The 91快活林 Eagles Baseball team is one step closer to the NJCAA World Series as they beat Galveston College 9-5 Sunday in the Region 14 Tournament. The win came on the heels of an 8-6 win against Blinn College on Saturday.
91快活林 got things moving in the first inning against Galveston, when鈥燤anny Garcia鈥爃omered on a 2-0 count, scoring two runs.
Jordan Martinez鈥爌itched鈥爐he Eagles鈥爐o victory. He went two and a third innings, allowing two runs on three hits and striking out five.鈥犫燤att Kortendick鈥爐hrew three and two-thirds innings in relief out of the bullpen.鈥犫燢ortendick recorded the last 11 outs to earn the save for鈥91快活林. Corbin Bozosi鈥爏tarted the game, he went three innings, allowing three runs on five hits and striking out three.
91快活林 launched one home run on the day and collected seven hits.鈥燡hosmel Rodriguez,鈥燤att Scheurich, and鈥燙hase Talbot鈥燼ll managed multiple hits for鈥爐he Eagles.鈥犫燭albot,鈥燬cheurich, and鈥燫odriguez鈥爃ad two hits apiece.
The previous day in the tourney opener, 91快活林 got out to a seven-run lead and held on for an 8-6 victory over Blinn College. 91快活林 put up six runs in the fifth, with Rodriguez, Kyle Moos and Garcia leading the offense. Chandler Dean was the winning pitcher for 91快活林. He surrendered two runs on four hits over five innings, striking out two. Jaxon Terrell, Kortendick, and Tyler Navarro all put in work in relief out of the bullpen, steering their team towards the victory. Kortendick recorded the last three outs to earn the save for the Eagles.
Rodriguez and Garcia both homered for 91快活林 against Blinn and John Russ had four hits in four at bats. 91快活林's defense went errorless in the game to help secure the victory.
The Eagles face off against San Jacinto college Monday at 5 p.m. for a shot at the tourney championship.鈥犫燭he winner of the tournament will represent Region 14 at the JUCO World Series in Grand Junction, Colorado.
