Box Score TAYLORSVILLE, Utah (May 19, 2022) – The No. 11 Salt Lake Community College Baseball team continue its winning ways Thursday, opening a postseason tournament with a dominant victory.
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Playing host to the NJCAA Western District tournament at Cate Field, the Bruins earned a 10-1 win over Region 9 champion Southeast Community College, moving to 4-0 in the postseason. SLCC is now 47-8 overall and has a mark of 23-1 at Cate Field this season.
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It was Southeast who took an early 1-0 lead, prior to Salt Lake hanging five runs in the fourth inning to take a lead it would never relinquish.
Dalton Hodge hit a solo home run in the inning, followed up by RBI base hits for
Braden Winget and
Hunter Swapp.
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The Bruins added to the advantage in the fifth inning as
Bruer Webster hit a two-run double, followed up by Swapp hitting a two-run double.
Jaxon Weatherly added a solo home run in the sixth inning.
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Derik Eaquinto pitched a complete-game victory, allowing a single run in seven innings of work. Eaquinto also posted four strikeouts in the win.Â
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The Bruins will play in a winners' bracket semifinal game at 3:00 p.m. on Friday, with the winner advancing to the Western District championship game on Saturday at 12:00 p.m.
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