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Lander LUBSB25 12-6, 2-1 PBC
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Winner Flagler FLG 12-5, 1-2 PBC
Lander LUBSB25
12-6, 2-1 PBC
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Final
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Flagler FLG
12-5, 1-2 PBC
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 R H E
Lander LUBSB25 0 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 5 12 0
Flagler FLG 0 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 6 17 1

W: Ethan Bobo (1-0) L: Bowen, Tyler (0-1)

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Hailey Franklin

Game Recap: Baseball | | Turner Kirby - Director of Athletic Communications

Lander Drops Series Finale to Flagler in Extras

ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. – The Lander baseball team suffered its first Peach Belt Conference loss of the season Sunday afternoon, falling to Flagler 5-4 in 10 innings at Drysdale Field.

Lander (12-6, 2-1 PBC) held a 4-3 lead in the seventh inning, but the Saints (12-5, 1-2 PBC) scored two runs in the bottom half to tie the game before walking it off in the 10th with a single.

Taichi Nakao (Auckland, New Zealand) led the Bearcats with three hits, while Will McClellan (Anderson, S.C.) and Cooper Backman (Sarasota, Fla.) each recorded two.

Anson Merrick (Chapin, S.C) started on the mound, allowing 10 hits but limiting Flagler to three runs over six innings.

Zach Cowart (Lexington, S.C.) opened the scoring in the third with a solo home run—his third of the season—to give Lander a 1-0 lead. Nakao followed with a single and later scored on a Grant Sherrod (Sumner, Wash.) RBI single to make it 2-0.

Flagler cut the deficit in half in the bottom of the inning, but Lander answered in the fourth when Nakao drove in Garrett Chun (Jacksonville, Fla.) with an RBI single to push the lead to 3-1.

The Saints plated another run in the fifth, but the Bearcats loaded the bases with no outs in the sixth. They managed to score just one run on a wild pitch, extending the lead to 4-2.

The teams traded runs again in the bottom of the sixth and top of the seventh before Flagler tied the game at 4-4 with two runs in the bottom half.

Both pitching staffs kept the game scoreless through the eighth and ninth. In the 10th, Flagler loaded the bases against Tyler Bowen (Dagsboro, Del.) and Joshua Sanchez (Pembroke Pines, Fla.), who came close to escaping the jam with two outs, but the Saints delivered the walk-off hit to salvage a game in the series.

Lander returns home to Dolny Stadium on Tuesday, March 4, to face Wingate. First pitch is set for 4 p.m.
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Scoring Summary

Score By Innings
Play LUBSB25 FLG
LUBSB25 TOP 3rd Z. Cowart homered to right field, RBI (1-2 KBSF). 1 0
LUBSB25 TOP 3rd G. Sherrod singled through the left side, RBI (0-1 K); T. Nakao scored, unearned. 2 0
FLG BOT 3rd Kresak grounded out to ss, RBI (2-2 BKFB); M. Gray scored. 2 1
LUBSB25 TOP 4th T. Nakao singled through the left side, RBI (1-2 BSK); C. Backman advanced to second, advanced to third on a throwing error by lf; G. Chun scored. 3 1
FLG BOT 5th Kresak doubled to right field, RBI (0-0); Sullivan advanced to third; Shultz scored. 3 2
LUBSB25 TOP 6th C. Backman advanced to second on a wild pitch; G. Chun advanced to third on a wild pitch; W. McClellan scored on a wild pitch. 4 2
FLG BOT 6th Shultz singled down the rf line, advanced to second on the throw, RBI (1-0 B); Reeves advanced to third; Page scored. 4 3
LUBSB25 TOP 7th W. McClellan singled through the left side, RBI (1-1 BK); M. Lopez Jr. advanced to second; C. Droze scored. 5 3
FLG BOT 7th Page tripled to right center, RBI (1-2 KKB); RisCassi scored. 5 4
FLG BOT 7th Reeves singled through the right side, RBI (0-0); Page scored. 5 5
FLG BOT 10th Kresak singled through the left side, RBI (1-0 B); M. Gray advanced to second; Shultz advanced to third; JJ Taylor scored. 5 6

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