Baseball ranked #1 in the Nation
Gulf Coast State College Baseball program ranked #1 in the Nation.
In the NJCAA rankings that were released yesterday, the Commodores are ranked #1 in
the Nation! This past week, the Commodores added five more wins defeating Coastal
AL North 24-7, Andrew College (game 1) 30-12, Andrew College (game 2) 15-8, and Grand
Rapids CC 10-0 bringing their winning streak to 10 games in a row. The last two times
GC Baseball reached #1in the NJCAA polls were in 2010 and 2006.
Vs. Coastal AL North 6 innings:
Rojas earns the W over Coastal AL North. Rojas allowed six hits and five runs (four
earned) over four innings, striking out one and walking two.
Apaliski appeared in the ball game for one inning as relief.
B. Byers: Grand Slam (top of 6th), 3-4, 6 RBI, 4 runs
Gupton: 3-4, 2 2nd, 1 RBI, 3 runs
Todd: 3 RBI, 2 runs
Horton: 1-3, 2 RBI, 1 run
Payne: 3-4, 2 1st, 3 RBI, 2 runs
Reynolds: 3-4, 3 1st, 2 RBI, 3 runs
Baughcum: 3-4, 2 1st, 2 RBI, 3 runs
Vs. Andrew College game 1 6 innings:
R. Byers earned the W vs. Andrew College (game 1). Byers allowed 5 hits and 8 runs
(7 earned) over three and one-third innings, striking out seven and walking three.
Essary threw 1 inning of no-run ball for GC in relief. He allowed 0 hits, striking
out 1 and walking 0.
Baughcum: HR (top of 2nd (solo), top of 4th (2 runs), top of 6th (2 runs)), 7 RBI,
4 runs, 4-5
Horton: HR (top of 1st (3 runs), top of 4th (2 runs)), 7 RBI, 5 runs, 3-4
Lindsey: HR (top of 3rd (3 runs)), 1-3, 3 RBI, 2 runs
Prosek: GRAND SLAM top of 6th, 7 RBI, 5 runs, 4-5, 2 1st
Gupton: HR (top of 5th (solo)), 1-5, 2 RBI, 4 runs
Reynolds: 3-5, 2 2nd, 2 RBI, 3 runs
Vs. Andrew College game 2 7 innings:
Clenney earns the W for the Commodores vs. Andrew College during Game 2. Clenney allowed
4 hits and 2 runs over four and two-thirds innings, striking out 8 and walking 0.
Baughcum: GRAND SLAM top of 5th inning, 2-4, 5 RBI, 2 runs
Wombles: 2-3, 3 run HR top of 4th, 4 RBI, 1 run
Todd: 3-4, 2 1st, 3 run HR top of 1st, 3 RBI, 2 runs
Horton 2-5, 2 1st, 2 RBI, 2 runs
Masse: 2-4, Inside-the-park HR top of 4th, 1 RBI, 1 run
Reynolds: 2-5, 2 1st, 2 runs
Vs. GRCC 7 innings:
Laurito earns the W vs. Grand Rapids. He threw for 5 innings, allowing 3 hits, and
0 runs, while striking out 7 and walking 3.
Davenport and Blum each threw one inning of scoreless innings in relief.
Horton: 5-5, 5 RBI, 3 1ST, 1 run
Todd: 1-3, 1 run, 2 RBI
Reynolds: 3-4, 3 1st, 4 runs
Gupton: 2-5, 1 RBI, 1 run
Baughcum: 1 RBI, 1 run
Currently, the Commodores have a Batting Average: .332, On Base Percentage: .454,
Slugging Percentage: .550 (ranked 14th), Home Runs: 23 (ranked 5th), and RBI: 150
(ranked 6th).
The Commodores have a game today (Feb. 27th) vs. Wallace-Dothan at 3pm on Frazier
Field. They will host Coastal AL South in a doubleheader matchup starting at 1pm
on Saturday, March 2nd on Frazier Field.