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| #3 Southeastern Oklahoma State (29-24) |
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ARKADELPHIA, Ark. No. 2 Arkansas-Monticello scored in each of the first four innings and cruised to an 8-1 win against No. 3 Southeastern Oklahoma State in Friday’s second Great American Conference Baseball Championship game from Clyde Berry Field. Evan Comeau and Travis Steinke each collected three hits and Nick Cerda homered in support of Zach McKnight. McKnight allowed an unearned run and struck out six in his 6.0 innings of work
HOW THEY SCORED:
UAM 1st – Travis Steinke doubled down the left-field line; Kevin Fitzpatrick scored.
UAM 2nd – Nick Piraino walked; Brian Ray scored.
UAM 2nd – Evan Comeau singled to right field; Nick Cerda scored.
UAM 2nd – Corey Wood doubled to right field; Piraino and Guy Halbert scored.
UAM 3rd – Cerda homered to left field.
UAM 3rd – Fitzpatrick reached on a fielder's choice; Halbert scored.
UAM 4th – Ray singled to left field; Mitchell Dornblut scored.
SE 6th – Tim Hunter walked; Terwilliger scored.
AT THE PLATE:
SE – Dylan Helms: 2-for-5; Brandon Grimsley: 3 BB
UAM –Comeau: 3-for-6, RBI; Steinke: 3-for-5, 2B, RBI; Cerda: 2-for-4, 2B, HR, 2 R
ON THE MOUND:
W – McKnight (8-4): 6.0 IP, 3 H , 1 R, 0 ER, 5 K
L – Dylan Linke (8-4): 1.1 IP, 5 H, 5 ER, 2 BB, 4 K
NOTABLE:
- GAC Player of the Year Corey Wood: 2 RBI double; 11 RBI in GAC Championship games
- McKnight: Improved to 2-0 with a 1.88 ERA in two starts against Southeastern this season
- UAM: Improved to 4-0 against Southeastern this season; Outscored SE 34-12 in the four games
- UAM: hitting .434 in three GAC Championship games; outscored opponents 34-11
- SE: Used seven pitchers, tied for the most in a GAC Championship game (SE used seven against Southern Arkansas on 5/6/12)
WHAT’S NEXT:
Southeastern Oklahoma State: Will play Henderson State at 1 p.m. on Friday, in an elimination game
Arkansas-Monticello: Will play Arkansas Tech at 4 p.m. on Friday
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