Box score
ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. −
John Sgromolo (Fleming Island, Fla./Clay HS) went 4-6 with a double, a home run, two runs scored and collected four runs batted in to help lead Flagler College to a 22-2 win over No. 24 (NAIA) Saint Xavier University of Chicago in a non-conference baseball game Friday afternoon at Flagler Stadium.
Flagler won its third game in a row and raised its record to 11-7 while Saint Xavier had its three-game winning streak snapped and fell to 6-4.
After spotting the Cougars two runs in the first inning, the Saints plated three on one swing of the bat from
Dagmar Pena (Jacksonville, Fla./U. of Tampa) who hit his first home run of the season over the right field wall.
After a three-run second, Sgromolo belted a two-run home to right field which gave the Saints an 8-2 lead.
Six more runs were scored in the fourth with three coming on
Jarrod Simmons’ (Jacksonville, Fla./Central Florida CC) home run to right-center. He finished the day 3-for-4 with three runs scored and collected four RBI.
The Saints added another run in the fifth, but had its streak of 12 consecutive innings of scoring at least a run snapped in the sixth.
Flagler tacked on another run in the seventh and six more in the eighth.
Every Flagler batter had at least one hit in the 23-hit barrage.
Will Percy (Colorado Springs, Colo./St. Mary’s HS) went 3-for-5 with a triple, four runs scored and two RBI while Pena finished 3-for-6 with a home run three runs scored and four RBI.
Travis Coverston (Jacksonville, Fla./Stanton College Prep) singled twice, doubled, scored twice and drove in another.
Jonathan Armold (Fort Lauderdale, Fla./Pine Crest School) (3-0) tossed six innings, scattered five hits and allowed two runs to earn the win.
Matt Mueller belted a two-run home run to left field in the top of the first for the Cougars. Jeff Dobie (0-1) tossed three and two-third innings and surrendered 11 hits and five earned runs.
Flagler hosts Tiffin University Mar. 9 at 7 p.m. at Flagler Stadium.
Flagler 22, Saint Xavier 2 (03/05/10 at St. Augustine, FL)
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Saint Xavier........ 200 000 000 - 2 7 5 (6-4)
Flagler............. 332 610 16X - 22 23 0 (11-7)
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Battery: Saint Xavier – Jeff Dobie; Logan Olson(4); Tom Simek(8); Lucas Fritsch(8) and Jim Pipolo. Flagler - Jonathan Armold; Zach Gray(7); Johnny Gaines(8); Tyler McKendree(9) and Payne Maddox.
Win-Jonathan Armold(3-0) Loss-Dobie,J.(0-1) T-2:43 A-71
2B FCB – Tyler Vanover; Zach Bove; John Sgromolo; Travis Coverston.
3B FCB – Will Percy.
HR SXU – Matt Mueller (1).
HR FCB - Dagmar Pena (1); John Sgromolo (1); Jarrod Simmons (2).
Weather: Sunny, 54, wind: 13mph out CF