Health & Fitness
A.C. Flora Downs Lexington 9-4 In Regular Season Finale
The Wildcats, who fell to 20-4, play host to Lugoff-Elgin in the opening round of the AAAA District 5 playoffs on Thursday at 7:00.
Columbia, S.C. -- Donald Gillespie had two hits including a homer and Jake Lewis, Everett Eynon, Austin Beskid and Connor Desmond added two hits each that helped AAA's top-ranked A.C. Flora to a 9-4 win over AAAA's top-ranked Lexington in the non-conference high school baseball regular season finale for both schools at Falcon Field on Monday.
The Wildcats, who fell to 20-4, play host to Lugoff-Elgin in the opening round of the AAAA District 5 playoffs on Thursday at 7:00. The Falcons improved to 17-4.
Lexington, which beat the Falcons 10-0 earlier this season, were led by David Barboza and Will Lacount who had two hits each. Nick Ciuffo extended his hitting streak to 23 games with a first inning single.
Gillespie homered in the sixth inning and finished 2-for-4 with a pair of RBI.
Grant Chapman picked up the win pitching a scoreless inning in relief. Matt Godleski (3-1) suffered the loss in relief.
A.C. Flora 9, Lexington 4
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Lexington........... 020 200 0 - 4 7 1
A.C. Flora.......... 214 101 x - 9 12 2
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WP - Grant Chapman. LP - Matt Gillespie (3-1).
Lexington, David Barboza 2-4, Will Lacount 2-3.
A.C. Flora, Donald Gillespie 2-4, HR; Jake Lewis 2-4; Everett Eynon 2-4; Austin Beskid 2-4; Connor Desmond 2-3.
Records: Lexington 20-4; A.C. Flora 17-4.
Lexington plays host to Lugoff-Elgin in the opening round of the AAAA District 5 playoffs on Thursday at 7 p.m.