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John Marcus McDowell
Chuck Barnes
3
Winner Co-Lin CC CLN 0, 0 MACJC
1
SMCC Bears SMCC 11-4-0, 0 MACJC
Winner
Co-Lin CC CLN
0, 0 MACJC
3
Final
1
SMCC Bears SMCC
11-4-0, 0 MACJC
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Co-Lin CC CLN 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 3 8 1
SMCC Bears SMCC 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 7 3

L: Blake Johnson (1-2)

5
Co-Lin CC CLN 0, 0 MACJC
6
Winner SMCC Bears SMCC 11-4-0, 0 MACJC
Co-Lin CC CLN
0, 0 MACJC
5
Final
6
SMCC Bears SMCC
11-4-0, 0 MACJC
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 R H E
Co-Lin CC CLN 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 8 3
SMCC Bears SMCC 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 6 9 2

W: Cole, T Tez (1-0) S: Cole, T Tez (2)

Game Recap: Baseball | | Michael D. Gunnell, Southwest Sports Information

Bears defeat visiting Co-Lin 6-5, in 11 innings in opener; drop game two

Dylan Spiers' two-out base hit scoring Steven Williams gave the Bears a thrilling 6-5, 11-inning win at home over arch-rival Co-Lin in game one of their doubleheader Wednesday afternoon. Co-Lin then stifled a seventh-inning comeback attempt by the Bears in the finale to get a 3-1 win and a split in the MACJC conference –opener for both teams.
 
The split left the Bears at 11-4 overall and 1-1 in the conference while Co-Lin moved to 5-10 and 1-1. The split of games two and three of the Coca-Cola Baseball Challenge also allowed Co-Lin to retain possession of the Challenge trophy for another year.
 
The Bears took a 2-0 lead in the third inning of game one when Spiers, on base via a fielder's choice, and L.D. Coney, on base with a single, scored on Brady Anderson's line-drive double to right field.
 
Co-Lin answered with a pair of runs in the top of the fourth to tie the game at 2-2. A base hit, walk and hit batter in the top of the fifth then resulted in two more runs and a 4-2 lead for the visitors.
 
The Bears made it 4-3 in their half of the fifth when Zach Giacona reached base on a lead-off error and scored two batters later on Coney's ground out. The scored went to 4-4 in the bottom of the sixth when a Williams two-out base hit scored Darian Tunstall.
 
Using a walk, sacrifice bunt and base hit, Co-Lin took a 5-4 lead in the top of the ninth. In the bottom of the frame, a Spiers' sacrifice bunt moved Warner from first to second (Warner was on as pinch runner for Duncan Cornfoot who had singled with one out). Warner then scored the tying run on Coney's third hit of the game, a two-out base single to center.
 
In the bottom of the 11th, Williams led off with a double. Moving to third on a Tanner Whittington sacrifice bunt, Williams then raced across the plate with the winning run on Spiers' base hit.
 
In addition to driving in the winning run, Spiers also picked up the win on the mound in relief. Pitching three innings, he allowed only one hit while striking out four and issuing one walk. Ross Buckley had a double in the game for the Bears.
 
Two singles led to a 1-0 Co-Lin lead in the top of the second inning in the nightcap. Single runs in the top of of the third and fourth innings increased their lead to 3-0.
 
The Bears' offense came to life in the bottom of the sixth when Anderson led off with a triple to the wall in centerfield. Buckley's ground ball single up the middle then sent Anderson home to make the score 3-1.
 
In the bottom of the seventh, the Bears loaded the bases with two outs when Coney doubled and Anderson and Walt Aldridge were both hit by a pitch. But, it was not to be as Co-Lin induced a game-ending ground out  to get the win.
 
Blake Johnson took the loss on the mound, giving up three runs, two earned, on seven hits. He walked two batters. Kaleb Clarke singled twice for the Bears while       Darian Tunstall had a double. Spiers also hit safely.
 
At the end of the night, Bears' head coach Ken Jackson said, "In game one, I thought we had some (key) hits at the very end with runners in scoring position. In game two, we just left people in scoring position and you have to give the (starting) pitcher from Co-Lin (Miles Thomas) a lot of credit. He kept us off balance most of the game. We finally got to him late and we had chances to win the ball game, but we just didn't execute."
 
The Bears return to action Saturday with a home conference doubleheader against the Holmes Bulldogs. Game one is scheduled to get underway at 1:00.
 
 
 
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