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FPC sophomore Jordan Gonzalez got the win and threw a combined no-hitter in his varsity start. Photo by Brent Woronoff
FPC's Cody Clymer slides home with the only run of the game as DeLand catcher Derek De Jesus leaps high to catch the throw. Photo by Brent Woronoff
FPC's Cody Clymer scores the winning run under the tag attempt by DeLand catcher Derek De Jesus. Photo by Brent Woronoff
Cody Clymer runs to third on Marion Clayton's base hit in the sixth. Clymer would score the game's only run on the play. Photo by Brent Woronoff
Cody Clymer runs to third on Marion Clayton's base hit. Clymer would score on the play. Photo by Brent Woronoff
FPC's Dalton Roberts pitched a perfect seventh inning to close out a combined no-hitter with starter Jordan Gonzalez. Photo by Brent Woronoff
Cody Clymer steals second base in the sixth inning. Clymer went on the score the winning run on a base hit by Marion Clayton. Photo by Brent Woronoff
Jordan Gonzalez did not allow a hit in six innings pitched. Photo by Brent Woronoff
Winning pitcher Jordan Gonzalez holds onto the game ball after throwing six innings of no-hit ball. Photo by Brent Woronoff
FPC third baseman Kevin Maya gets ready to catch a fly in the seventh inning. Photo by Brent Woronoff
Marion Clayton celebrates his double in the fourth inning. Clayton also had a single in the sixth to drive in the game's only run. Photo by Brent Woronoff
FPC's Marion Clayton stands on second after hitting a fourth-inning double. Photo by Brent Woronoff
Jordan Gonzalez combined on a no-hitter with Dalton Roberts. Photo by Brent Woronoff
Jordan Gonzalez combined on a no-hitter in his first varsity start. Photo by Brent Woronoff
FPC coach Kyle Marsh talks to his team after the Bulldogs defeated DeLand 1-0. Photo by Brent Woronoff
FPC's Logan Shudy had a hit and a walk in two plate appearances. Photo by Brent Woronoff
FPC coach Kyle Marsh celebrates the 1-0 win with his players. Photo by Brent Woronoff
Sophomore right-hander Jordan Gonzalez was striving for perfection in his first varsity start for Flagler Palm Coast. He didn’t quite get there, but his first start was still a memorable one as he threw six innings of no-hit ball to help the Bulldogs defeat DeLand 1-0 at home on Friday, Feb. 29.
Senior Dalton Roberts pitched a perfect seventh inning to complete the combined no-hitter and sophomore Marion Clayton drove in Cody Clymer in the bottom of the sixth with the only run of the game.
“You can’t beat a game like that,” FPC baseball coach Kyle Marsh said. “The guys stayed together and they got the win.”
Gonzalez and DeLand's Bryson Treichel, who will pitch for the University of North Florida next year, were locked in a scoreless pitching duel into the sixth inning when pinch hitter Clymer reached first base on a walk, stole second on a pitch in the dirt and ran all the way home on Clayton’s single to center field.
Clymer slid under the tag attempt by catcher Derek De Jesus, who had to leap high to catch the throw home.
Gonzalez, who held the game ball in the Bulldogs’ post-game huddle, seemed unfazed by it all, joking that the ball “will probably go in the bucket in a few days.”
“He did a great job,” Marsh said. “He kept guys off balance and gave us a chance to win.”
Gonzalez said he had nerves at the start of the game, but it didn’t take long for him to settle down.
“With the first batter I was a little nervous, but I struck him out, so I wasn’t too nervous after that,” he said.
But he felt his control could have been better.
“My slider was my best pitch. My fastball, I couldn’t really locate it,” Gonzalez said.
He gave up two walks and hit two batters, but those were the only DeLand batters to reach base. He had three strikeouts and was able to preserve the shutout without the benefit of a double play.
It’s cool we won. (Clayton’s) hit was probably the best part of the night.”
— JORDAN GONZALEZ
“It’s cool we won,” Gonzalez said. “(Clayton’s) hit was probably the best part of the night.”
Clayton had two of FPC’s four hits against Treichel, also smacking a two-out double to center field in the fourth but was left stranded on base. In the sixth, the first baseman laced a liner to center on a 2-2 count to score Clymer.
“He worked that count. He kept battling,” Marsh said. “It was a great at-bat. He kept his composure and fought off a couple of tough pitches.”
Clayton said he hit a fastball.
“It was middle, in. I stayed through it,” he said. “It felt great. My teammates had my back the whole game. My first at-bat I got out, but they stayed behind me. And Gonzo balled out on the mound today.”
FPC improved to 2-1. The Bulldogs will visit Matanzas on Friday, March 8, two days after traveling to Clay County to face Fleming Island.
