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| #2 Arkansas-Monticello (35-14) |
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ARKADELPHIA, Ark. No. 2 Arkansas-Monticello earned its third trip to the Great American Conference Baseball Championship title game as the Weevils rallied past No. 8 Arkansas Tech, 4-3, in Friday’s winner’s bracket final from Clyde Berry Field. UAM pitchers Ben Aldridge and Chad Bradford tossed 4.1 innings of shutout relief as the Weevils overcame a two-run deficit. Evan Comeau collected four of the six Weevil base hits.
HOW THEY SCORED:
UAM 3rd – Comeau singled to center field; Guy Halbert scored.
ATU 3rd – Kaleb Warden singled to center field; Marcus Wilson scored.
ATU 5th – Parker O'Dell flied out to right field; Dylan McDearmon scored, Josh Watkins advanced to third,
scored on an error by the shortstop.
UAM 6th – Travis Steinke singled to left field; Kevin Fitzpatrick scored.
UAM 6th – Mitchell Dornblut reached on a fielder's choice; Corey Wood scored.
UAM 9th – Wood reached on a fielder's choice; CJ Womack scored.
AT THE PLATE:
UAM – Comeau: 4-for-4, RBI; Wood: 0-for-3, 2BB, RBI, R
ATU – Wilson: 2-for-3, 2B, 2 BB, R; McDearmon: 1-for-4, R; Warden: 1-for-2, 2 BB, RBI
ON THE MOUND:
W – Bradford (1-1): 2.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 2 K, 1 BB
L – Branden Bohuslav (3-5): 3.0 IP, 0 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 1 K
NOTABLE:
- UAM: Advanced to third GAC Baseball Championship title game (2013, 2014)
- Comeau: 4-for-4 today; 11-for-17 (.647) at the GAC Championships
- Comeau: Third game with at least three hits out of four GAC Championships games
- Comeau: .556 (20-for-36) all-time in GAC Championships games
- UAM: 35th win, one shy of matching program’s single-season record (36, 2014)
WHAT’S NEXT:
Arkansas-Monticello – Will play Arkansas Tech/Henderson State winner at 1 p.m. Saturday
Arkansas Tech – Will play Henderson State at 7 p.m. on Friday