Gulf Coast Athletic Conference News

Posted by Matthew Hicks - Thu, May 8, 2008 - [ Baseball ] - Viewed 99 times

CLEVELAND, Tenn-The 3^rd-ranked Lee University Flames sent the 8^th-ranked University of Mobile baseball team packing with a 14-5 victory in an elimination game on day three of the Region XIII Tournament.

The Flames stay alive to face LSU-Shreveport tonight, while the Rams end their season at 43-16 after winning the Regular Season Gulf Coast Athletic Conference Championship.

Lee pounded out 17 hits and scored in all but 2 innings to stay alive and roll to the victory.

Mobile scored first, turning a leadoff triple from Nelson Curry into a run in the top of the 1^st, but the Flames answered with one in the 1^st and four in the 2^nd to take a quick 5-1 lead.

The Rams made a game of it by plating a pair of runs in the 4^th on RBIs from Carlos Romero and David Cramblitt, but the Flames of Lee University 9-1 over the final 4.5 innings to ice the ball game.

Kevin Orso finished 2-for-4 with 2 runs scored and Brett Barber finished 1-for-1 with a pinch-hit RBI.