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DAY FOUR: GAME ONE – The 3rd seeded BELLEVUE UNIVERSITY BRUINS went head to head with the 8th seeded LINDSEY WILSON COLLEGE BLUE RAIDERS. In the 3rd Inning the Bruins went on top 1-0 and in the 6th made it a 2-1 advantage. Bellevue University shut out the Blue Raiders the rest of the way while adding additional runs in the 8th Inning for a 4-1 victory. Bruins Pitcher Braulio Torres-Perez threw for 9 Iron Man Innings in the win.
DAY FOUR: GAME TWO – Up next the top seeded FAULKNER UNIVERSITY EAGLES (who should be the Furies) clashed with the 7 seeds – the STERLING COLLEGE WARRIORS. Runs flew like shrapnel in this game as a 2-2 tie in the 1st Inning became a 3-2 Eagles lead in the 2nd and an 8-4 advantage for them in the 3rd. Ultimately Faulkner University went on to win the shootout by a score of 13-6, with Kurt Lipscomb on the Mound.
DAY FOUR: GAME THREE – Closing out the day yesterday was this game between the 4th seeded defending National Champions – the LEWIS-CLARK STATE WARRIORS – and the 2nd seeded TENNESSEE WESLEYAN COLLEGE BULLDOGS. The lead see-sawed as the Warriors led 2-1 in the 2nd Inning, the Bulldogs went up 3-2 in the 3rd and the Warriors led 5-4 by the 6th. In the 7th Lewis-Clark State exploded for 6 runs and an 11-7 triumph in the end. Henry Mcaree threw for the win.
Go Bruins!
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