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| AZUSA PACIFIC SWEEPS THROUGH SECTIONAL PLAYOFFS, 14-8 AZUSA, CALIF. -- Azusa Pacific made it a clean sweep through the NAIA Far West Sectional Baseball Playoffs by knocking off Southern California College, 14-8, Saturday afternoon in the championship game in Azusa. Junior righthander Fritz Maskrey went 6 innings, yielding only 4 hits and 4 unearned runs and striking out 8 to give the Cougars a bid into the NAIA Far West Regional Playoffs, May 8-12 in Caldwell, Ida. The Cougars nearly gave the game away, tallying six errors that led to 5 unearned runs. But the Cougars chased Vanguards starter David Ross early, to get the win. Junior catcher Justin Duarte hit his 18th home run of the season, a 3-run blast in the 7th that gave the Cougars a 12-4 lead. Junior third basemen Bobby Sanchez was 4-for-5 on the afternoon and scored 3 runs. For the Vanguards, first baseman Eric Booth and third basemen Mike Grasse each went 2-for-5. Azusa Pacific improves to 34-9 overall and awaits the announcement of their opponent in the first round of the West Regionals, while the Vanguards’ season ends at 24-23. |
LINE SCORE Azusa Pacific 1 0 3 1 1 3 3 0 2 14 14 6 So Cal College 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 4 0 8 8 3 David Ross (L, 3-4), Josh Steele (4), Kelly Lowery (8) and James Dent, Matt Littlefield (8) Fritz Maskrey (W, 5-2), Shawn Lange (7), Mike Kleckner (8), Brian Baker (9), and Justin Duarte 2B -- Chambers (SCC), Booth (SCC), Miranda (APU), Sanchez (APU), Ricabal (APU) 3B -- none HR -- Justin Duarte (AP, 18th, 7th inning, 2 on)
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