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Nile Ball Senior Day
7
Winner UNC Pembroke UNCP 20-25, 10-17 PBC
2
Flagler FLG 27-18, 18-9 PBC
Winner
UNC Pembroke UNCP
20-25, 10-17 PBC
7
Final
2
Flagler FLG
27-18, 18-9 PBC
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
UNC Pembroke UNCP 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 0 0 7 10 4
Flagler FLG 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 5 1

W: Ball, Nile (8-3) L: Blair Calvo (1-2)

Game Recap: Baseball | | Todd Anderson, Associate AD/Communications & Strategic Initiatives

Ball Leads Baseball By League-Leading Flagler

ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. – The UNC Pembroke baseball team struck for seven runs in the sixth and seventh innings behind rigjt-hander Nile Ball's second complete-game outing of the season, and the Braves snapped Peach Belt Conference-leading Flagler's 11-game win streak with a 7-2 victory over the Saints on Saturday.
 
The result snapped a three-game skid for the Braves (20-25, 10-17 PBC) who remained in the hunt for the eighth and final berth into next month's PBC Tournament. Saturday's setback was the first for the Saints (27-18, 18-9) since a one-run loss at Florida Tech on March 26.

 
GAME SUMMARY
FINAL SCORE UNC Pembroke 7, Flagler 2
PITCHERS WP: Nile Ball (8-3)  LP: Calvo (1-2)  Save: None
RECORDS UNC Pembroke 20-25 (10-17 PBC); Flagler 27-18 (18-9 PBC)

KEY INNINGS
BOT 1 Flagler loaded the bases with its first four at-bats of the contest, but could only muster one run via a Sean Lawlor RBI groundout.
TOP 6 Trevor Clemons singled on the first offering from Flagler starter Blair Calvo in the sixth, and the Braves eventually tied the score back up on Elijah Helton's run-scoring single up the middle. Connor Grainger's triple off of the next pitch by Calvo plated Helton, as well as Ethan Baucom who had reached base via hit by pitch.
BOT 6 Frankie Martello walked to lead off the home half of the frame, and came scampering across home plate later in the frame thanks to a two-out single by Steven DiPuglia.
TOP 7 The Braves loaded the bases with their first three at-bats in the seventh, and tacked up an insurance run on Ethan Baucom's one-out sacrifice fly to deep centerfield. A costly throwing error by the Saints as a result of the next at-bat allowed two more runs to score, and Elijah Helton finished off the four-run inning with a RBI single to left field.

UNCP LEADERS FC LEADERS
Connor Grainger  2-4, 3B, 2 RBI
Elijah Helton  2-5, 2 RBI
Trevor Clemons  2-4, BB, 2 R
Nile Ball  9.0 IP, 5 H, 10 K		 Anderson  2-3, BB
Martello  1-3, R
DiPuglia  1-4, RBI
 
 
UP NEXT
The Braves will close out the regular season portion of their 2019 schedule next weekend when they make the long trip to Americus, Ga., to battle Georgia Southwestern (17-27, 10-14 PBC) in a pivotal league set at Hurricane Stadium. The squads will open up the series with a 1 p.m. doubleheader on Saturday, and close out the weekend on Sunday at 1 p.m.
 
SCHEDULE NOTE: Tuesday's makeup contest with Coker has been cancelled. The game will not be rescheduled.
 
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