The Sinclair Community College baseball team is one win away from its second consecutive OCCAC Championship after defeating Owens Community College 11-6 on Friday, April 30.<\/p>\n
The Tartan Pride scored the game\u2019s first seven runs on just one hit, a 2-run homer by outfielder Zach Stewart. But Owens fought back, hitting two home runs of their own in the fifth, cutting the lead to 7-6, chasing starting pitcher Zach Botjer from the game.<\/p>\n
Perhaps inspired by professional wrestler Hulk Hogan\u2019s theme music \u201cReal American,\u201d which was played after the 5th inning, the Tartan Pride came back in the top of the sixth with three runs of their own.<\/p>\n
\u201cI didn\u2019t even pay any attention to the (Hulk Hogan theme) music, but that\u2019s a great song,\u201d said Tartan Pride coach Steve Dintaman. \u201cWe had really good at-bats. There were a lot of 0-2 counts where our guys battled their (butts) off to get walks and get free bases.\u201d<\/p>\n
Tartan Pride closer Chuck Calhoun sealed the win with a scoreless seventh inning.<\/p>\n
\u201cChuck\u2019s been our go to guy out of the bullpen all year long and he\u2019s been outstanding,\u201d Dintaman said. \u201cHe came in and did the job.\u201d<\/p>\n
Sinclair will play again at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday, May 1, when they take on the winner of Lakeland vs. Owens. Freshman pitcher Jeremiah Kerns will get the start for Sinclair.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur pitching will be there, we don\u2019t have to worry about that,\u201d Dintaman said, \u201cbut offensively we just got to keep taking good approaches.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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