FINAL SCORE: #5 Apprentice School 4, #4 Rochester College 1
RECORDS: Apprentice School 25-13; Rochester College 18-15
LOCATION: War Memorial Stadium/Hampton, VA
IN BRIEF: Junior Taylor Gomer struck out 12, one off the tournament record, as the Apprentice School defeated Rochester College 4-1 in the first round of the 2015 USCAA Small College World Series at War Memorial Stadium.
HOW THEY SCORED
The Builders put two runs up in the first inning with two outs. Ryan Hendrickson and Lee Rossi walked before Christian Burton singled to right to score Hendrickson. Jacob Countiss then singled to right field to score Rossi for a 2-0 Apprentice School lead.
In the fifth inning, the Builders scored two more as Mark Labrador walked and went to second on a sacrifice by Hendrickson. On ball four to Rossi, the pitch got by the catcher with Labrador running and he scored. Countiss reached on an error to plate Rossi to give the Builders a 4-0 lead.
Rochester got on the board in the bottom of the inning as with two outs, Blake German walked and went to second on a Brandon Dupuis single. Luke Strobl followed with a single to center to score German as the Warriors trimmed the deficit to 4-1.
NEAR RECORD
Gomer was one off the tournament record with his 12 strikeout performance. The first seven strikeouts were all looking as he went the distance to put his record at 7-3.
NEXT UP
Fifth-seeded Apprentice School takes on top-seeded Illinois Tech at 1:30 pm on Thursday afternoon in the winners bracket semifinals. Rochester College faces Penn State Beaver in an 8:30 am elimination game Thursday morning.
