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Box Score
MILLINGTON,
Tenn. – The University of West Alabama
baseball team made it to Championship Day, but couldn’t
get over the hump as the Tigers fell to West Florida,
6-1, in the Gulf South Conference Championships
Wednesday at USA Baseball Stadium.
R.J. Miller (2-1)
started on the mound for West Alabama, giving up five
runs (four earned) on six hits with a pair of walks and
three strikeouts. Cole Thornton worked a 1/3 of an
inning in relief. Matt Chambless
pitched 2 2/3 innings of relief, giving up a run on
three hits with three walks and a pair of strikeouts.
Brent Telano also
worked in relief.
West Florida (41-17)
broke the scoreless tie in the fourth inning.
Jason Kohl opened with
a walk and moved to second on a failed pickoff attempt
by Miller. After a strikeout to Bo Williams, Clay
Wallace singled up the middle, advancing Kohl to third.
Jacob Whisenhunt scored Kohl from third on a base hit up
the middle, giving the Argonauts a 1-0 lead.
West Florida grabbed a
2-0 lead in the fifth inning on a solo home run by Peter
Antoske as he drilled a 2-2 pitch by Miller over the
left field wall.
Meanwhile, West
Alabama (41-16) couldn’t get much going offensively
against Argonauts starting pitcher Brett McCullough.
West Florida added to
the lead in the sixth inning by three runs on three
hits.
Williams led off the
frame with a single through the left side and moved to
second on a fielding error by Miller as Wallace took
first on the error. Both runners advanced a base on a
wild pitch and scored on a base hit to right-center by
Whisenhunt.
After a pitching
change, Lee Huggins walked to put runners at first and
second. Kyle Andrews reached on a fielder’s choice as
Huggins was out at third on a force play. Justin Wood
reached on a bloop single to center, scoring Whisenhunt.
West Alabama
threatened in the bottom of the seventh inning by
putting two runners on base by McCullough got James
Guilliams looking to end the frame.
The Tigers again tried
to mount a rally in the bottom of the eighth inning by
scoring a run on three hits.
Clark Humber hit a
one-out single through the right side and Rob Dahlberg
followed with a base hit through the left side. After a
pitching change, Todd Rea ripped a 2-2 pitch by
Argonauts reliever Jon Sintes into center, scoring
Humber from second. Jake DeRoy bounced into an
inning-ending double play.
Williams gave the
Argonauts a 6-1 lead in the top of the ninth with a solo
home run over the left-center wall.
McCullough (11-1)
pitched 7 1/3
innings, giving up a run, while scattering six hits with
two walks and six strikeouts. Sintes worked 2/3 of an
innings, while Phil Lawhorn pitched the ninth.
NOTES: In the
latest NCAA South Central Regional Poll, West Alabama
remained seventh… Other Gulf South Conference schools in
the region poll were Ouachita Baptist in first, followed
by Delta State (second), Montevallo (fourth) and
Southern Arkansas (sixth)… Angelo State defeated Abilene
Christian to win the Lonestar Conference crown… St.
Edward’s also received an automatic bid by winning the
Heartland Conference.
All-Tournament Team
UWA – Noel Baca (P)
UWA – Chris
Gilbertsen (OF)
DSU – Hunter Jobes
(OF)
DSU – Derek Norris
(DH)
UM – Eric Moore (OF)
OBU – Steve Smith (P)
SAU – Jeremy Jenkins
(P)
UWF – Peter Antoske
(OF)
UWF – Bo Williams (1B)
UWF – Jacob Whisenhunt
(DH)
Most Outstanding
Player – UWF – Brett McCullough (P)
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