5/11/2008 - San Jac’s Corrigan Dominant on Mound
MOUNT PLEASANT – Going up against the top-seeded team in the Region
XIV tournament would have been a daunting enough task for the Angelina
College Roadrunners.
Doing so while facing a dominant pitcher proved a little too much.
San Jacinto’s Chris Corrigan thoroughly overwhelmed a hard-hitting
‘Runner lineup, giving up just six singles over 8 2/3 innings to help
the Gators knock off the Roadrunners 7-2 Sunday in Mount Pleasant.
Corrigan pitched shutout ball until the ninth, never allowing the
‘Runners to string together consecutive hits the entire game. The San
Jac right-hander struck out four and walked three while keeping AC
hitters off the base paths for much of the game’s duration: The
Roadrunners didn’t get a man to third base until the final at-bat.
Jason Gurka started on the mound for AC and pitched well enough to win
against any other team. Gurka left in the seventh having struck out
nine Gators in the first five innings – but he and his teammates
trailed 6-0 at that point, with only four of those San Jac runs
considered earned.
The Gators took advantage of three AC errors, including one in the
first inning that led to two runs when Gurka should have been able to
get out of the inning unscathed. San Jac’s Kris Miller singled between
a pair of Gurka strikeouts, but a dropped fly ball extended the inning
and led to a 2-0 Gator lead after a Quentin Luquette triple.
Luquette would score three more times for San Jac; teammate Rick
McGraw finished 3-for-5, and Gregg Alcazar drove in a pair of runs
with a sac fly and a single.
AC’s only runs came in the ninth following a Matt Thielepape walk and
a Keith Prestridge single. Jake Rowell drove in Thielepape with an RBI
groundout, and Mark Serna plated Prestridge with a single to chase
Corrigan.
But San Jac closer Michael Johnson struck out Joey Latulippe to end
the game and send AC into the loser’s bracket, where they’ll play
Blinn – who rallied from eight runs down to eliminated Texarkana 15-13
– at 10 a.m. this morning.
If the Roadrunners beat Blinn and continue their season, they’ll play
again at approximately 8 p.m. tonight. The broadcast with J.P. Heath
will be on ESPN 1260 a.m., or on the web cast at www.espn1260.net.
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IN THE BACK DOOR – San Jacinto’s
Quentin Luquette uses a backdoor slide to get around Angelina
College catcher Joey Latulippe during Sunday’s second-round game
of the Region XIV tournament. The Gators topped the ‘Runners 7-2,
dropping AC into the loser’s bracket this morning against Blinn.
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SACRIFICING HIMSELF – Angelina
College’s Chris Laid drops down a third-inning sacrifice bunt
during Sunday’s second-round game of the Region XIV tournament
against San Jacinto. The Gators topped the ‘Runners 7-2, dropping
AC into the loser’s bracket this morning against Blinn. |
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GOOD, BUT NOT ENOUGH – Angelina
College pitcher Jason Gurka deals the heat during Sunday’s
second-round game of the Region XIV tournament against San
Jacinto. Gurka struck out nine in six innings, but AC fell 7-2 to
drop into the loser’s bracket game against Blinn at 10 a.m. this
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