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Sun, May 2, 2010 - [Baseball]
May 2, 2010
COLUMBUS, Ga. -- Brandon Stevens came off the bench to blast a two-run home run with two out in the 10th inning to help propel Brewton-Parker into the championship game of the Southern States Athletic Conference Tournament with a 10-9 extra-innings win over Auburn-Montgomery on Sunday at Golden Park.
The fourth-seeded Barons (38-15) advance to the championship game as the only unbeaten team in the double-elimination tournament and will play at 7 p.m. against the winner of the elimination-game between Lee and Southern Polytechnic. The No. 5-seeded Senators (39-20) are eliminated after going 2-2 at the tournament, with both losses coming against BPC.
Tournament Website with Stats
It was the third consecutive extra-inning game for the Barons which have played 15, 11 and 10 inning games respectively. It was also the fourth, consecutive one-run win for the team that has gone 4-0 at the SSAC Tournament.
The two-run shot by Stevens was enough as the Barons held off the AUM 10th inning comeback effort. Although Sam Judah was able to double and eventually score, the Senators could not get the tying run across.
Earlier in the game, the Senators had staged a late rally in the bottom of the ninth after trailing 8-7. With two outs, pinch-hitter Todd Cherry hit a ball that bounced over the right field wall for a ground-rule to drive in Charlie Lester with the tying run to force extra innings.
The Barons started out with an early lead as a two-run home run by Robby Kuzdale helped the Barons claim an early 3-0 lead in the first inning. That lead grew to 5-2 by the top of the third inning.
However, the Senators struck back with a pair of two-RBI singles from Anthony Kopacz and Jacob Salter helped AUM score five in the frame to take a 7-5 lead by the bottom of the frame.
Derrick Fox scored twice in the fifth and the seventh inning on ground ball outs to tie the score before Jacob Evors singled in the eighth inning to bring in Ryan Lummus with the go-ahead run. Fox was 2-for-3 with three runs scored to lead the Barons, while Evors was 2-for-5 with a pair or RBIs and Kuzdale was 2-for-6 with three RBIs.
Judah was the top batter for the Senators going 4-for-6 and scored twice. Kopacz had a perfect game going 3-for-3 with three RBIs. Justin Williams also had a pair of hits for the Senators, going 2-for-6 with two RBIs and a pair of runs scored.
The next game in the SSAC Tournament is a semifinal game between No. 1-seed Lee and No. 3-seed Southern Polytechnic State starting at 5 p.m. The winner of that game will turn around and face Brewton-Parker in a first-championship game.
COLUMBUS, Ga. -- Brandon Stevens came off the bench to blast a two-run home run with two out in the 10th inning to help propel Brewton-Parker into the championship game of the Southern States Athletic Conference Tournament with a 10-9 extra-innings win over Auburn-Montgomery on Sunday at Golden Park.
The fourth-seeded Barons (38-15) advance to the championship game as the only unbeaten team in the double-elimination tournament and will play at 7 p.m. against the winner of the elimination-game between Lee and Southern Polytechnic. The No. 5-seeded Senators (39-20) are eliminated after going 2-2 at the tournament, with both losses coming against BPC.
Tournament Website with Stats
It was the third consecutive extra-inning game for the Barons which have played 15, 11 and 10 inning games respectively. It was also the fourth, consecutive one-run win for the team that has gone 4-0 at the SSAC Tournament.
The two-run shot by Stevens was enough as the Barons held off the AUM 10th inning comeback effort. Although Sam Judah was able to double and eventually score, the Senators could not get the tying run across.
Earlier in the game, the Senators had staged a late rally in the bottom of the ninth after trailing 8-7. With two outs, pinch-hitter Todd Cherry hit a ball that bounced over the right field wall for a ground-rule to drive in Charlie Lester with the tying run to force extra innings.
The Barons started out with an early lead as a two-run home run by Robby Kuzdale helped the Barons claim an early 3-0 lead in the first inning. That lead grew to 5-2 by the top of the third inning.
However, the Senators struck back with a pair of two-RBI singles from Anthony Kopacz and Jacob Salter helped AUM score five in the frame to take a 7-5 lead by the bottom of the frame.
Derrick Fox scored twice in the fifth and the seventh inning on ground ball outs to tie the score before Jacob Evors singled in the eighth inning to bring in Ryan Lummus with the go-ahead run. Fox was 2-for-3 with three runs scored to lead the Barons, while Evors was 2-for-5 with a pair or RBIs and Kuzdale was 2-for-6 with three RBIs.
Judah was the top batter for the Senators going 4-for-6 and scored twice. Kopacz had a perfect game going 3-for-3 with three RBIs. Justin Williams also had a pair of hits for the Senators, going 2-for-6 with two RBIs and a pair of runs scored.
The next game in the SSAC Tournament is a semifinal game between No. 1-seed Lee and No. 3-seed Southern Polytechnic State starting at 5 p.m. The winner of that game will turn around and face Brewton-Parker in a first-championship game.
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