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| #2 Arkansas-Monticello (36-14) |
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| #4 Henderson State (31-25) |
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ARKADELPHIA, Ark. No. 2 Arkansas-Monticello claimed its first Great American Conference Baseball Championship crown as the Weevils defeated No. 4 Henderson State, 14-2, on Saturday from Clyde Berry Field. GAC Player of the Year Corey Wood added GAC Tournament MVP honors to his resume as he hit his fourth home run of the tournament and drove in seven runs for the second time in five GAC Championship games. He totaled 19 RBIs in the five games.
HOW THEY SCORED:
UAM 3rd – Wood homered to right field; Kevin Fitzpatrick, Evan Comeau and Nick Piraino scored.
UAM 4th – Guy Halbert homered to center field.
UAM 5th – Halbert doubled down the left field line; Nick Cerda scored.
UAM 5th – Fitzpatrick walked; Halbert scored.
UAM 5th – Wood doubled to center field; Fitzpatrick, Comeau and Piraino scored.
UAM 5th – Travis Steinke singled to right field; Wood scored.
UAM 6th – Fitzpatrick doubled down the left field line; Brian Ray scored.
HSU 6th – Joseph Gary grounded out to shortstop; Tadarious Hawkins scored.
HSU 9th – Luke McGuire singled to center field; AJ Kruzel scored.
AT THE PLATE:
UAM – Wood: 2-for-6, HR, 2B, 7 RBI; Steinke: 3-for-5, RBI, R; Fitzpatrick: 2-for-4, 2B, 3 RBI;
Comeau: 2-for-3, 2 R; Halbert: 2-for-6, 2 RBI, 2 R; Piraino: 1-for-3, 3 R
HSU – McGuire: 2-for-4, RBI; Hawkins: 1-for-3, 3B, R
ON THE MOUND:
W – Grant Black (4-4): 7.0 IP, 4 H, 1 ER, 1 K
L – Blake Patterson (3-3): 4.0 IP, 7 H, 6 ER, 2 K
NOTABLE:
- Wood: Second game with seven RBI at the GAC Championships – also May 6 vs Harding
- Wood: Sixth grand slam in GAC Championship history
- Wood: 8-for-21 (.381), four HR, 19 RBI in five GAC Championship games
- Comeau: 13-for-20 at GAC Championships; 22-for-39 all-time GAC Championship play
- UAM: first conference championship since 1993
- UAM: tied school record with 36 wins (2014)
- UAM: first team to go undefeated at the GAC Championships (5-0)
WHAT’S NEXT:
Arkansas-Monticello – Advances to second NCAA Tournament; NCAA Selection show – 9 p.m. on Sunday