Pena hit a solo
home run.
Francis Marion junior first baseman Preston Shuey had a hit in
each game to extend his hitting streak to 13 games.
#13 Francis Marion Univ. 7, Flagler College 6 (Mar
20, 2010 at Florence, SC) (Game 1)
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Flagler College..... 010 210
200 00 - 6 11 3 (15-10,
4-3 PBC)
Francis Marion Univ. 210 011 010 01 - 7 15
0 (20-5, 4-3 PBC)
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Pitchers: Flagler College - Jonathan Armold; Heath
Storey(7); Tyler McKendree(10).
Francis Marion Univ. - Erik Sommerville; Patrick
Mincey(5); Josh Biggers(10).
Win-Josh Biggers(2-0) Loss-Tyler
McKendree(1-1) T-3:35 A-125
HR FMU - Barrett Kleinknecht (5).
Sommerville faced 1 batter in the 5th.
Flagler College 10, #13 Francis Marion Univ. 7
(Mar 20, 2010 at Florence, SC) (Game 2)
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Flagler College..... 112 100
140 - 10 13 3 (16-10, 5-3
PBC)
Francis Marion Univ. 100 010 302 - 7 13
3 (20-6, 4-4 PBC)
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Pitchers: Flagler College - Adam Jaudon; Zach Gray(7);
Tyler McKendree(8).
Francis Marion Univ. - Jeremiah Meiners; Tyler Lehman(3);
Shane Gebhards(8);
Brandon Forshee(8); Jarrott Hooks(8).
Win-Adam Jaudon(4-1) Loss-Jeremiah
Meiners(4-1) T-2:40 A-0
HR FCB - Dagmar Pena (3).
HR FMU - Austin Smetana (2); Trent Knight (1).
Forshee faced 3 batters in the 8th.